Pad Thai

Ingredients:

Flat Rice noodles 1pk

Onion - sliced

Carrot - 2 thinly sliced

Spring onions - 1/2 cup

Garlic - 4 cloves

Ginger - 1inch

Coriander (garnishing)

Veggies - 1 cups

Scrambled eggs - 3 (optional)

Oil - 3 tbsp cup

fried Groundnuts/peanuts - 1tbsp (garnishing)

Sauce ingredients: (mild)

Chilli red sauce - 3tsp

tamarind paste - 2tsp

soy sauce - 2tsp

sugar - 1tsp

lemon juice/vinegar - 1tsp

1.  (To prepare sauce mix above in little hot water and keep aside)

2.Prepare rice noodles as per instructions.
( I put half pack of noodles in boiling water and allowed it stand in it for 10- 12 mins and strained and poured cold water over it and mixed below. I timed it so that while I was preparing the below steps, simultaneously the noodles was getting ready.) 

3. Heat 1tbsp oil in a pan and saute ginger and garlic for a min.

4. Fry onions for 2 mins on high flame.

5. Push onions to a side, add 1tbsp oil and fry half boiled veggies for 2-3 mins

6. Push contents to a side, add 1/2tbsp oil and fry carrots and optional eggs for a min.

7. Push contents to a side, add 1/2 tbsp oil and fry spring onions for a min

8. Add the flat rice noodles and pour extra chilli sauce and the sauce prepared into it and toss the noodles so that it mixes well.

9. Garnish with coarse groundnuts and corianders.

10. Enjoy fresh and hot pad thai with lemon wedges.