Vegan Pad Thai

As the name suggests, Pad Thai is a cuisine of Thailand and is one of its most popular dishes enjoyed all over the world. I dont prefer cooked eggs in my food, so have a vegan version of the dish.




I have used Peanut oil for this dish since it brings out that flavour of asian cooking. My recipe is as below:

Ingredients

• 8 ounce Packet (or as per need )of Rice Noodles - thick variety
  
  
• 1 tbsp Peanut oil
  
  
• 7 oz of Tofu, firm variety, sliced into thick squares
  
  
• 1 bell pepper ( any color, I used red )
  
  
• 3-4 cloves of garlic,minced
  
  
• 2 tbsp Tamarind paste, or tamarind dissolved in water into thick paste
  
  
• 1/4 cup of roasted peanuts
  
  
• 1 cup of bean sprouts
  
  
• 1 medium carrot,julienned
  
  
• 1 onion, sliced.
  
  
• 1 cup snow peas,strings removed
  
  
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
  
  
• 2 tbsp of corn starch
  
  
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
  
  
• few springs of cilantro, chopped for garnish
  
  
• 2-3 spring onions, for garnish
  
  
• salt to taste
  

Method

1.Spread the Cornstarch on a plate. Coat the Tofu sqaures with the flour. Heat a non stick pan,spray it with PAM spray or little olive oil and place the Tofu's on the pan. Turn them after 4-5 min. Repeat till the tofu's have been browned. Set aside.



2. Cook the noodles as per the instruction in the package. Set aside.



3. Heat a pan with peanut oil. Stir in the onions, garlic,carrots and cook till soft.



4. Add the bell pepper,snow peas,tofu,soy sauce,tamarind paste and stir fry on high heat for 5-6 min taking care not to break the tofu.



5.Add the noodles and mix well. Add salt and mix well. Continue to stir fry on high heat for another 2-3 min till the noodles mix well.



6.Switch off the heat and then add the lemon juice,peanuts,sprouts and mix well. Garnish with cilantro and chopped spring onions.