Monday, 15 June 2015

Pad Thai

Day 1 : Kids Special Recipes

School has reopened for Tejas and everyday i go mad to decide on breakfast and lunch menu. To help all the mommies like me,i start with this series of Kids Lunch Box ideas.

Tejas loves  noodles. I prepare this quite often as it has loads of veggies,  prawns, paneer, eggs and ground nuts which are filled with high nutritional value.



Prep Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time : 20 mins
Cooking complexity : Low



Ingredients:

Rice Noodles: 1 Packet:
Onion : 1 Finely chopped
Green Chillies : 2 finely chopped
Carrot, Beans, Potato : 2 Cups (Julienne cuts)
Ground Nut Coarsely ground : 3 tbsp
Chilli Powder: 1/2 tsp
Paneer : 200 gms
Prawns : 250 gms
Eggs : 2
(Vegetarians can omit Prawns & Egg)
Soya Sauce: 3 Tbsp
Chilli Sauce: 3 Tbsp
Oregano : 2 Tbsp
Olive Oil / Normal Cooking Oil : 3 Tbsp

Salt to taste


Method:
In a big bowl, boil water . To this add rice noodles.Cook for 10 mins.
Strain the rice noodles and run it over cold water.




Prawns:Boil prawns for 10 mins in 2 glasses of water with 2 pinches of salt.

Egg Fry : In a small pan heat 1 tsp oil. Beat egg, add salt and chilli powder .Fry well.


In a big Wok, Heat Olive oil . Add Onion, all vegetables, chillies, chopped paneer and cook for 5 mins.


Mix salt, oregano and simmer it for 3 more mins.

Add Prawns, Egg and fry well.

Now Add Soya Sauce, Chilli Sauce and mix well. To this mixture add cooked Noodles and let it cook on low flame for 10 mins.

Add coarsely ground groundnut and toss.


Keep tasting your food to adjust the taste. Thats the key to success .

Pad Thai is ready to pack for kiddos.


Happy Cooking :)



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