Jasmin's Pad Thai

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons red onions, finely chopped
  • A dash of peanut or olive oil
  • Shrimp (deveined), or calamari (cleaned and sliced) or chicken or pork (thinly sliced)
  • An egg
  • A small handful of thai rice noodles
  • 1/2 a cup (max) of chicken stock or water
  • 4 to 5 glugs of fish sauce
  • A heaping tablespoon tamarind sauce*
  • 1/2 tablespoon palm sugar or unrefined caster sugar
  • A pinch or 2 of crushed red chile flakes
  • A handful of bean sprouts
  • 3 or 4 scallions, cut into 3-inch sticks
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons raw cashews, coarsely chopped

  • For garnish:
    • Fresh lime wedges and cucumber slices

    • *Tamarind sauce—of course you can buy this already prepared, but its an entirely different sauce when it's fresh: place a small handful (about 2 to 3 tablespoons) of dried, vacu-packed tamarind nuggets in a bowl and cover with very hot water for about 5 to 10 minutes to soften. Use your hands to squish the nuggets until the water becomes really thick and gloopy. You'll notice your hands getting really soft, so spread a good amount of it all over your arms and face. Great for the skin. Anyway, using a rubber spatula, rub the sauce through a strainer, leaving the pits behind. Store the sauce in an airtight mason jar (keeps about a week). Rinse off your arms and face.

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