Recipe
| Ingredients | Original Recipe | Low Sodium (Salt) |
|---|---|---|
| Rice noodles dried small size (Chanburi style) | 50 g | 50 g |
| Soy bean curd (Firm tofu) | 4 teaspoons (20g) | 4 teaspoons (20g) |
| Shrimp dried salted | 1 tablespoon (15g) | – |
| Radish dried salted | 4 teaspoons (20g) | – |
| Shrimp | – | 2 tablespoons (45g) |
| Egg | 1 egg | 1 egg |
| Chive Chinese leaves | 4 teaspoons (20g) | 4 teaspoons (20g) |
| Mungbean sprout | 3 tablespoons (50g) | 3 tablespoons (50g) |
| Shallot | 2 teaspoons (10g) | 2 teaspoons (10g) |
| Garlic | 1 teaspoon (5g) | 1 teaspoon (5g) |
| Peanut | 2 teaspoons (10g) | 2 teaspoons (10g) |
| Soy bean oil (Vegetable oil) | 5 teaspoons (25g) | 3 teaspoons (15g) |
| Lime juice | 2 teaspoons (30g) | 2 tablespoons (30g) |
| Tamarind ripe juice | 5 tablespoons (75g) | 2 tablespoons (30g) |
| Palm sugar | 4 teaspoons (20g) | 4 teaspoons (20g) |
| Sugar (Cane) | 4 teaspoons (20g) | 2 teaspoons (10g) |
| Fish sauce | 2 teaspoons (10g) | 1 teaspoon (5g) |
| Tomato ketchup | 2 teaspoons (10g) | 1 teaspoon (5g) |
Method
- Prepare Pad Thai sauce by mixing tamarind juice, cane sugar, palm sugar, fish sauce and tomato ketchup in a pan, stir all ingredients together with low heat and set aside.
- Stir fry egg with a little soy bean oil then scrambling into small pieces and set aside.
- Stir fry garlic and shallot with oil then add soy bean curd and shrimp until all are done then set aside.
- Add soaked noodles into the pan (If the noodles are too hard, can add more water) then stirring until dry.
- Add Pad Thai sauce into pan and stir until all the ingredients are well mixed.
- Add mungbean sprout and chive Chinese leaves then stir until all the ingredients are well mixed.
- Remove from heat and serve with fresh vegetable and lime juice.
Nutritional information
| Recipe | Energy (Kcal) | CHO (g) | Protein (g) | Fat (g) | Sodium (Salt) (mg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original | 853 | 107 | 27 | 36 | 1300 |
| Low Sodium (Salt) | 697 | 90 | 17 | 26 | 1042 |
| % Reduction | 18 | 16 | 37 | 28 | 20 |
Acknowledgement
Thanwarin Tangsermwong, Healthy menu low salt…low fat, Thai MOPH and U.S. CDC
