Chicken Pad Thai Noodles

Pad Thai is a Thai style universally liked stir fried noodle dish.  

Ingredients:

• Flat rice noodles- 200 gm
• Thick tamarind pulp- 2 tsp
• Brown sugar or jaggery- ½ tsp
• Red chilli-garlic paste or sambal- 1 tbsp or as per your taste
• Soy sauce - 1 tbsp
• Fish sauce - 1 tsp (optional)
• Boneless chicken small cubes- 100 gm
• Egg- 1
• Spring onion with greens, chopped- 1 cup 
• Capsicum, julienne- 1 cup
• Carrot, julienne-  ½  cup
• Cabbage, julienne-1 cup
• Peanuts,roasted & pounded - 2 tbsp
• Fresh coriander, finely chopped- 2 tbsp
• Chilii powder- 1 tsp
• Salt and pepper- to taste
• Oil- 3 to 4 tbsp  

Method:

• Boil noodles. (follow the instructions on the pack) Drain and keep aside.
• Marinate the chicken cubes with chilii powder, salt and pepper for min 30 mins. 
• Chop all veggies as mentioned. 
• Heat some oil in a wok and fry chicken cubes till cooked. Put out from wok and keep aside.
• Heat some oil in a same wok, add beaten egg. Add salt & pepper to taste. Stir immediately. Make it scrambled. Put out from wok and keep aside.
• In a same wok, heat oil. Add carrot, saute for a minute.
• Add capsicum, saute for a minute.
• Add onion, saute for a minute.
• Add cabbage, saute for a minute.
• Add chilli-garlic paste, soy sauce, fish sauce, salt and pepper. Give a nice stir.
• Add chicken cubes and noodles. Toss nicely.
• Add brown sugar, toss again.
• Add scrambled egg, chopped coriander. Toss again.
• Garnish with crushed peanuts, coriander and serve with sliced lemon.

You can use prawns or mushrooms instead of chicken or along with chicken.