Today, I will explain you the most popular dish is called ” Pad Thai.”
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Ingredients
-Stir-fried rice noodle dish commonly served as a street food and at casual local eateries in Thailand
-Made with soaked dried rice noodles, stir-fried with eggs and chopped firm tofu, and flavored with tamarind pulp, fish sauce, dried shrimp, garlic or shallots, red chili pepper and palm sugar, and served with lime wedges and often chopped roast peanuts. Also contain other vegetables like bean sprouts, garlic chives, coriander leaves. May also contain fresh shrimp, crab, squid, chicken or other proteins. Vegetarian versions may substitute soy sauce for the fish sauce and omit the shrimp.
History
-A dish of stir-fried rice noodles is thought by some to have been introduced to Ayutthaya during the time of the Ayutthaya Kingdom by Viet traders, and subsequently altered to reflect Thai flavor profiles. Others believe that the dish is of Chinese origin
-Plaek Phibunsongkhram promoted Pad Thai in his campaign to establish Thai nationalism. Thailand was a main exporter of rice, and the government hoped to increase the amount available for export. As prime minister of Thailand between 1938 to 1944 and from 1948 to 1957, Phibun hoped to Westernize the country. In 1939, he supported the change of name of the country from Siam to Thailand. At the time, wheat noodles were very popular in Thailand, but Plaek Phibunsongkhram sought to eliminate Chinese influence. His government promoted rice noodles and helped to establish the identity of Thailand. As a result, a new noodle named sen chan was created.
-Pad Thai was made popular in Thailand during World War II. Pad Thai has since become one of Thailand’s national dishes.
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