Mine is the vegetarian version of Kaho Pad, namely Kaho Pad Che ข้าวผัดเจ, for the column #buildthemenu, in the vegetarian menu it is with:
– smoked tofu
– carrots
– mushrooms
Khao pad, or Khao phat, in Thai: ข้าว ผัด, means fried rice; khao means rice, and pad means stir-fried.
“Che” stands for vegetarian.
The Thai fried rice differs from Chinese fried rice because Thai jasmine rice is used instead of the regular long-grain rice.
Prepared with rice first steamed or boiled and then stir-fried in a pan with other ingredients (chicken, pork, vegetables, fish, eggs, etc).
It is seasoned with soy sauce or phrik nam pla sauce (spicy Thai sauce) and served with: salad, lime, cucumber, tomato, and the green part of the scallion.
Served in my Jumbo Bowl made with coconut shell #ecofriendly because rejected by the food industry, crafted by hand in Southeast Asia, and smoothed with coconut oil to nourish the wood fibers.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 4 people
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients
- 1 cup jasmine rice
- 1 carrot
- to taste mushrooms
- 2 blocks smoked tofu
- to taste soy sauce
- to taste fish sauce
Steps
Boil or steam the jasmine rice
Slice the smoked tofu and stir-fry it in a pan with a dash of oil.
Add the sliced carrot and mushrooms.
Add the rice, soy sauce, and fish sauce.
Stir-fry combining the ingredients.
Serve with salad, lime, cucumber, tomato, the green part of the scallion.
If you want to season with phrik nam pla, combine Bird’s eye chili with chopped garlic, fish sauce, lime juice, and a teaspoon of sugar.
The classic Thai orchid is the Phalaenopsis, a genus of orchids that includes over seventy species, whose range extends from tropical and subtropical Asia to Australia.
It is an epiphytic plant, meaning plants that naturally grow on tree bark, with large and fleshy leaves and multicolored flowers, sometimes of significant size (even more than 4 inches in diameter), often very long-lasting both on the plant and when cut.
It is an epiphytic plant, meaning plants that naturally grow on tree bark, with large and fleshy leaves and multicolored flowers, sometimes of significant size (even more than 4 inches in diameter), often very long-lasting both on the plant and when cut.
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
What are the other variants of khao pad?
Thai fried rice has many variants denoted by the main ingredient or region. Examples include:
– Khao phat mu (ข้าวผัดหมู ) – fried rice with pork
– fried rice with chicken – Phat kai ( ข้าวผัดไก่ )
– Phat thale ( ข้าวผัดทะเล ) – fried rice with seafood
– fried rice with shrimp – Phat kung ( ข้าวผัดกุ้ง )
– fried rice with crab meat – Phat pu ( ข้าวผัดปู ) –
– Phat pla krapong ( ข้าวผัดปลากระป๋อง ) – fried rice with canned fish (usually sardines or mackerel in tomato sauce)
– fried rice with pork cracklings- Phat kak mu ( ข้าวผัดกากหมู )
– Phat naem ( ข้าวผัดแหนม ) – fried rice with naem, a type of fermented pork sausage
– Khao phat bekhon ( ข้าวผัดเบคอน ) – fried rice with bacon
– Phat khai ( ข้าวผัดไข่ ) – fried rice with eggs
– Khao phat kaphrao ( ข้าวผัดกะเพรา ) – basil fried rice
– Phat namliap ( ข้าว ผัดหนำเลี้ยบ ) – fried rice with Chinese olives
– Khao phat sapparot ( ข้าวผัดสับปะรด) – pineapple fried rice, or a more elaborate version known as khao op sapparot ( ข้าวอบสับปะรด ), served inside a hollowed-out pineapple and garnished with raisins and cashew nuts
– Phat tom yam ( ข้าวผัดต้มยำ ) – a type of fried rice adapted from tom yum soup and fried rice
– Phat kaeng khiao wan ( ข้าวผัดแกงเขียวหวาน ) – fried rice mixed with green curry paste
– Khao phat nam phrik long ruea ( ข้าวผัดน้ำพริกลงเรือ ) – fried rice mixed with nam phrik long ruea, a type of chili paste
– Phat rotfai ( ข้าวผัดรถไฟ : “train fried rice”) – fried rice mixed with dark soy sauce or fermented red bean curd
– Khao phat amerikan (ข้าวผัดอเมริกัน : “American fried rice”) with fried chicken and eggs as sides or mixed into the fried rice with the addition of ketchup. It was served to American soldiers in Thailand during the Vietnam War, but now has become common in Thailand.
– Khluk kapi (ข้าวคลุกกะปิ ) – fried rice mixed with shrimp paste
