Have you a gastronomic looking for and Authentic Thai recipe that will please your taste bud? Are you the foodie who is more into dishes that are a bit less spicy?
Well then, Pad Ka Na Moo Krob is an exotic Thai dish that will please your taste buds!
Why THIS dish - of all, as a takeaway?
Firstly, this dish is far from being spicy. That is the reason if you have an old family member, the dish will come in handy in a great way! The ingredients that are used generally include Chinese Broccoli, crispy slices of pork belly, garlic and sweet red chillies.
All these are stirred and fried slowly along with oyster sauce as well as the dark sweet version of soya sauce, till it takes a deliciously dark brown appearance. This is a bit different way of preparing Pad Kana, which is an extremely light as well as thin garlic sauce, with a salty tinge.
Thus, the dish being so light and non-spicy, is a trendy take away dish in Mornington. People simply love to have it in family get-togethers, preferably on the weekends.
The steps..if you want to know
The dish does not take much time to be prepared. In fact, this is one of the reasons why it is preferred over other take away dishes.
Here is a brief description of preparation...
At first, deep-fried pork belly is prepared, and then the rear end of the Chinese broccoli is cut in diagonal slices, and then the leafy portion is sliced in long thin strips. The red peppers are also cut diagonally.
Then the garlic is crushed, and then the oil is heated, garlic and sugar are added, and the oil is heated and for 15 secs that fry the garlic.
Moo Krob slices are added stirred till the entire solution gets hot.
Then oyster sauce and the dark sweet soya sauce is added along with light soy sauce and sugar. The solution is stirred, till it turns into a thick bubbling gravy.
Now the pork is added and stirred once again, till the entire food turns a bit blackish. However, it is not stirred in direct heat for more than 30 seconds. Residual heat is used for stirring, so that the cut Kana that is added as well does not crispy, but remains soft.
So you see, the preparation of this dish is no simple, and that is the reason every Asian food restaurant in Mornington would keep it at the top of the take away dish menu list.
