Pad Thai or phat Thai ("fried Thai

Pad Thai or phat Thai ("fried Thai style") is a stir-fried rice noodle dish commonly served as a street food and at casual local eateries in Thailand. It is made with soaked dried rice noodles, which are 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 roasted peanuts. It may also contain other vegetables like bean sprouts, garlic chives, coriander leaves, pickled radishes, or turnips and raw banana flowers. It may also contain fresh shrimp, crab, chicken or another protein.