Pad Thai ingrediants, where can I get?

DeadMoney · 24-10-2009 11:58AM #1

Hi, I am looking to make a traditional Pad Thai dish and need some rice stick, shallots, fish sauce, ground chile peppers, and dried shrimp. Just wondering where would be the best place to pick up these ingredients in Dublin? Also, is there anything that is a good substitute for dried shrimp in a Pad Thai?
Thanks

Planet X · 24-10-2009 11:59AM

Asian Market, Drury Street.

DeadMoney · 24-10-2009 12:37PM

Planet X wrote: »

Asian Market, Drury Street.

Excellent thanks

spongeman · 24-10-2009 06:00PM

Obviously you will need Tamarind as well. Soak them in water and leave overnight. Next day squeeze them and you are left with the brown liquid, and then strain. boil until thick.

And use the tiger prawns as well, they are better. Peel and boil to 80% and then put in the wok about halfway through cooking process.

foodaholic · 24-10-2009 09:06PM

great minds think alike gonna make this on tue

spongeman · 24-10-2009 10:23PM

Correction from above : Scrunch the tamarind in water and then leave overnight.

Drain and boil next day.

Kenny_D · 25-10-2009 03:25AM

DeadMoney wrote: »

Also, is there anything that is a good substitute for dried shrimp in a Pad Thai?
Thanks

Eh...... fresh shrimp? Or is that too obvious :P

Alun · 25-10-2009 11:42AM

GStormcrow wrote: »

Eh...... fresh shrimp? Or is that too obvious :P

In eastern asian cuisine, including Thai, dried shrimps are often used instead of fresh shrimps or prawns. They have a much more intense, salty flavour and are generally made from smaller varieties of shrimp, not anything the size of a tiger prawn. They're not to be viewed as some kind of inferior substitute for the 'real thing' but as an ingredient in their own right with their own flavour and texture. You should be able to buy them in any Asian store.

http://www.templeofthai.com/food/pickled_preserved/driedshrimp-3210082011.php

Pad Thai ingrediants, where can I get?

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