Cooking Steps
Soak the Pad Thai noodles in cold water for 15-20 minutes or as per instructions on the package. This will soften them.
Meanwhile, mix tamarind puree, sugar and fish sauce for the Pad Thai sauce in a pot and cook over medium heat for 15-20 minutes until the sauce thickens.
Add more sugar if the tamarind is too sour for your liking. Store the sauce in a sealed container and refrigerate for use later.
Take a non stick pan (at least 12 inches) and fry the prawns, on both sides in oil. Set them aside.
Next, heat oil and fry tofu cubes till golden on medium flame. Add the onion next and fry until fragrant.
Add noodles and stir-fry until softened. Using a spatula, push the noodles to one side of the wok, pour half a little oil, add 1 beaten egg and scramble it. Mix the egg with the noodles.
Add 5 tablespoons of the prepared Pad Thai sauce at this point and continue to stir-fry until the sauce evenly coats the noodles.
Then, turn up the heat and add bean sprouts, chopped chives, chilli flakes and roasted and chopped peanuts. Stir-fry for about a minute. Dish out the noodles and set aside.
The next step is to prepare the egg to wrap the noodles. Beat an egg and set aside.
In a frying pan, heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil on medium-high heat. Make sure to coat the pan evenly with the oil.
Pour in the beaten egg and quickly swirl the pan in a wide circular motion to coat the pan and create a thin crepe-like layer of the egg. Cook for about a minute until the egg crepe is set.
At this stage, place the egg crepe in a medium size bowl so that it takes the shape of the bowl.
Insert the tofu, the fried tiger prawns, noodles into the egg crepe, bring the sides of the crepe together and fold to form a parcel.
Then, place an overturned serving plate on the bowl, lift the bowl along with the plate and overturn the folded crepe.
Place the plate on a surface and remove the bowl. The noodles are now wrapped in egg and looks like a parcel.
Garnish the plate with lime wedges, chives, crushed peanuts, chilli flakes, red pepper strips and cilantro sprigs around the egg wrapped noodles.