LADNA OR RADNA (VEGETARIAN NOODLES)

Radna, or Ladna, according to my friend means
“pour on your face” That is cook the noodles and put them
On the plate, then make the gravy or soup and pour on the top.
I had a good laugh on the phone with her. Here is the recipe.


LADNA OR RADNA VEGETARIAN

Ingredients:
4 cups of fresh flat rice noodles (kueh teow)
1 tbs oil
1 tbs light soy sauce

5 pips of garlic smashed
1 tbs ginger paste
1 inion chopped fine
2 tsp Thai chillies minced (bird chillie)
1 kaffir lime leaf sliced very fine
2 tbs of Thai Basil leaves

½ cup mushrooms sliced
¼ cup carrots sliced
¼ cup broccoli florets
¼ cup cauliflower florets
1 bok choy cut or ¼ cup Napa cabbage sliced

1 cup of mushroom broth or vege stock
2 cups or little more water
Pepper to taste
2 or more tbs of light soy sauce
1 tbs of dark soy sauce
1 tbs vegetarian oyster sauce
1 tbs yellow bean sauce
Little sugar
1 tbs of corn flour
1 tbs oil for frying

Little thinly sliced scallions
Deep fried onion crisps
1 tofu fried and sliced
¼ fresh lime per serving.

Method:
Heat a non-stick pan with the 1 tbs of oil. Add the fresh noodles,
Add the 1 tbs of light soy sauce. stir to get every thing mixed.
Fry for a minute and remove to a container.

Next steam all the veges and keep aside

Heat oil in a wok, add in the crushed garlic and ginger paste.
Stir fry nicely. Add in the onions and fry till the onions are lightly browned. Add in the chillies, kaffir lime leaves and basil.
Sauté well, add in the water, mushroom broth, let it boil.
Add in all the sauces, sugar, pepper and salt if needed.

Once it has boiled well, mix the corn flour powder with little water
And add to the boiling soup. Keep stirring while you pour the flour.
Once the soup has thicken a bit, add in the steamed veges and remove.

Arrange the fried noodles on a plate, spoon the gravy over the noodles.
Garnish with the cut scallions, fried onion crisps, fried sliced tofu, cut lime and fresh cut red chillies. Serve hot.


NOTE: According to my friend, you can even stir fry the veges and add the soup ingredients in one go. She feels the veges will retain their colour if you steam and add.
Also the soup would be very tasty if you add prawns, crabs, calamari,
Fish sauce and things.
Add the sauces according to your taste