VEGETARIAN THAI EGG WRAP & CRUNCHY NOODLES

I am taking part in an exciting food blogger competition hosted by Pick n Pay called Freshly Blogged. 
40 Food bloggers were selected to take part and each week we are given a theme and a "mystery box" 
of ingredients with which we have to create a recipe and blog about it. I also have a basic pantry 
(oil, eggs, flour, milk etc) at my disposal for all the recipes. 
The recipes are uploaded on the freshly blogged website after which I may upload it here 
on my own blog.

Each week 5 bloggers are eliminated until there are only 3 left. The grand finale is a live cook-off 
at the Taste of Joburg festival later this year.

So... if you like what you see here, PLEASE go and vote for my recipe each week on Freshly Blogged!

With this challenge my aim was to figure out a new, fresh way of presenting a typical hodgepodge stir fry. 
I love stir fry but I must admit they don't often look very appealing. Phyllo pastry was one option
 given to us or I could use some of our “pantry ingredients” which is what I decided to do. 
The idea of an egg pocket was born within which I could neatly package the stir fry.
Now that my stir fry wasn't going to be plated on a bed of noodles, I decided to serve the noodles as a 
side dish. Even though typical fried noodle dishes are made with rice noodles or vermicelli, I only had 
access to instant noodles and so the next experiment was born. To my surprise it turned out quite well!

Recipe (serves 2 people)

Stir Fry vegetables

200g frozen Fundis Wok Thai vegetables

½ tsp P’nP crushed garlic, ginger & dhania paste

100g fresh pineapple, diced into cubes

Egg wrap

4 eggs

Crunchy noodles

1 packet P’nP Sweet Thai Chilli Instant Noodles

Orange Syrup

1 tbs white sugar

juice of 1 orange

salt & pepper

vegetable oil

fresh coriander leaves

Instructions

Noodles part 1

Bring a pot of water to the boil, add a pinch of salt.

Break up the noodle cake and add it to the boiling water. Cook for 1 minute.

Strain the noodles and let them dry out completely.

Egg Wrap

Beat 2 eggs together and pour it into a non-stick pan over moderate heat. 

(Add oil first if you’re afraid it will stick). 

Tilt the pan to all sides to make sure that you get the egg evenly distributed and end up with an 

egg “pancake” with no holes.

Turn off the heat and cover with a lid to ensure the top of the “pancake” is also cooked.

Repeat for the second wrap.

Pineapple

Heat up a wok (moderate to high heat) and add a teaspoon of oil.

Add the pineapple and toss them around until they caramelise. 

Remove the pineapple and return the wok to the heat.

Noodles part 2

In the noodle pot, heat a cup of oil to a very high heat.

Sprinkle the noodle seasoning over the dried out noodles.

Fry the noodles for 1 minute, strain them and place it on paper towel to absorb the oil.

Orange Syrup

Wipe the egg wrap pan with paper towel and then bring it up to a moderate heat.

Add the orange juice and sugar and let it reduce until it becomes sticky syrup.

Vegetables

Add a teaspoon of oil to the hot wok, then add the paste.

Add the frozen vegetables and keep stirring to ensure evenly cooked vegetables.

Add a good pinch of salt. 

I didn't add salt to the omelette - the idea is a salty stir fry inside a neutral egg wrap.

Cook the vegetables for a few minutes until almost cooked through and add the caramelised pineapple.

Turn off the heat.

Assembling the egg wrap.

Place the “pancake” on a plate and spoon half the mixture into the middle of the “pancake”.

Fold all 4 sides towards the middle so that the vegetables are tucked into this egg pocket.

Turn the egg pocket over - you want the 4 tucked in side to sit on the plate.

Cut a cross into the flat surface of the pocket and fold open the 4 corners.

Reheat in the microwave.

Sprinkle black pepper over the wrap and garnish with fresh coriander.

Add the crunchy noodles and orange syrup to accompany the egg wrap.

Disclaimer: For this recipe and for the upcoming challenges, I'm using and promoting PnP specific ingredients - it is a PnP competition after all! If, during the competition, I come across a PnP ingredient which I feel is inferior I will suggest an alternative in the recipe. But so far the ingredients have been great so I doubt that will be necessary!