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There's just one way to cook panang curry with beef - or so says the Ministry of Commerce which won't give you a Thai Select seal of approval if you use any other recipe. (Weirdly the Thai Select website does not have a recipe for panang neua.

What should be the true taste of phad thai?

According to the Commerce Ministry, it takes an equal amount of seasonings -- two tablespoons of fish sauce, two tbsp of palm sugar and two tbsp of tamarind juice -- to cook up "the" authentic phad thai.

It is also recommended that the dish must be stir-fried until it is dry.