By Myung Jin Lee

After the short, sweet break, Northeastern students gather again for the summer semester. Quickly, students must rethink that same unending question: What should we eat tonight?

The Hungry Husky knows that some students have plans to hang out tonight for Thai food. To save money, students could easily make their own meal, rather than shell out cash at a local eatery.

Thai food isn’t hard to make. Here are some Hungry Husky recommendations that will turn your kitchen into Bangkok City or Brown Sugar. Both recipes serve two to three people.

Pad Thai

Adapted from ThaiTable.com

What you need:

1/2 lime

1 egg

4 teaspoons fish sauce

1/2 teaspoon ground chili pepper

1 minced shallot

2 tablespoons sugar

2 tablespoons tamarind

1/2 package Thai rice noodles

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

2 tablespoons peanuts

1/2 pound shrimp or chicken or 1/3 cup tofu

1. First, heat the peanuts in a wok until they are toasted, then take them out of the wok.

2. Put shallot, garlic and tofu into the oiled wok. Stir them until they turn brown.

3. Soak the noodles in water long enough to make them flexible, but so long that they expand.

4. Drain the noodles and stir them quickly to keep them from sticking.

5. After stirring the noodles, add tamarind, fish sauce, sugar and chili pepper, and mix well.

6. Scramble the egg and fold it into the noodles.

7. Heat cooked shrimp, chicken or tofu, and stir into the noodles.

8. If the noodles are soft and sticky, it means it is ready to eat.

9. Serve with peanuts, the banana flower slice and a piece of lime.

You can add more pepper or sugar depending on your tastes. Add sugar, chili pepper, vinegar and fish sauce at your own discretion.

Thai iced tea

Adapted from a recipe by Emeril Lagasse

3 cups water

1 cup Thai tea

3/4 cup sugar

3 tablespoons cream

3 tablespoons condensed milk

1. Boil the water and prepare the tea in a kettle or glass container.

2. Pour the boiling water onto the tea and let it sit for a few minutes, until the liquid turns an orange color.

3. Add some sugar and stir the mixture.

4. Put it in the refrigerator until it cools.

5. Pour iced tea into glasses and add ice, 1 tablespoon cream and 1 tablespoon of condensed milk. Serve.

Hungry Husky Tips

You can also make perfect vegetarian-style Pad Thai. Just use tofu (or nothing at all) instead of shrimp or chicken, and use soy sauce instead of fish sauce. Don’t forget to maintain high temperatures and make sure you put enough oil in the wok. While soaking the dry noodles in water, prepare other items. (Noodles will be ready to stir in 5-10 minutes.)