Thai-style Vegetarian Noodles

Vegetables are so colourful and so full of different flavours and textures that it is a shame to ruin them by boiling or otherwise overcooking them. The wok to the rescue: not only does the wok allow one to cook vegetables properly, it also facilitates the absorption by the vegetables of all the delicious and wok-smoky seasonings in the recipe.

Here is a vegetarian noodle dish in which the wok brings out the best of the Thai style.