Recipe - Pad Mee Krob (Rice Vermicelli With Prawns)

1 tablespoon Olive oil
1 cup Thinly cut or sliced up leeks or
coarsely chopped
Onions
1 One half teaspoon Minced garlic
2 One fourth cup Water
1 tablespoon Instant stock powder
One half teaspoon Saffron threads
One half teaspoon Salt
Up to Three fourths teaspoon; or to
taste
1 One fourth cup Extralonggrain white rice
1 cup Diced carrots
1 cup Frozen peas; defrosted,
OR 1 One half cups cut or sliced up
defrosted artichoke
Hearts
1 cup Frozen corn; defrosted
1 Three fourths cup Cooked red kidney beans
OR 15ounces canned red
kidney beans; drained
(rinsed if nonorganic)
One half cup Diced roasted red pepper
Freshly ground black pepper
to taste
One fourth cup Toasted cut or sliced up almonds; for
garnish
(optional)

Makes 4