Thai Beef Salad

One of my favourite meals for a hot summer day. Really easy to prepare, light and full of flavour. I don't usually measure the amounts in the dressing but adjust to my taste until I feel the balance is right. Feel free to add more or less of anything you like.

Dressing

1 tablespoon fish sauce

1 tablespoon soy sauce
Juice of 2 fresh limes
3 tablespoons kecap manis
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 teaspoom minced fresh ginger

1 tablespoon brown sugar (or palm sugar)

1 chilli diced finely (I use a red birds eye)

Salad
1 bunch corriander roughly chopped
1/2 red onion finely sliced
1 red capsicum finley sliced

1 cucumber sliced
2 cups mixed lettuce leaves (I use an Asian Style mix from Woolies)

1/2 cup toasted cashew nuts

2 sirloin steaks

Mix all the dressing ingredients together and set aside.

Place all salad ingredients into a big mixing bowl.

Cook the steaks to your desired doneness (I do medium rare). Slice and layer over salad leaves.

Pour the dressing over the warm steak slices so they soak it up. Toss together and serve with boiled jasmine or basmati rice.