Thai-style beef salad

Shopping list

• Fruit and vegetables

  • 2 banana shallots or 4 small shallots
  • ½ cucumber
  • 3 spring onions
  • handful fresh basil leaves
  • handful fresh coriander
  • 1½-2 limes, juice only
  • 2 red bird's-eye chillies
  • lime wedges, to serve

• Cooking ingredients

  • vegetable oil, for brushing
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tsp palm sugar, from a 'cake' of sugar (substitute golden caster sugar if unavailable)
  • 90ml/3fl oz fish sauce

• Meat, fish and poultry

  • 2 x 150g/5oz sirloin steaks

• Other

  • ¼ head Chinese leaf
  • 2 ripe tomatoes

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