4 120 g slices beef fillet ----------------------------------MARINADE---------------------------------- 100 ml White vinegar 45 g Sugar 2 Cloves garlic, chopped -finely 3 ts Nam Pla (Thai fish sauce) 120 g Chinese cillie paste (Tau -Pan) ----------------------------------DRESSING---------------------------------- 1 c Fresh lime juice 1/2 c Nam Pla 2 ts Light soy sauce 60 g Fresh coriander, chopped -finely 60 g Shallots, chopped finely 1 Clove garlic, chopped -finely 1 Green chilli, deseeded and -chopped fine ----------------------------------TO SERVE---------------------------------- 2 sm Heads cos lettuce 1 lg Cucumber 250 g White cabbage, shredded -coarsely 1 sm Ripe pawpaw, peeled & sliced -into 5 cm long sticks Fresh coriander leaves To cook the beef: grill the beef until med rare and set aside. To make the marinade and marinate the cooked beef: mix the vinegar, sugar, galic, Nam Pla, and chillie paste together. Slice the meat thinly pour over the marinade and marinate for 15 mins. To make the dressing: combine all the dressing ingredients and set aside. To serve: arrange the lettuce leaves on each plate. Trim the ends from the cucumber and cut in half crosswise. Slice lengwise into thin strips. Place a small amount of cabbage on the cucumber strips, and roll up. Repeat with the pawpaw, rolling the pawpaw sticks in cucumber strips. Place the clicd marinated beef on top of the lettuce. Surround each serve with 3 cabbage and pawpaw rolls. Spoon the dressing over the beef, lettuce and the rolls. Top the beef with a generous serving of the coridander leaves. By Grand Hyatt Erawan Bankok From: Australian Vogue Wine and Food Cookbook 94/95 Typed by Joell Abbott 8/94.
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