Thai Waterfall Beef Salad

November 08, 2013

An authentic easy Thai beef salad.

Counting days till we fly to Bangkok... yay

This is going to be a "Mom and Daughter" trip, our first without the boys.

Its time for family visit/ holiday to Malaysia again. The last visit was in 2010. I always felt that it is such a waste just to fly into KL and not taking advantage of the cheap air fare and fly to one of the neighbouring countries.

Few clicks on webpages in search of good deals on airfares, accommodations and possible destinations, Bangkok came top of my list.
... but the boys aren't interested...

Its definitely going to be more of a shopping trip rather than sight seeing-touristy trip,
... 'shop till she drop' adventure for E.

She is looking forward to explore all the shops, with hope that she may find something nice and decent (on Mom's strict order!!!); a dress or Ball Gown for her Year 12 Prom Night
(is it call Prom Night? I cant remember the exact name for this 'major event' for all Year 12s ...am out of touch. After all, I didn't have such event when I finished my High School!).

Oh yes... she has done her "contribution" for the trip by googling and mapping out her shopping routes, from one end of Bangkok to another, plus listing down hotels within walking distance to shopping precincts (with warning spoken out loud : "Mom, not the haunted hotels, ok!!")

I just hope that I have the stamina to keep up with this excited 16 year old shopoholic.
And me? I am excited to re-visit the city.... but I dont think I will be shopping as much as Little Miss Shopoholic... perhaps 1 or 2 knick knack, props, celadons ...(I am sure my husband is smiling reading my last statement...)

...looking forward to drown myself in Authentic Thai food though

Delicious Thai finger food to impress your guests

I am building up our holiday 'mood' by posting this ...

Thai Waterfall Beef Salad

Serve 4
Adapted with changes from SBS

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2 x 200 g Beef Fillets
2 tablespoon fish sauce
2 teaspoon palm sugar
juice of 1 lime
1 tablespoon roasted glutinous rice
1 kaffir lime leaf (thinly sliced)
1/2 teaspoon lemongrass (frozen minced lemongrass)
1 chilli thinly sliced
fresh coriander leaves
fresh mint leaves

1 cup of glutinous rice
1 cup of water

Wash glutinous rice and cook in rice cooker.
Once cook set aside to cool. shape into balls about the size of a big marble.
Pan roast the glutinous rice together with kaffir lime leaf and lemon grass.
Set aside to cool.
Ground to a fine powder.
In a mixing bowl, mix fish sauce, lime juice and palm sugar.
Stir to dissolve the sugar (add sugar if needed).
Cook beef on skillet or barbeque hot plate for about 2-3 mins on each side (adjust time depending how you wish your beef to be cooked :- rare, medium or well done).
Thinly slice the beef.
Add sliced beef into the fish sauce mix.
Add the grounded rice, fresh coriander leaves, mint leaves, chilli.
Mix well and serve with cooked glutinous rice.