Yam neua yaang (Thai beef salad)

A friend sent us this recipe, and it was fantastic.

400g beef sirloin, lightly grilled and thinly sliced
200g cucumber, peeled and shredded
50g onion, sliced thin
Fresh herbs, chopped
Whole lettuce

2 tbsp fish sauce
2 tbsp lime juice
1 tsp sugar
1 hot chili, minced
1 clove garlic, minced

We can't grill in our flat, so we pan fried the steak the way Best Recipe recommended: heat an iron skillet for 10 minutes, add a little oil, salt and pepper the steak, and cook it for 5 minutes on the first side, 3 minutes on the second. This was supposed to give us rare steak, but I would call the result medium or medium-well. Still tasty, but next time I'll cook it less.

We used coriander (cilantro), mint and basil for the herbs, because we happened to have all three. Any nice collection of fresh herbs will likely do nicely.

Mix the sauce ingredients vigourously. Mix everything else besides the lettuce. Add the sauce. Serve over the lettuce. Simple and delicious.