Thai Beef Salad Sontaya

#recipes: Sontaya’s Thai beef salad

 

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Sontaya’s Thai beef salad. Photo: Ann Marie McQueen

One of the most beautiful and romantic restaurants in the Abu Dhabi is Sontaya at the St Regis Saadiyat Island Resort, with its location on the Arabian Gulf, glass walls and floating pavilions. Its food is also consistently delicious, raising the bar on Southeast Asian fusion. Recently, the restaurant’s Thai sous chef Narongrit Thongwiji taught a small group of foodies how to make the restaurant’s mouth-watering Yum Nua Yang Makhue Ord – aka Thai beef salad – and shared the recipe with livehealthy.ae.

The key is the ingredients, says Narongrit, especially the Thai basil the eatery imports from Thailand. “You can use regular basil,” he says, adding that although the dish will still be good, “it will be a different taste.”

INGREDIENTS

MARINADE

40 grams soy sauce

15 grams coriander root

10 grams garlic

5 grams black pepper

30 grams palm sugar

120 grams beef strip loin

SALAD

25 grams Asian mixed leaves

1 piece Thai eggplant chopped

10 grams red onion diced (save a small portion to add to the sauce)

25 grams ribboned cucumber

25 grams ribboned carrot

SAUCE

10 grams lemongrass

25 grams fish sauce

25 grams lime juice

25 grams thai chili paste

METHOD

  1. Mix the soy sauce, chopped coriander root, palm sugar and black pepper using a mortar and pestle.
  2. Marinate beef in mixture for 15 minutes.
  3. Grill beef to desired level.
  4. Arrange the beef and vegetables on a plate to your liking.
  5. Blend remaining ingredients in a blender and pour on to salad.

Featured photo: Ann Marie McQueen

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