Stir-fried beef with noodles | Reader's Digest New Zealand

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon tamarind paste
• ¼ cup (60 ml) boiling water
• 2 tablespoons salt–reduced soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon mirin or dry sherry
• 100 g (3½ oz) rice vermicelli
• 1 tablespoon sunflower oil
• 225 g (8 oz) lean rump (round) steak, sliced
• 1 small onion, cut into wedges
• 2 teaspoons chopped lemongrass
• 1 long red chilli, seeded and chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• ¾ cup (80 g) snow peas (mangetout), halved diagonally
• 6 fresh or canned baby corn, sliced
• 1 cup (100 g) sliced fresh shiitake or button mushrooms