Seared beef fillet with lemongrass, ginger and pickled green papaya salad from Spice by Christine Ma

Ingredients

• 1 x 500 g fillet of beef, trimmed
• 30 ml vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon dried prawns
• zest of 1 kaffir lime
• 2 kaffir lime leaves, shredded
• 1 teaspoon minced ginger
• 2 teaspoons minced galangal
• 1 stalk lemongrass, minced
• 1 teaspoon jasmine rice
• 2 coriander roots, minced
• 1 red bird’s-eye chilli, minced
• 100 ml Tamarind Liquid
• 30 g palm sugar, shaved
• 75 ml strained lime juice
• 20 g palm sugar, shaved
• ½ cup shredded green papaya
• 1 teaspoon white sesame seeds
• 40 ml fish sauce
• 50 ml strained lime juice
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 x 6 cm piece daikon radish, peeled
• 1 teaspoon Ginger Juice
• 25 ml fish sauce
• 12 red shallots, finely sliced
• 1 tablespoon shredded laksa (Vietnamese mint) leaves
• ½ cucumber, peeled
• 6 teaspoons drained Pickled Ginger
• 2 cups watercress leaves