Thai Beef Salad

• 700g of sirloin or rump steak
• (marinated in a bit of tom yum paste and fish sauce)
• 1 cucumber (sliced thin to matchstick size)
• 1 punnet of cherry tomatoes (halved)
• 1 red capsicum (sliced thin to matchstick size)
• 4 red shallots (finely sliced lengthways)
• 1 cup mint leaves
• 1 cup coriander leaves
• 1/2 stick of celery (sliced, optional)

for the sauce:

• 3 tbsp tom yum paste
• 7 tsp fish sauce
• 2 tbsp shrimp paste
• 1 tsp satay sauce
• 9 tsp sugar
• 1 tbsp lime juice
• 1/2 - 2 tsp roasted chilli powder (optional)