Name: Winter stir-fry
Total time: 20 min
Yield: serves 2
Ingredients: 1 sirloin steak trimmed and sliced into thin strips and then each sliced lengthways in 2; 2 tbsp cornflour mixed with Chinese; 1 tsp five-spice; oil; 2 cloves garlic sliced; 1cm piece root ginger shredded; 1 red chilli shredded; 2 medium carrots shredded; ¼ dark green cabbage shredded; 2 tsp sesame seeds; to dress ketjap manis or soy sauce

1 sirloin steak
trimmed and sliced into thin strips and then each sliced lengthways in 2
2 tbsp cornflour
mixed with Chinese
1 tsp five-spice
oil
2 cloves garlic
sliced
1cm piece root ginger
shredded
1 red chilli
shredded
2 medium carrots
shredded
¼ dark green cabbage
shredded
2 tsp sesame seeds
to dress ketjap manis or soy sauce

Method

step 1
Toss the beef in the cornflour. Heat a little oil in a wok and when it is nearly smoking, fry the beef until browned. Tip onto a plate.
Add the garlic and ginger to the wok and toss then add the chilli and carrot and a little oil. Brown the carrot quickly.
Add the cabbage and sesame seeds and toss, add the beef, toss and serve. Drizzle with ketjap manis.