CARLA’S BEEF SKEWERS

These skewers are the ideal starter to a braai.

600 g beef steak (I use culotte, but you can also use sirloin or fillet)

20 ml sesame oil

60 ml plum sauce

1 big stick lemon grass, finely chopped

A thumb-size piece of ginger root, finely chopped

2 red chillies, sliced

A bunch of chives, roughly chopped

Flour to dust the skewers

• Soak 15 wooden skewers in water to prevent them from burning on the fire.

• Mix the oil, plum sauce, soy sauce, lemon grass, ginger, one of the chillies and half the chives in a blender.

• Slice the steak very thinly into strips and thread onto the skewers.

• Dust the meat with the flour, and then pat on the paste.

• Braai the skewers on the fire for not more than 2 minutes on each side or shallow fry in a pan.

• Garnish with sliced chilli and chives.