Grilled beef and eggplant salad

1.Heat a char-grill pan (or barbecue) over high heat, brush steaks with 1 tsp oil and eggplant with remaining oil. Char-grill steaks, turning occasionally, until cooked medium-rare (3-5 minutes), remove and set aside to rest (3-5 minutes). Char-grill eggplant until tender (3-5 minutes) and set aside.

2.For hot and sour dressing, pound garlic and a pinch of salt in a mortar and pestle to a paste, add chilli and pound to combine. Stir in lime juice and fish sauce, adjust seasoning to taste and set aside.

3.Trim excess fat from steaks, thinly slice and combine in a large bowl with herbs, cucumber, shallot, eggplant and hot and sour dressing. Toss to combine, scatter with chilli flakes and serve with steamed jasmine rice and lime wedges.