Vietnamese Stir-fry Beef

Ingredients:
250g stir-fry beef ~ thinly sliced
4 stalk lemongrass ~ thinly sliced
7-8 cloves garlic
2 shallots
3-4 red bird's eye chilies
1 tbsp sugar
1-2 tbsp fish sauce
2 tbsp cooking oil

Directions:

1. Use mortar & pestle, roughly pound garlic, shallots & red chilies together.
2. Add sugar & fish sauce, mix together with the pounded ingredients.
3. Marinate the thinly sliced beef for 30 mins.
4. In a wok, heat 2 tbsp cooking oil on high heat; saute the lemongrass till fragrant.
5. Add the marinated beef & cook for about 3 mins or the beef is cooked.
6. Then add the mints leaves; stir for another min.
7. Remove from heat & serve immediately either with steamed white rice or noodles.