Purple beetroot and brown coconut soil with peanut and chilli miso

Instructions

1. Step 1

   To make the miso, blitz the red chillies, peanuts, lime leaves, koji, salt and water into a coarse paste. Mix all the ingredients together thoroughly

2. Step 2

   Place the mixture into a sterilised jar, then compact it down in firmly. Sprinkle the remaining 5g of salt on top. Tie a piece of muslin on top of the jar, and store it at room temperature for 3 months

3. Step 3

   Two days before you're ready to serve, make the coconut soil. Blitz the shallots, ginger, galangal, garlic, lemongrass and red chillies into a coarse paste in a blender

4. Step 4

   Add the vegetable oil to a large pot, and bring it to a medium heat. Fry the paste in the oil until fragrant, then stir in the grated coconut

5. Step 5

   Cook the paste for 10 mins, then add the palm sugar and coconut milk. Cook this for 30 mins or until it has a fudgy, thick consistency

6. Step 6

   Add the tamarind and salt, then cook for another 10 mins

7. Step 7

   Take the mixture off the heat and let cool. Once the mixture has cooled, spread it in a dehydrator, and dehydrate for 48 hours. Once dry, crumble the mixture up into a coarse soil

8. Step 8

   On the day you're ready to serve, make the beetroot roll. First, peel the beetroot and trim off both ends. Use a Japanese turning vegetable slicer to cut a very long and thin slice of beetroot. Tightly roll the beetroot slice into a cylinder and tie it with a piece of string so that it doesn’t fall apart when cooking

9. Step 9

   Place the beetroot cylinder in a small saucepan and cover it about halfway with the beetroot juice. Cook the beetroot uncovered for 30 mins over a low heat, then turn it over and repeat until the beetroot is cooked all the way through. Add a little more beetroot juice if the beetroot needs to be cooked for slightly longer

10. Step 10

    Once the beetroot is cooked through, and the beetroot juice is totally reduced, remove the pot from the heat and let the beetroot cool

11. Step 11

    To make the peanut sauce bring the coconut milk to the boil, then use a stick blender to emulsify the peanut butter and 150g chilli miso into the coconut milk until it is smooth

12. Step 12

    Just before you're ready to serve, fry the curry leaves in the hot vegetable oil until crisp

13. Step 13

    To plate, cut the beetroot cylinder through the middle. Brush the beetroot layers with the fig leaf vinegar

14. Step 14

    Place the glazed beetroot on a serving plate, and spoon warm peanut sauce and coconut soil on the side. Garnish with fried curry leaves