Beef & Broccoli Stir Fry

Here in Oxford we have friends from many countries and we love to share recipes of dishes and cook for each other. My husband and I love Chinese food - authentic and our yummy Desi Chinese food. I wanted to make some good Chinese stir fry which could be had with steamed rice of just by itself as a side. And I only had broccoli, some beef, and chicken in my house so I came up with this dish.. the flavors were perfect and the beef and broccoli complimented each other well!
I have tried my hand at few Asian dishes and they have turned out well except noodles.. they are decent enough and edible but I want to learn how to make great noodles with perfect seasoning.. will try again soon!
So going back to the recipe........

Ingredients:

1 cup broccoli florets washed
1 lb/ 1/2 kg beef sliced in medium pieces, fat trimmed and washed or chicken
1 tsp ginger grated
2 tblspn Cornstarch/All purpose flour (when you don't have cornstarch on hand)
2 tbspn or more Soy Sauce (1 tsbpn to marinate beef & 1 for cornstarch mix)
1/4 tsp Chilli Flakes
1 tsp sugar (use little to marinate the beef)
1 tbspn Olive/Vegetable Oil
1/2 tsp Sesame oil (can add more if you like the flavor)

Marinate beef in soy sauce, chilli flakes and sugar for atleast 15mins. Make a smooth paste of the cornstarch and water. Add the remaining soy sauce & sugar & keep aside. Heat oil in a wok add the ginger and fry but make sure you don't burn it. Now add the beef and stir fry few mins till the beef is no longer pinkish. Then add the broccoli and stir fry (you can do this separately as well if you are worried of the crispiness of the broccoli). Now add the cornstarch mixture and mix well. Add a little water (1-2 tbspn) if it gets too dry and adjust seasoning. Add some sesame oil and mix well. Serve with steamed rice or as an appetizer.

Note:
1) I just roast 1-2 red chillies and grind them to make chilli flakes - you can use store bought ones too
2) There is no salt in this dish as the soy sauce has enough sodium but if your soy sauce is light you can add some but go easy with it
3)Once I used 1 tbsp soy sauce and store bought Hoisin sauce (2 tbsp) it turned out well
4)You can garnish this dish with green onions