Sweet and Sour Thai cucumber relish

CATEGORY: Thai salad/side
SOURCE: Cooking class (Emory)
Dish is also called "ajad" and usually served with satays

3 pickling cucumbers OR 1 regular cucumber peeled

1-2 shallots OR 1 small onion

3 tblsp sugar

3 tblsp rice/white vinegar

Asian fish sauce

8-10 sprigs cilantro

1 small red chilli pepper

Quarter cucumber and slice very thin. Cover cuc with water in a bowl with 1 tsp salt. Drain after a couple mins. Slice shallot or onion thin and add. Add sugar, vinegar. Mix. After 5 mins add 1/2 tsp fish sauce. Mix. Add cilantro leaves picked from the stems and red chilli without seeds. Adjust taste with vinegar, fish sauce, sugar to make perfect.