A-Jaad - Thai Cucumber Cool Down

A nice pickled cucumber dish to cool you down while eating a spicy meal. Is cooling even though it has some chili in it. You can adjust the amount of chili, or omit it all together, to your liking. From Sheila Lukin's All Around the World Cookbook.

• Ready In: 12 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup rice vinegar
• 2  tablespoons sugar
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1 -2  tablespoon  minced seeded fresh red chile
• 1  cup  thinly sliced seedless cucumber, halved before slicing
• 1⁄2 cup  thinly sliced shallot
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons  chopped cilantro leaves
• 8  cilantro leaves

Directions

1. Combine vinegar,sugar, and salt in a small pan. Cook, swirling occasionally, on low until sugar disolves, about 2 minutes.
2. Turn off heat, add chili, and let cool.
3. Place cucmbers and shallots in a bowl.
4. Add vinegar mixture and stir.
5. Just before serving add the chopped cilantro & stir.
6. Garnish with whole cilantro leaves.