Thai cucumber salad

2 cucumbers peeled, halved lengthways and de-seeded

35g caster sugar

50ml rice vinegar

(2 hot chillies, finely diced)

2 shallots, finely diced

2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves

40g roasted peanuts, chopped

½ tbsp fish sauce


Cut the cucumber in to 5mm slices

Dissolve the sugar in the vinegar and toss the cucumber slices in it. Fold in the chilli, shallot and coriander.

Sprinkle with the peanuts and fish sauce just before serving.