Cold Cucumber Soup or Salad Southeast Asian style

Directions

1. In a bowl place coarsely chopped cucumbers. Add chopped or chiffonade leaves of cilantro, mint, and basil to bowl.
2. Depending on how many cucumbers you begin with add about 1 teaspoon of sugar, fish sauce, lime juice, and a dash of red pepper flakes to bowl of cucumbers and herbs. Taste and then continuing adding them until you get them taste you like.
3. For a salad you're done. For soup place half the mixture in a blender and blend until smooth then combine the two mixtures or puree it all until it's a texture you like. Refrigerate until cold. This will be better after it has time to age for a few hours or overnight.
4. To serve top with coarsely chopped peanuts.