Cold Cucumber Soup Or Salad Southeast Asian Style

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   In a bowl place coarsely chopped cucumbers. Add chopped or chiffonade leaves of cilantro, mint, and basil to bowl.

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   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.

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   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.

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   To serve top with coarsely chopped peanuts.

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