Sticky Pork, Watermelon Pickle and Herb Salad

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 3 red shallots, thinly sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1-2 small red chillies, finely chopped
• 500 gm minced lean pork
• 60 ml (¼ cup) each kecap manis and soy sauce
• 2 tsp brown sugar
• 2 tsp rice vinegar
• 1½ cups each (loosely packed) Vietnamese mint, coriander sprigs and Thai basil
• 1 green onion, thinly sliced diagonally, placed in cold water
• Watermelon pickle
• 300 gm seedless watermelon, diced
• 60 ml (¼ cup) rice vinegar
• 60 ml (¼ cup) fish sauce
• 40 gm palm sugar
• 2 red shallots, thinly sliced
• 60 ml (¼ cup) lime juice