pomelo salad, a Thai treat, served with fried shallots - wilfriedscooking

Ingredients

• one pomelo
• a small to medium cucumber
• 1 red or green pepper
• 12-16 shrimp
• 1 red Asian chilli ((optional))
• 1/4 cup mint leaves
• 1/4 cup (Thai) basil leaves
• 1/3 cup diced shalots (can substitute by peanuts)
• 1/4 cup unsalted cashew nuts
• 2 tbsp shredded unsweetened coconut
• 2 tbsp olive oil or other liquid vegetable oil
• 1/3 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
• 3 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp palm sugar or cane sugar (could be reduced to 1 tbsp)
• 2 tsp Thai sweet chilli sauce