Thai Melon Soup

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Thai Melon Soup
Thai Melon Soup

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Melon 🍈 soup 🍲

4.2/5

Fresh and clean, with that lovely aroma of basil.

Paul R Smith
Servings:Serves 4
Calories per serving:485
Ready in:15 minutes
Prep. time:15 minutes
Cook time:None
Difficulty:Average difficulty
Recipe author:Chef
First published:16th August 2014

This soup is ridiculously refreshing and outrageously delicious. The perfect light summer lunch or starter.


Ingredients

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Method

  1. Halve your melon. Scoop out the seeds. Spoon the flesh from the skin straight into a blender or food processor.
  2. Peel your cucumber. Roughly chop. Add to the melon.
  3. Bash your lemongrass stalk till it flattens and softens a bit. Peel the outer layer away. Thinly slice starting at the base. Finely chop till you have about 1 heaped tsp.
  4. Add the lemongrass to the blender/food processor along with the ginger, chilli, coconut milk, basil, mint and the zest and juice of 1 lime.
  5. Whizz till smooth. Taste. Add more lemongrass, ginger, chilli, herbs or lime juice as needed. Swirl in a bit more coconut milk, too, if needed (depends on the melonΒ’s sweetness).
  6. Once it's so good you can't stop eating it, pop it in the freezer to chill quickly or the fridge if youΒ’re serving it later. Lovely garnished with a swirl of coconut milk drizzled on top and some fresh basil leaves.

Peeling ginger

There is no need to peel ginger. As a result of attending a Thai cookery demo, we have learnt that peeling ginger is unnecessary unless for aesthetic purposes as the skin is high in fibre and full of flavour. However, do remove any bits that have become tough or woody.

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