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🍽️ Refreshing Thai Melon Soup

158 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 900 g watermelon (1 piece)
• 50 g ginger (1 piece)
• 3 garlic cloves
• 3 shallots
• 1 stalk lemongrass
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 green chili pepper
• 1 lime
• salt
• pepper
• 3 spring onions
• 200 g crab meat
• 3 sprigs cilantro
• 1 tsp sesame oil

Instructions

1. 1. Cut the watermelon in half and remove the green rind completely.
2. 2. Cut the red flesh into large cubes and remove all black seeds.
3. 3. Puree the melon flesh with a hand blender until it is fine and smooth.
4. 4. Peel the ginger, garlic, and shallots.
5. 5. Finely chop the ginger, garlic, and shallots.
6. 6. Remove the tough outer leaf layers from the lemongrass.
7. 7. Finely chop only the soft, lower third of the lemongrass.
8. 8. Heat the oil in a pot over medium heat.
9. 9. Add the shallots, ginger, garlic, and chopped lemongrass to the pot.
10. 10. Sauté the ingredients while stirring for 4 to 5 minutes.
11. 11. Add the whole chili pepper to the pot.
12. 12. Add one-third of the melon puree to the pot.
13. 13. Bring the mixture to a boil.
14. 14. Simmer the soup over medium heat for 5 minutes.
15. 15. Squeeze the lime to extract the juice.
16. 16. Puree the soup in the pot until smooth.
17. 17. Stir the remaining melon puree into the soup.
18. 18. Season the soup with lime juice, salt, and pepper to taste.
19. 19. Pour the soup through a fine sieve.
20. 20. Press the soup through the sieve with the back of a ladle to smooth it.
21. 21. Chill the soup in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours until cold.
22. 22. Wash the spring onions and remove the dry tips.
23. 23. Dice the white parts of the spring onions very finely.
24. 24. Check the crab meat for any remaining shell pieces and remove them.
25. 25. Mix the crab meat with the diced spring onions.
26. 26. Wash the coriander and shake it dry.
27. 27. Pluck the small coriander leaves from the stems.
28. 28. Finely chop the coriander leaves.
29. 29. Stir the chopped coriander leaves into the crab meat.
30. 30. Mix the crab meat with sesame oil.
31. 31. Season the crab meat with salt, pepper, and a little lime juice.
32. 32. Fill the crab meat into small bowls.
33. 33. Serve the cold soup separately alongside the bowls.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 158
• Protein: 10 g · Fett/Fat: 6 g · Carbs: 12 g