Watermelon Gazpacho Recipe. A vegan, no-cook, raw, cold soup where the delicate flavors of cucumber and watermelon come together. A perfect light and comforting starter to serve during summer.
Gazpacho is a Spanish style soup that is basically served cold/chilled, made from tomatoes, cucumbers and other vegetables along with spices.
This watermelon Gazpacho is an adapted version of the traditional recipe but I used watermelon in the place of tomatoes and trust me it tasted just bliss during the noon time when the sun was beating down relentlessly.
While growing up, soups were a new concept. My mother never made any soups but upon my insistence started making tomato soup and veg soup which are the only things I knew till my marriage. It took some time for me to understand that our very own “Rasams” are in a way, a soup.
After my marriage once I started venturing out of whatever the zone I was in (because I did not even know what my comfort zone was), I came upon gazpachos.
The concept of a cold soup with fruits intrigued me. But after tasting, I felt that it somehow correlated to our very own “jaljeera” which is once again a mildly spicy drink made of summer fruits and veggies.
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So, if you were of the belief that soups are to be only enjoyed steaming hot and that too on a cold wintry day… This soup begs to differ on all fronts and the best thing is that this soup needs no cooking at all.
Its very light on the stomach, keeps you filled, hydrating and helps in digestion, which sums up all the requirements that are necessary during the hot summer season which makes one more good reason to try out this watermelon gazpacho.
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Watermelon Gazpacho needs to be served absolutely chilled. So if you do not have the time to refrigerate, use pre cut chilled watermelon cubes and cucumber to serve immediately.
Watermelon Gazpacho recipe details below:
Watermelon Gazpacho Recipe
Ingredients
- Watermelon - 2 cups chopped
- Cucumber - 1 small
- Lemon juice – 2 tsp
- Green chili - 1 deseeded
- Olive oil – 1 tsp
- Black Pepper powder – 1/4 tsp
- Salt – to taste
Instructions
- Deseed the watermelon and cut them into bite sized chunks.
- Take 8 to 10 chunks and further chop it fine and set aside.
- Scrape the skin of the cucumber, deseed and cut them into bite sized chunks as well.
- In a blender, place the cucumber, large watermelon chunks, green chili (if using), salt, oil and ground pepper and liquidize or blend till frothy.
- Transfer to a serving bowl and mix in the finely chopped watermelon pieces and refrigerate for at least an hour or two.
- Serve chilled in individual serving bowls.
that s totally a super soupa for summer!
Wow - I love this recipe where you really don’t have to cook anything.
i see watermelon dish in every blog….its my fav fruit of all time…so tempted to try this…
Like minds.. You and any made Gazpacho.. I guess the summer heat drives you to it. Like I told Anu, I usually don’t like Gazpacho cause I have only seen it with tomato.. Never knew could be made with Watermelon, cucumber etc
lovely combo. luks delish! … Radhika.
Prefect cooler and fantastic gazpacho for a summer evening dinner.
o..gal!! my watermelon finished off today mrng.. :(( else i would have tried this. Last wiinter, i dd taste mango gazpacho frm a restaurant and it tasted divine.. i wanted to try it fr so long…
Looks delicious..Lovely clicks
This looks amazing. I’ve had a watermelon Greek salad, but this looks better still. Will be making your recipe when our weather warms up, and watermelon is in season! Thanks for posting.
Cool and refreshing recipe, perfect for summer.
-Raksha
Raksha’s Kitchen
wow..that is a twist
I’ve always wanted to make this! thanks for posting the recipe 🙂
looks absolutely smashing!! 🙂
This is totally new to me, but it looks very refreshing! YuM!
Absolutely love the recipe. Please do send it to my “Healthy Me & Healthy Us” event (read the rules).
Thats nice treat for summer 🙂
I cant wait to try this during the summer months with watermelon and cucumber from my garden 🙂 Thanks for the great recipe!