Cold soup with cucumber and watermelon

This light cold soup is a great substitute for okroshka. The refreshing taste of cucumber goes well with the sweetness of watermelon, hot chili and sour lime.

• Recipe author: Maria Dronova
• After preparation, you will receive 3 servings
• Total recipe preparation time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

• Watermelon pulp 500 g
• Green chili pepper 1 piece
• Green onions 1 feather
• Mint 1 bunch
• Fresh cucumber 1 piece
• Lime 1 piece
• Champagne vinegar 2 tbsp spoons
• Olive oil 1 tbsp the spoon
• Sea salt to taste
• Ground black pepper to taste

Cooking method

• Peel the watermelon and chop finely. Chop the chili peppers, green onions and almost all the mint finely. Cut a cucumber into small cubes.

• Take a deep bowl and combine all the chopped ingredients, sprinkling with lime juice, vinegar and olive oil. Mix well.

  By the way, the zest can also be crumbled into a bowl.

• Then grind the contents of the bowl with a blender until smooth.

• Strain through a fine sieve, season the resulting puree with salt and ground pepper.

• Cool in the refrigerator for an hour. Serve in deep bowls and garnish with mint.

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