Watermelon gazpacho is the absolute summer must-have. With the vibrant sweet watermelon and the fires kick from the nagabon chilli topping. Enjoy the summer freshness with the easy vegan option.
It was a note in the suburbs to check for interest to try out some nagabon chillies that got me started on this watermelon gazpacho. The variety of homegrown chilli that is around my residential area is amazing. Even better is how the community shares the produce. I was happy to exchange the couple of nagabons for a bunch of mint. The superspicy nagabons needed a gentle soothing partner to be tried with. Watermelon gazpacho has that mellow sweetness that helps not to set your mouth on fire and so here we are.
Prep up for watermelon gazpacho
Watermelon gazpacho is one of the easiest cold soup recipe you can try. Just a couple of ingredients and a giant watermelon makes a good batch of soup prepped and ready for a couple of days.
Watermelon- get a good seedless watermelon for making this soup. This helps when you blend up the soup the fibres can remain and the soup doesn’t become watery. You can choose the red ones or the yellow ones. I tend to quickly go to red the colour that is the most vibrant in them.
Veggies – so this is where you can add variety. Roma tomatoes, a cucumber, red peppers (capsicum) and garlic are a must for a Spanish style cold soup. I prefer to chop up my red onions and not really blend them in. If you prefer a smooth soup like the tomato cold soup we did, add them to the blender along with the other ingredients.
In addition to this, we love a little bit of a bite to the watermelon soup so it is unlike watermelon juice. So finely chop the onion, avocado and nagabon chilli to add to the centre of the bowl when you ladle out the soup. Squeeze a bit of lemon in this mix if you are storing it so the avocado doesn’t darken. to this mix, you can add some fresh sweet corn as well.
Bread- the watermelon and the veggies are all water-laden and the soup can be thin. To avoid this add the soft part of the soup while blending. This thickens and gives a scoopable feel to the soup.
Herbs- I love just a bit of torn mint and added to the bowl. It just adds a bit of freshness to the soup
Vinegar – red wine vinegar tastes the best with gazpacho soups..it adds the acidity that Roma lacks.
Oil- a good salad grade olive oil is the one that rounds sup the flavours in any Spanish dishes. Just a couple of drops on top elevates the flavour.
Spices- other that salt and pepper to flavour, try a pinch of cumin seeds in the blend. That peps the flavour a lot more than just making taste like just watermelon.
Watermelon- get a good seedless watermelon for making this soup. This helps when you blend up the soup the fibres can remain and the soup doesn’t become watery. You can choose the red ones or the yellow ones. I tend to quickly go to red the colour that is the most vibrant in them.
Veggies – so this is where you can add variety. Roma tomatoes, a cucumber, red peppers (capsicum) and garlic are a must for a Spanish style cold soup. I prefer to chop up my red onions and not really blend them in. If you prefer a smooth soup like the tomato cold soup we did, add them to the blender along with the other ingredients.
In addition to this, we love a little bit of a bite to the watermelon soup so it is unlike watermelon juice. So finely chop the onion, avocado and nagabon chilli to add to the centre of the bowl when you ladle out the soup. Squeeze a bit of lemon in this mix if you are storing it so the avocado doesn’t darken. to this mix, you can add some fresh sweet corn as well.
Bread- the watermelon and the veggies are all water-laden and the soup can be thin. To avoid this add the soft part of the soup while blending. This thickens and gives a scoopable feel to the soup.
Herbs- I love just a bit of torn mint and added to the bowl. It just adds a bit of freshness to the soup
Vinegar – red wine vinegar tastes the best with gazpacho soups..it adds the acidity that Roma lacks.
Oil- a good salad grade olive oil is the one that rounds sup the flavours in any Spanish dishes. Just a couple of drops on top elevates the flavour.
Spices- other that salt and pepper to flavour, try a pinch of cumin seeds in the blend. That peps the flavour a lot more than just making taste like just watermelon.
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Watermelon Gazpacho
Watermelon gazpacho is the absolute summer must-have. With the vibrant sweet watermelon and the fires kick from the nagabon chilli topping. Enjoy the summer freshness with the easy vegan option.
Equipment
- 1 blender
- 1 Cutting board
- 1 Knife
Ingredients
to blend
- 2 cup watermelon cubed
- 1 medium Tomato cubed (use roma)
- 1 celery stalk
- 1/2 small red onion
- 1 small english Cucumber cubed
- 1 thick slice Whole meal bread crusty breads are preffered.
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1/4 tsp cumin seeds
for the relish in the centre.
- 4 tbsp avocado finely minced
- 4 tbsp cucumber finely minced
- 1/2 tsp red chilli finely minced ( I have used nagabon, adjust as you need)
- salt to taste
- 1 tsp lime juice
To serve
- salt to taste
- crushed black pepper ( optional)
- 2-3 mint leaves
Instructions
- Chop and add all the ingredients into the blender.
- BLend to a smooth blend.
- Chill the blend while you prepare the relish.
- Finely chop the relish ingredients and toss with the lime juice.
- Place a small portion of the relish in the centre of the bowl and ladle the cold soup in.
- Add the torn mint leaves, salt and pepper.
- Enjoy the sourp with more bread and a salad on the side.
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Perfect pairing with the watermelon gazpacho.
Usually, the gazpachos need nothing but a good salad and some crusty bread to make a meal. If you are setting up simple tapas, check out the millet stuffed pattypan squash recipe too. It pairs well making this soup a filling lunch. If you are taking this up to the beach picnic, pack up some loaded vegemite sandwiches and this soup in a cold pack.
What to do with the watermelon rind?
Once you have found how easy it is to make this soup, there will be a lot of watermelon rind that you may end up with. Here are a couple of Indian inspired recipes with watermelon rind.
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Such a refreshing and delicious soup.. What a beautiful chilli.. loved the fiery red colour !
This refreshing soup is so apt for this summers, loved the combination of flavours and the kick of chilly in it.
This looks so refreshing and yummy..loved the colour, perfect for this weather.
What an amazing way to use those chilis. Love that you picked this sweet and spicy chilled soup. Sounds refreshing and delicious.
Gazpacho looks so refreshing with a dash of chilli in it.
This is a bowl that will be certainly for me this summer. I love the melange of tastes: sweet watermelon, spicy chilli, tangy tomato……
Wow, that nagabon chilli looks super cute, and the gaspacho rocks. Excellent and love that delightful colour of the gazpacho.
watermelon gazpacho has become a regular at our table. Its such a filling and cooling soup and healthy too. I like your idea of also adding some avocado. Its nice to learn about a new chili.
Wow I am amazed at the colour of this dish, it looks so vibrant and the flavours are so delicious.
I love watermelon and never thought of making a soup out of it…but definitely will try as it looks awesome
How very smart to pair the very hot chillies with cool ingredients! I can imagine the result must be lip-smacking-good!
Watermelon gazpacho looks so tempting and love the use of nagaban chilli. I once accidentally put one habanero in my curry and we had to through all of the curry as it was outrageously hot.
Never seen this recipe before! Looks so good with red color and chili.
Interesting Post Seema. Being a big fan of chillies, I loved reading every bit of it. I recently tasted Bhut Jholokia or Ghost Pepper flavoured honey but could still feel that spice kick hitting the head. You have transformed that wonderful produce so lovingly gifted by the family into something really refreshing. Those chillies look like cute berries but I am sure, the heat kick is top notch!
Seema you come up with such a delicious dish!! I love it. My friend had these chilli now will check if I can get some from her n try this yummy gazpacho
This is such a delicious soup, love all the flavours here. On my to do list.
A chilled hot soup looks so delicious.. perfect for hot weather.. combining so many flavourful ingredients with watermelon will definitely yum yum
Gazpacho are easy summer soups for hot days. Love your pics.
That’s a brilliant use of those beautiful chilies , I could have never imagined making a soup with water melon , but your recipe sounds interesting, will try this sometime
So perfect for these hot days 🙂 looks so refreshing and love the color.
My capacity to take heat is very limited, thanks to umma never giving us spicy food, so I think I would die with that fiery looking chilli! Hehe… having said that, I love how you explained the whole reaction, the body is such a wonderful machine, isn’t it? Beautiful color of the gazpacho, such a needed soup for the upcoming hot days…
watermelon refreshes i must confess
looks really yum
Never tried a soup with watermelon Seema…and this one looks so vibrant and flavorful..perfect for Summers !
When community grows together it is so much fun. I am growing a lot of chillies this year, fingers crossed they survive here. If good would love to try your gazpacho, as would love this on a hot summer day.
Seema I often make watermelon gazpacho especially during the hot season and love it. I have also tried with avocado topping as your recipe suggests and we love it.
Scorching here ans that watermelon gazpacho looks like a delicate, delicious oasis to dig in ..