Watermelon Gazpacho/Vegan Spanish Watermelon Soup ~~ Spanish Cuisine

Spanish cuisine, this cuisine is vast as much as like few European cuisine. I learned many Spanish special dishes only after coming here. Our most favourite is always their Seafood Paella and Gazpacho.Its not easy to explain Spanish cuisine in few words, but however writing an intro about this cuisine is much needed to kick start this post. If you are my follower, you would have noticed that am running a month of blogging marathon since almost three weeks with Around the World in 30days as theme in alphabetical order. After the Rwandan cuisine, today am taking you all to Spanish cuisine as i need to post a dish from the country name starts with 'S'. The basis of the history of Spanish food of course has to do with its geographical situation. First of all, the country is located on the Iberian peninsula and is therefore almost entirely surrounded by the waters. Naturally, due to this fortunate location, seafood forms one of the pillars of Spain's gastronomy and categorizes the country as having a Mediterranean diet. The rest of Spain is a diverse terrain made up of mountain ranges, lush pastures, fertile farmgrounds, extensive coastlines and more, which together provide quite the variety of fresh products. For example, Spain's famous hams are cured high in the mountains, vineyards and olive groves sprawl across expanses of land, and fresh fruits and vegetables hail from throughout the country.

Endless cultures, as they passed through or settled in Spain, have influenced the history of Spanish food. The Phoenicians left their sauces, the Greeks introduced Spain to the wonders of olive oil, and Romans, Carthaginians, and Jews integrated elements of their own cooking into that of Spain. However it was the Moors who, during their centuries of reign, most impacted Spanish gastronomy. They introduced fruits and light seasonings into the Iberian diet, as well as combinations of fruits and nuts with meats and fish. Rice, a staple of Spanish gastronomy and therefore Spain's vast array of rice dishes, come straight from the Moors, as does the use of saffron, cinnamon, and nutmeg. As you eat gazpacho on a hot summer day, thank this clearly gastronomically talented Moorish culture, as it too comes straight from them.

I picked a simple cold soup aka gazpacho from Andalusian cuisine of Spain, traditionally Gazpacho is prepared always with tomatoes,cucumber,stalebread, bellpepper and onion. But this watermelon gaspacho is definitely a summer friendly Spanish cold soup which goes of watermelon chunks instead of tomatoes. This watermelon gazpacho makes an excellent summer soup which can be enjoyed while the weather is super hot outside.This vegan cold soup makes a super filling lunch or dinner during summer. Watermelon gazpacho makes a super light, mildly sweet and fabulously aromatic cold soup. However this soup can be prepared quickly and have to be stored in fridge atleast for 2hours as this soup need to be served chilled.

Recipe source: Everyday Vegan

3cups Watermelon (cubed & deseeded)
1/2cup Cucumber (chopped)
1/4cup Green bell pepper (chopped)
1no White onion (chopped)
1tbsp Mint leaves (chopped)
1/2tbsp Lemon juice
2tsp Olive oil
1/4tsp Salt
1no Garlic clove (chopped)
1/2tsp Honey

Take the cubed watermelons, chopped cucumber, chopped green belle pepper, chopped onions, chopped mint, lemon juice, olive oil,salt, garlic clove, honey in a blender.

Blen everything until the mixture turns bit coarse soup.

Transfer this soup to a bowl, arrange in fridge for atleast 2hours.

Serve chilled.

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