Traditional Cuisine Challenge-Beverage-Melon Soup

I'm joining in this traditional cuisine challenge to share with you one of the traditional food we have here in Nigeria.

This food is common to all. You can get it in the restaurant or any eatery of your choice.

Melon soup.

Melon soup is from a plant called melon.

The processing of melon is to peel the melon, remove the chaff, then grind the melon seed to powder.

Once it's grinded, then it's ready for use.

I will take you to the process of preparing melon soup.

Melon soup can be prepared in various ways depending on how you best enjoy it.

But as for me, I enjoy preparing my melon soup with tomatoes.

Ingredients:

• Melon

• Smoked fish

• Fresh tomatoes

• Fresh pepper

• Onion

• vegetable (pumpkin)

• Seasoning cubes

• Palm oil

• Crayfish

• Salt to taste

Method of preparation:

Wash your smoked fish properly and set aside
Wash your tomatoes and pepper, and blend. Blend it together with onion
Blend your crayfish

Get your clean pot, put on fire
Pour in the palm oil and allow to heat a bit

Once heated, pour in your blended tomatoes and pepper

Allow to fry, till the tomatoes water is almost dried up

Once it's a bit dried up, pour in your melon and fry together, continue stiring to avoid it getting burnt

Pour in your water immediately. Ensure you don't pour too much water to avoid your soup getting watery

Put your seasoning cubes,salt,blended crayfish and stir

Put your fish and cover your pot

Allow to cook for 20-25 mins, so as the melon to be cooked properly

Check what's on fire and taste

Add your vegetable

Your melon soup is ready