Melon Soup

Homemade Nigerian Local dish

Shark's fin melon is a squash with many common names such as the Angel’s Hair, Chilacayote, Chiverre, fig-leaf gourd, Malabar gourd, black seed squash, Thai Marrow, Thin Vermicelli Pumpkin and cidra. The melon pulp will turn to strands resembling shark’s fins after being cooked. It has numerous health benefits, including helping with the cold and flu, maintaining liver health, helping with insomnia symptoms, improving the digestive system, lowering sore throat inflammation, and preventing bacterial infection. It also treats diabetes and reduces levels of blood glucose due to its high D-Chiro-Inositol content. It’s a great source of Vitamin A, fiber and calcium.This melon is very rare in Singapore supermarkets, you have to try your luck in wet market which operates during morning hours before 11am. As for the dried oyster, you can find it in asian dried goods store. It's also very expensive, so you don't have to add if it's beyond your budget. Dried oyster gives extra unami to the soup.

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My mother-in-law showed me the basics of how to make this soup, and I've adapted the flavoring.Adjust the amount of soy sauce and salt to taste.Winter melon helps to prevent the swelling of your extremities. It's low in calories and contains vitamin C and minerals, and is supposed to be very good for you. For 2 servings. Recipe by rose12

I thought of this a long time ago to get my youngest child to eat winter melon. My child ate a lot of this and didn't complain, and so I'm proud of this.Even if it's a pain, try to cut the winter melon into small pieces. It's for your own benefit, lol.For the dashi soup stock, you can use a fish or chicken based, whichever is fine. Use whatever you have at home. Recipe by Natsukibaba

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Winter melon is a light vegetable, so it's delicious with meat.It's also delicious with pork in place of the chicken. Recipe by Yini