3 weeks ago
Chef Shares 9 Cold Soup Recipes to Make at Home
Cold soup is soup that you eat cold instead of hot, and it feels nice on hot summer days.
A chef named Umesh Singh shared nine recipes for making cold soups at home.
One popular recipe is gazpacho, which comes from Spain and is made with ripe tomatoes, cucumber, and garlic.
Another is vichyssoise from France, made from potatoes, leeks, and cream.
Some soups use fruits, like watermelon and mint or mango and coconut.
Others use vegetables such as beetroot, avocado, carrots, and tomatoes.
Yogurt is used in the cool cucumber soup, giving it a creamy taste.
You blend the ingredients and chill the soup in the fridge before eating it.
Cold soups can be a starter, an appetiser, or a light meal for summer days.
Chef Umesh Singh, Executive Chef at Novotel New Delhi City Centre, shares nine cold soup recipes that can be made at home.
Recipes include Spanish gazpacho, French vichyssoise, chilled cucumber and yogurt soup, and watermelon and mint soup.
The soups use vegetables, fruits, herbs, dairy products and simple seasonings.
Cold soups can be served as starters, appetisers or light meals.
Key tips include using fully ripened tomatoes for gazpacho and chilling soups for a few hours before serving.
- Who
- Chef Umesh Singh, Executive Chef at Novotel New Delhi City Centre, who shared the recipes for home cooks.
- What
- A guide to making nine restaurant-style cold soups at home, including gazpacho, vichyssoise, and chilled vegetable and fruit soups.
- Where
- No specific location is given; the recipes draw on traditions from Spain (gazpacho) and France (vichyssoise).
- When
- No specific date is given; the recipes are recommended for summer months.
- Why
- To offer refreshing, light alternatives to traditional hot soups during warm weather.
Key facts
- Number of recipes
- 9
- Featured chef
- Umesh Singh, Executive Chef, Novotel New Delhi City Centre
- Cuisine origins
- Spain (gazpacho), France (vichyssoise)
- Common ingredients
- Vegetables, fruits, herbs, dairy products, simple seasonings
- Serving suggestions
- Starters, appetisers, light meals
- Key preparation tip
- Use fully ripened tomatoes for gazpacho and chill soups for a few hours before serving
- Notable recipes
- Gazpacho, Vichyssoise, Chilled Cucumber and Yogurt Soup, Watermelon and Mint Soup, Mango and Coconut Soup









