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Earlier this year I visited my grandmother in Fuzhou, China and had an opportunity to collaborate and cook for one of my favorite rappers - Vinida Weng. @VINIDA is known for her distinctive style, which blends traditional Chinese elements with contemporary hip-hop and rap. Vinida has over 250K followers on Instagram and millions of streams on Spotify.

Vinida asked me to make a super simple dish called wintermelon and dried scallop soup. This is something that her grandmother made her when she was younger for her lunch meals. In this video, I showcased the short that I filmed as I delivered this dish to her, my instructions on how to make this dish, and an extended sit down interview with her.

Winter melon and Dried Scallop Soup
Time: 30mins
Serves: 4 to 6
Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients
150g dried scallop (soaked and drained)
1kg winter melon (cut into 1-2 inch chunks)
1-2 tbsp fish sauce
1 cup of water
2 tbsp peanut oil
1 stalk of scallion (optional)

Step 1:
Fill a small bowl with water and soak the dried scallops for about 10-15 min. In the meantime, prepare the winter melon as you would a watermelon. You want to remove the seeds and chop off the thick green skin. You want to cut 1-2 inch large chunks of winter melon for this soup - set aside in a large bowl.

Step 2:
Drain the scallops that have been soaking and pat them dry and set aside. In a large pot, pour the peanut oil into the pot and warm it up on medium heat. Once the oil has been heated add in the scallops (careful of oil splatter). Coat the scallops with a spatula for about 30 seconds. Add in the chunks of winter melon. Add fish sauce and water. Cover the pot with a lid and let the soup simmer for 20 mins. Cook longer if you like a more mushy winter melon consistency. Garnish with chopped scallions and serve with rice.


See more of Vinida
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vinidaweng/...
Youtube -    / @vinida  
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/6oYvp...

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