Thai Cantaloupe Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 medium cantaloupe
3 tablespoons canola oil
1 small onion (chopped)
3/4 cup grape tomatoes (or 1 tomato, chopped)
2 cups water
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
3 teaspoons nuoc nam (fish sauce)
1 green onion (minced)
2 tablespoons peanuts (chopped)
1 tablespoon cilantro (minced)

Preparation

Half cantalope, discard seeds, scoop out flesh and set aside.
Reserve shells to use for \"bowls\".
Heat oil in a saucepan.
Add onion.
Saute 2 minutes.
Add cantaloupe flesh and tomatoes.
Cook 5 minutes.
Add the next 5 ingredients.
Bring to a boil.
Reduce.
Simmer 5 minutes.
Puree in batches.
Return to pot.
Re-heat.
Ladle into shells.
Top with the last 3.
YUM!