Sunday, August 2, 2020

Home Made Kimchi


I love Kimchi....this sour, spicy, full of probiotics cabbage is a dish that learned to love (and make!) thanks to my Korean friend.

The food that I grew up with was mostly Mediterranean, but thanks to my trips (for job and vacations), and having lived in a multicultural city, I learned to cook and enjoy a variety of dishes.....and I have to admit that beside Mediterranean food, my love for Indian, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai and Laotian food is eternal....

My Korean friend is very special....she was born in Spain, and lived in different countries because her dad was  a Korean diplomat....during her teen's ages, she lived in Argentina....thus, every time we met for cooking, we spoke in Spanish while we were drinking mate....

Kimchi

1.5 of napa cabbage
1/4 cup and more of salt

Porridge
1.5 cup of water
3 tablespoons sweet rice flour
1 tablespoon of sugar

    Spices for the porridge
    10 garlic cloves chopped
    1/2 onion chopped
    a piece of ginger (1 cm) chopped
    1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons  fish sauce
    1/4 cup fermented shrimp (with brine) chopped
    1 cup gochugaru (Korean chili pepper)
    6 green onions chopped

    Vegetables
    1 white korean radish
    1 asian pear
    3 carrots in pieces (sticks)

    Discard the napa cabbage exterior leaves. Take all the leaves out, wash them, and cut the leaves in three pieces. Salt them (like massage them with salt), and leave it for two hours. Wash them, and take all the salt and water out.
    Prepare the porridge with the water, rice flour and sugar. let it cool. Add all the spices for the porridge, and set aside.

    Cut the radish and apple in slices, and the carrots in sticks.
    In a big plastic bowl with a lid, place the  cabbage, asian pear, and white radish, and massage them with spicy porridge. Combine them well with plastic gloves. Cover it, and place it at room temperature to ferment. Usually is between 2-4 days. You will see bubbles in the sauce. Then, place it in the fridge.....ENJOY!




    Napa cabbage

    Korean white radish

    Asian pear




    Salted Shrimp


    Salt, rice flour, Korean chilli pepper, fish sauce


    Porridge with spices

     Cabbage after salted and washed


    In the plastic container to ferment






    3 comments:

    1. It looks authentic and must be very appetizing!

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    2. madre mía Marcela que plato rico y contundente este que nos traes😋😋 la cultura culinaria es extensa y desde luego para todo tipo de gustos por eso siempre es grato instruirse en ella😉 besinos y feliz semana

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    3. I dont know kimchie....it sounds so nice!!! flavour must be strong!!!muack!

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