Kimchi recipe

This is by request from some people. You can actually find recipes and videos online easily. But I'll post this just for the sake of it.

Ingredients :

2 Napa cabbage
10 green onions/spring onions
1/2 Radish (if you're using the round smaller type of radish, you can use one whole radish)
Carrot (optional)
1 stalk of leek (optional)
1/2 apple
1/2 pear
1 clove of garlic
1 piece of ginger
1 onion (1/2 if the onion is big)
1 1/4 cup of chili powder
5 tablespoons sugar.
1 cup of salt
8-10 cups of water
7 tablespoons of anchovy sauce (can also substitute with fish sauce)
2 tablespoons of sesame oil

1. Cut napa cabbage into bite size. (It's also possible not to cut it, kimchi is also served in large pieces).

2. Transfer the cut cabbage into a large basin or bowl. Dissolve the salt with water; it doesn't need to be entirely dissolve. Pour the salt water onto the cabbage. If the salt water does not submerge the cabbage, add water and a bit of salt according to its proportion.

3. Let the cabbage to soak in salt water overnight. If you don't have the time to do so, or if you're in a hurry, you can let it soak just for 2-3 hours or so. But remember to keep overturning the cabbage from time to time.

*Note : I added one stalk of leek as well. This is optional.

To prepare sauce.

1. Blend apple, pear, onion, garlic, ginger and anchovy/fish sauce all together. I personally used one whole pear because I want to use less sugar.

2. Cut the green onions/spring onions into small pieces about 5cm long.

3. Shred radish and carrot.

4. Dump everything in a mixing bowl. Add sugar and chili powder. You can also add a bit of sesame oil.

5. Mix everything together.

Lastly,

1. Drain the cabbage from salt water. Rinse with lots of water.

2. Mix cabbage with the sauce made earlier.

3. Store kimchi in a container at room temperature overnight and then keep it in refrigerator.

*Note : If you usually avoid salty food, remember to rinse the cabbage thoroughly with water. Or else your kimchi would be too salty. The one mistake I made on my first time making it was that I didn't rinse it enough.


There's a lot more you can do with kimchi other then just a side dish.
You can make kimchi jigae (kimchi stew).
Also, kimchi friedrice. YUMMY~