Kimchi isn’t by any stretch new, but now I have time (and ‘coughs’ am getting older) I have started watching documentaries and reading articles about health and food. I tried pineapple kefir, a fermented juice, which was delicious and started reading into the benefits.
Good bacteria for the gut is essential for a healthy lifestyle and has many health benefits. This Korean staple is easy to make and can be served with just about anything! Try this easy kimchi recipe, it won’t disappoint.
Ingredients
1 Chinese cabbage – I used red cabbage
3 garlic cloves, crushed
Thumb sized piece of ginger
1 tbsp raw cane sugar (but brown will do)
3 tbsp apple cider vinegar (rice vinegar is the traditionally used vinegar)
2 carrots (grated)
4 spring onions (sliced thinly)
Traditionally there would be radish and 1tbsp of fish sauce but I forgot about these and it still tasted great.
>prep time 10 min’s
Method
- Slice the cabbage as small as possible, add a table spoon of good quality salt and mix, set aside and leave for at least an hour.
- Make the pickling liquor; Mix the vinegar, sugar, chilli & sauce, ginger, garlic and fish sauce (if using) and let stand.
- Mix the grated carrots, spring onions and radish (if using). When the cabbage is ready rinse off the salt and add all the ingredients into one bowl, mixing well.
- It can be eaten immediately or will be fine for 2 weeks in the fridge (the longer it’s left the better it will taste!)
