How can i make Kimchee?

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On the way home from church today, James and I dropped by an Asian grocery shop to buy Kimchi. A little jar of Kimchi (350g?) was $4.50 - so expensive and I could have finished that amount of Kimchi in a day. For me, and most Korean people, it is necessary to eat Kimchi every day. Anyway, I decided to make Kimchi myself instead of buying it.

Here is a recipe for making a really simple Kimchi:

- 2 cabbages
- 3 cup of salt
- 2 heads of garlic
- Half a head of ginger
- Half a bunch of shallots
- 1 onion
- Shrimp paste (100g)
- 3 table spoons of fish sauce
- 2/3 of a cup of glutinous rice flour
- 1 1/2 cups of chilli powder

1. Make salty water and pour it onto the chopped cabbages.

2. Leave it for 5 hours at least, to dehydrate the cabbages. (This process is very important for the texture of the Kimchi. Salting and dehydrating the cabbage makes it crunchy.)

3. Crush the peeled garlic, onion and ginger together. (It is very smelly.^^)

4. Boil 3 cups of water. Dissolve the rice flour in a little cold water and pour it into the boiling water. This is called rice flour water and is used to decrease the cabbage smell.

5. Wash the salted cabbages in cold water if they are too salty - taste to test this. Drain the cabbages.


6. Put all the ingredients in a big bowl and mix them together.

Now you can have fresh, delicious Kimchi. James loves fresh kimchi with Sesame oil and vinegar. The taste is quite nice. But remember, Kimchi is a kind of preserved food. If you want to add extra sesame oil, don’t put it into the main container with all of the Kimchi. If you did, it would all go yucky after few days. ^^

another recipe
Chinese cabbage (one full head)
salt
dried red pepper/aka chili powder-1 cup or more to taste/usually sold in a bag
garlic-minced to taste
sliced or diced onion
ginger minced to taste
large bowl or plastic basin
disposable gloves
THESE INGREDIENTS CAN BE FOUND AT YOUR TYPICAL KOREAN MARKET OR ASIAN MARKET

1First, rinse the cabbage and cut into desired size pieces, usually 2 by 2 inch segments work.

Step 2Next, add half the cabbage into the bowl and sprinkle salt on that layer. Add the rest and salt it as well. Pack it down tight and cover overnight.

Step 3Rinse the cabbage thoroughly with water and drain excess water. Add pepper, cabbage, garlic, onion and ginger. Mix thoroughly with gloved hand (recommended).

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pictures here too : http://ohsoosun.blogspot.com/2006/09/how…

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