PICKLING: KIMCHI

Made by : Roni Anaiah Jhoelly C. Penera

SPICY SIDE DISH THAT WILL MAKE YOU SWEAT!

PICKLING

This food preservation method helps foods that doesn't have much taste. Condiments such as vinegar, fish sauce and many more, serve as preserving materials and gives a tasty flavor and smell to the food.

KIMCHI

This side dish always accompanies most Korean meals. Has a spicy and sour taste. Mostly made up of cabbage and Gochujang, that very spicy substance that will make you sweat!

Steps on how to make Kimchi!

PREPARE YOUR INGREDIENTS

Ingredients needed for Kimchi are:*Cabbage*Garlic *1pc White onion *Small ginger* Small apple* Honey*Sugar* Gochugaru* Gochujang ( blend into paste)*Salt*Spring onion*Carrot*Fish sauce

Cut the Cabbage into bite sizes then soak it into water.

Rinse two times and make sure to squeeze hard. After that, drain thoroughly.

Brine the Cabbage in salt.

Mix carefully.

Leave it for two hours.

Prepare the Paste

Blend 6pcs Garlic

1 pc white medium onion

1 small ginger

1 small apple

2 tablespoons honey

2 tablespoons patis

2 tablespoons gochugaru

2 tablespoons gochugang

into a container.

(May adjust according to taste or spice preference.)

If you have a blender you may use that, if none, use grater.

After mixing, set aside.

Cut 1pc spring onion into julienne cut.

Put it into the container with the newly made paste.

Cut 1pc carrot into julienne cut.

Put it into the container with the newly made paste.

After soaking cabbage in salt, rinse two times and squeeze excess water, drain thoroughly.

Make sure cabbage is dry before adding it to the paste.

Put cabbage in the paste

Mix it nicely.

Transfer kimchi to a container.

Voilà !

There you have it, your Kimchi recipe!

BENEFITS OF KIMCHI

It can make your meals more delicious by making it as a side dish and it has probiotics which can help you stabilize a healthy digestion. It is a source of Vitamin A, Vitamin C and Vitamin K which can boost your immune health and helps your blood clot and keeps bones from becoming brittle. It can also protect your heart, immune system, memory and nutrition. It can prevent diseases like stroke, cancer and heart disease.