Juewei, Easy to Make at Home-korean Spicy Cabbage
1.
The Chinese cabbage is cleaned and divided into four equal parts. The cabbage is evenly covered with salt and marinated overnight until the cabbage becomes soft and a lot of water is marinated. Do not pour out the marinated water, cool the cabbage with water to remove excess salt, and taste the cabbage slightly salty.
2.
Chop green apples, pears, garlic, and ginger separately, and cut the leek into sections.
3.
Add appropriate amount of water to the glutinous rice flour and fry it in a pan until it has a paste-like consistency.
4.
Add fish sauce to the dried chili noodles.
5.
Add sugar and a small amount of salt, and mix well. The addition of table salt is determined by the taste of the marinated cabbage. If the vegetable is already very salty, there is no need to add salt.
6.
Add chopped green apples, pears, garlic, ginger and leeks.
7.
Pour in the cool glutinous rice paste.
8.
Stir well evenly. If the previously pickled cabbage tastes weak, add appropriate amount of salt as needed and stir evenly.
9.
Take a quarter of the cabbage, put on gloves or put on plastic wrap, and evenly smear the prepared chili paste on the cabbage. The point is to wipe the cabbage stems, and you can use less on the leaves.
10.
Roll up the cabbage along the roots, and dispose of the whole cabbage in this way, and place it in a sealed container or a fresh-keeping box. Ferment at room temperature for one day, and then put it in the refrigerator for six to seven days.
Tips:
1. After the cabbage is first pickled with salt, you can taste the saltiness first. If it is too salty, you can wash off the residual salt on the cabbage with water before proceeding to the following steps.
2. Adding leeks to kimchi can help ferment and increase the flavor of kimchi.
3. Green apples are the best choice for apples. Sweet and sour can increase the taste of kimchi.
4. The role of glutinous rice paste can help the pepper to better adhere to the cabbage, and can help fermentation.
5. The made glutinous rice paste should be sticky like paste.
6. The time of one day for the finished kimchi to ferment at room temperature is very important. It must not be left out or fermented at room temperature for too long.
7. If there are dried shrimps or dried shrimps, they can be crushed and put into the chili paste to increase the fragrance. My house just ran out, so I didn't put it.