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Showing posts with label Korean Recipe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Korean Recipe. Show all posts

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Spicy Kimchi Recipe






INGRIDIENTS


Main:

1 regular sided cabbage
2 table spoon salt
4 cups cold water
2 cups hot water

Pickling:

1 table spoon garlic (finely chopped)
1 tablespoon ginger (finely chopped)
1 tablespoon scallions (finely chopped)
2 tablespoon dried chili (chopped)
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon salt


PROCEDURE

1. On a big bowl, place the separated leaves of cabbage and sprinkle some salt.
2. Pour the cold water and wait for 8 hours. It is advisable to keep the bowl in the refrigerator if you are not in a place as cold as Korea.
3. Rinse the cabbage and make sure you have squeezed the excess water.
4. Boil the water and pour the pickling mixture. Mix them well.
5. Combine the pickling mixture with the cabbage leaves and place them in a glass jar
6. Cover the kimchi with plastic wrap and let it stay in a cold place for 2 days.
7. Drain the leaves and cut it into bite-size.
8. Find a close jar to keep the kimchi. It is ready to eat but as the saying goes, it gets better in time.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Korea's Kimchi Soup


Not everybody can tolerate this spicy entry from Korea. Speaking well for the freezing cold streets of Korea, Kimchi soup can really make someone sweat despite -8 Celsius.

If you wish to determine the taste of Kimchi, make sure you are particular with its variant because currently, there are 187 versions. These versions changes in taste based on region and season. Hence, you may visit Korea over again and amaze yourself every time.

Though kimchi celebrates variety, the taste of chili remains prominent. However, many Western tourists commend its ability to taste sweeter after every sip. How this happens remains a mystery.

3000 years ago, Kimchi is a soup from fermented cabbage. Today, it can be everything with fiber.

Named among the top five World’s Healthiest Food, Kimchi can cover 80% of your body’s nutritional need for carotene and Vitamin C. Plus, it has vitamin A, thiamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), calcium, and Iron. With these vitamins, having more than a single bowl is not a crime. In fact, you are keeping yourself free from the wrath of Cancer and calories.

To experience the benefits of Kimchi, find the most popular Kimchi Recipe here:
Kimchi Recipe