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korean cucumber kimchi | korean cucumber side dish

Prep Time 10 minutes
Resting time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 500 ml
Course: pickle, Side Dish
Cuisine: Korean

Ingredients
  

Ingredients for sauce:
  • tsp salt
  • 3 tbsp Korean chilli powder (gochugaru)
  • 3 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • tbsp sugar
  • 2 garlic cloves (finely chopped)
  • 1 tbsp sesameseeds
Ingredients for vegetables:
  • 3 cucumbers (medium sized)
  • 2 carrots (medium sized)
  • 1 onion (small)
  • 1 tsp salt

Method
 

draining excess water from vegetales:
  1. Take the cucumber, carrot, and onion. slice it into medium sized pieces.
  2. put altogether in a large bowl
  3. sprinkle 1 tsp of salt, and toss well, leave it for 20 minutes
  4. After 20 minutes, vegetables oozes out water, drain all the water out. Keep the vegetables in the bowl, for further use.
Making sauce:
  1. Firstly, In a bowl, put all the ingredients for making sauce, 2½ tsp of salt, 3 tbsp of korean chilly powder, 3 tbsp of rice vinegar, 3 tbsp of soy sauce, 1 tbsp of sesame oil, 2½ tbsp of sugar, 2 garlic cloves (Finely chopped)
  2. Mix all the ingredients well
Making kimchi:
  1. Put the sauce we prepared on to the vegetables and mix well
  2. sprinkle sesame seeds and mix well
  3. transfer this kimchi into bottle, keep it in room temperature for 18 hours. (we can use right after the preparation or after 18 hours)
  4. After 18 hours, keep refrigerator, we can use it as a pickle.