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korean cucumber kimchi | korean cucumber side dish

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

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

Instructions
 

draining excess water from vegetales:

  • Take the cucumber, carrot, and onion. slice it into medium sized pieces.
  • put altogether in a large bowl
  • sprinkle 1 tsp of salt, and toss well, leave it for 20 minutes
  • After 20 minutes, vegetables oozes out water, drain all the water out. Keep the vegetables in the bowl, for further use.

Making sauce:

  • 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)
  • Mix all the ingredients well

Making kimchi:

  • Put the sauce we prepared on to the vegetables and mix well
  • sprinkle sesame seeds and mix well
  • transfer this kimchi into bottle, keep it in room temperature for 18 hours. (we can use right after the preparation or after 18 hours)
  • After 18 hours, keep refrigerator, we can use it as a pickle.
Keyword Korean cucumber kimchi