Quick Kimchi( Mak Kimchi, 막김치) #shorts

This is quick and easy to make, and no fermentation needed type kimchi It is also referred as a small batch kimchi Ingredients(double or tripple depending on how big your cabbage is or how many cabbages) 3 pounds baechu, napa cabbage, cut into bite size pieces kosher salt, a couple of handful to pickling ¼ cup sweet rice flour, cooked with 1 cup water 9 garlic cloves, minced or pureed 1 inch ginger, minced or pureed 0 5 onion, pureed 0 5 apple or pear, pureed ¼ cup Coconut Aminos( start with, add up to 2/3 cup), If you are not making vegetarian version, feel free to use fish sauce ½ cup Korean hot pepper flakes, gochugaru, starts with and add up to 1, Spicy levels of different hot pepper flakes are different 6 green onions, cut lenghwise and into 1-2 inches ¼ cup carrot, julienned, optional cracked black pepper, to taste ( 1tbsp) Roasted Sesame Seeds, to taste Instructions 1 Cut the cabbage lengthwise into quarters and remove the cores Chop it up into bite size pieces 2 Sprinkle a couple of handful of salt and toss or turn cut napa cabbage pieces by hand to ensure salt is evenly distributed 3 Put a plate with a heavy object to push down gently Set it aside for 30 minutes to 1 hour( depending on your room temperature or how much salt you add, the time would vary ) 4 Make porridge( optional) and set aside to cool: In a pot, boil 3/4 cup of water mix 1/4 cup of rice flour and water( like you are making starch water) When a water boil, pour the mixture into the boiling water( keep stirring) You can mix 1/4 cup rice flour into 1 cup of cold water and then start cook it It would take longer and you gotta be careful It will shoot out like lava 5 Using a food processor( or grater), mince and puree onion, ginger, and onion 6 Making Kimchi Paste- In another bowl, add cooled rice porridge, coconut aminos( or fish sauce), hot pepper flakes, minced/pureed ginger, garlic, and onion, and some cracked black pepper Mix well and set it aside to get hot pepper flakes to be hydrated fully 7 Rinse the cabbage in cold water 2 times to clean it thoroughly and drain the cabbage 8 Add cut green onion pieces, Kimchi paste, and roasted sesame seeds to the bowl of cabbage pieces Mix well 9 Put the kimchi into an air-tight sealed plastic container or glass jar Fill up only 80 % so it would not overflow later #koreanrecipe #kimchi #veganrecipes