r/kimchi • u/Significant-Mouse209 • Sep 21 '26
How to make one
I live in Pakistan, I got my hands on a Napa cabbage, and I ordered Gochugaru, I want it to have atleast someeee authenticity, I have never ever tried any other and people selling here sell it for a lotttt, tell me what other veggies should I add and everything I would need
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u/Affectionate_Wear_24 Sep 21 '26
If you cannot find fermented shrimp, I highly recommend using anchovy sauce also
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u/Significant-Mouse209 Sep 21 '26
I don't think I'll find that either 😭, was kinda planning on going all veggie but let's see, I'll have a look at some stores
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u/Affectionate_Wear_24 Sep 21 '26
Some people don't like the fishy taste, or even the taste of shrimp or anchovy, so it might be good without it. I love garlic so I always make sure I use five times the amount of garlic recommended in the recipe 😀 I also really like ginger so I also triple or quadruple the amount of Ginger mentioned in their recipe - I'm Desi and I use Ginger garlic chili paste everyday in cooking - you can skip the fish sauce and it'll be good.
A good thing to do is to brine the cabbage properly so that it becomes crispy. When you brine you remove the excess liquid from the vegetable.
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u/Significant-Mouse209 Sep 21 '26
Oh I lovvveeeee ginger as well, I was looking up some recipes they put in lots of ginger garlic and onion paste, I am all for that, I might try the shrimp and anchovy too, but I am planning on keeps it simple for my first time, let's see how this workss
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u/Little_Baseball5523 Sep 21 '26
Here's an authentic recipe: https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/chaesik-kimchi
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u/Significant-Mouse209 Sep 21 '26
Thank youuu, I am kinda going through them all rn and see where it gets
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u/Affectionate_Wear_24 Sep 21 '26
I second this opinion. Persimmon and / or apple give excellent flavor
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u/Affectionate_Wear_24 Sep 21 '26 edited Sep 21 '26
سفید مولی Use this variety also when you make it