Recipe: Yummy Eggplant and Cucumber Mul (Water) Kimchi

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Eggplant and Cucumber Mul (Water) Kimchi.

Eggplant and Cucumber Mul (Water) Kimchi You can cook Eggplant and Cucumber Mul (Water) Kimchi using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Eggplant and Cucumber Mul (Water) Kimchi

  1. It's of Eggplant.
  2. It's of Cucumbers.
  3. You need of Apple.
  4. Prepare of Garlic.
  5. You need of Sliced ginger.
  6. It's of Red chili peppers (sliced into rounds).
  7. You need of Salt.
  8. You need of ● Water.
  9. Prepare of Joshinko (or mochiko).
  10. Prepare of ● Sugar.
  11. Prepare of Rock salt (or regular salt).

Eggplant and Cucumber Mul (Water) Kimchi step by step

  1. Thinly slice the garlic and ginger. You can actually cut them however you like, but don't grate them or they will cloud up the brine..
  2. Put all of the ● ingredients into a pot and turn on the heat. Mix them together well, and when it starts to simmer turn off the heat. Once it has cooled, add the garlic and ginger..
  3. Cut the eggplant and cucumbers into sticks and apply salt (about 1/2 teaspoon to each). For details on how to prepare eggplant, refer to https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/147048-technique-for-preparing-delicious-eggplant.
  4. Peel the apple and slice into 5 mm thick wedges. Fruits go great in mul kimchi..
  5. Take the dehydrated eggplant and cucumber, the apple, and red chili peppers and add to the brine from Step 2. Adjust the amount of salt. If it's too salty, add some water..
  6. [Fermenting] Transfer to a container and leave at room temperature for about 2 hours to half a day in summer, 2-3 days in spring or fall, or 4-5 days in winter. Then store it in the refrigerator..
  7. As it ferments, the color of the vegetables will change and it will become thicker and more acidic. Decide when you want to eat it and enjoy..
  8. [Mul kimchi juice] The juice, brimming with plant-based lactobacillus, is supposed to be very good for your body. It has about 20 times more lactobacillus as nukazuke pickles..
  9. [Using leftovers] Tomato mul kimchi using leftover juice https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/153321-using-leftovers-for-tomato-mul-water-kimchi.
  10. Daikon radish and pear mul kimchi https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/156050-radish-and-pear-mul-water-kimchi.