Pink fermented vegetables

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Pink fermented vegetables, made with my #homegrown daikon radishes. Easy recipe !


Makes one 26 oz weck jar

Ingredients:

1/4 red cabbage

325g daikon radishes (about 2 small ones) 

90g carrots (about 2 small ones) 

2 teaspoon Himalayan salt or fine sea salt

1 teaspoon garlic powder


Instructions: 

Sterilize the mixing bowl, wooden spoon, and glass jar with hot water

Rinse the cabbage and set aside to drain

Shred the cabbage finely with a knife

Rinse and peel the daikon radishes, cut into thin slices

Rinse and peel the carrots, cut into thin slices 

Put all the cut vegetables into a large mixing bowl

Add salt, massage it in with your hands, or mix with a wooden spoon 

Squeeze them until the cabbage begins to soften a little bit

Add garlic powder and mix thoroughly

Put them into glass jars ( I use a 26 oz weck jar)

Pack the mixed vegetables down into the glass containers, use your fist to press down the vegetables tightly

Fill container almost full with filtered water,  leave about 1 inch of room at the top for the vegetables to expand

Place a cabbage leaf on top to fill the remaining 1-inch space

Close the lid tightly

Let the vegetables sit at room temperature for a week* 

Refrigerate after 1 week

Enjoy! 

*You may want to place the jar on a saucer to catch the liquid coming out from the jar while fermenting. 

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If you give this recipe a try, please tag me @eggplant_diary on Instagram, would love to see your creations :) Let's create and share!