Radish kimchi recipe (kak tu gi)

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  • Cuisine: Korean
  • Prep Time: 1 hr(s) 30 min(s)
  • Serves 8-15 as a side dish

Korean radish kimchi (kak tu gi) is a type of kimchi made with Korean radish. The green stems and leaves of these short bulb-like white radishes can also be eaten. Serve this kimchi with rice, soup, and other Korean side dishes.

Ingredients

2 bunches of Korean radishes (5-6 bulbs per bunch), peeled, washed, dirt removed from stems, halved
1 cup rock salt
2 cups chilli powder
2 tbsp sweet rice powder
1 litre water
3 tbsp minced garlic
2 tbsp Korean fish sauce (found in Korean supermarkets)
1 tbsp shrimp sauce
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Preparation

Cover all the radish pieces in the salt for 30 minutes. Rinse away the salt. If the stems are still hard, salt for another 20 minutes. Wash off the salt thoroughly.

Place the radishes in a large bowl. Sprinkle over half the chilli powder on the radishes to colour them.

In a separate pot, cook the rice powder and water to a thick paste stage and cool.

In another bowl, combine the garlic, fish sauce, remaining chilli powder and shrimp paste, and add to the cold rice powder mix.

Pour the sauce mix over the radishes and work through the sauce through the stems and bulbs.

(Radishes should taste quite salty which is fine because the radish will dilute it overnight.)

Seal the radishes in an airtight container overnight to help ferment and put in fridge the next day.

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Comments (3)

   
18 Jun 2011 11:02 AEST
Jinhee
Epping
Where can I buy kak tu gi
I miss my mum's kak tu gi where can I buy good one in Syndey?
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18 May 2011 12:02 AEST
Jasmine
Eastwood
love kimchi
I've always loved kimchi and I found veyr good one at the korean grocery store near my house.
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14 May 2011 11:01 AEST
Jinny
castle hill
Thank you
I was looking for kimchi recipe It is great kimchi recipe Thank you!
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