Experience making kimchi for the second time with King Sejong Institute Center (KSIC)

 

On Thursday 17 December 2020, the King Sejong Institut center (KSIC) in the city of Jakarta, Indonesia held an event, namely the experience of making kimchi, in a previous article I had explained about making kimchi whose main ingredient is Sawi putih, and this time it was kimchi which I For there are three types, namely Radish Kimchi, Cucumber kimchi and of course Sawi Putih kimchi, because in Indonesia it is still a corona pandemic situation, all of us who are present at this event are very obliged to obey the rules that have been made to always wear masks and keep a distance to provide safety to those of you. other.

In this event we are also provided with rubber gloves, masks, Appron, and cloth to cover our heads so that when making kimchi, our hair does not fall into the food which causes it to be unhygienic, of course I participate in this event not alone but with two of my friends who we are. Same as Honorary reporters !, before the show started, we all got an explanation about kimchi.

Kimci is a traditional Korean food, a type of fermented pickled vegetables with spicy seasoning. After being salted and washed, the vegetables are mixed with a spice made from krill shrimp, fish sauce, garlic, ginger and red chili powder.

Kimchi is actually no different from pickles which are usually served with fried rice or martabak, which has a salty and sour taste. It's just that, the taste of kimchi is much stronger coupled with the spicy taste of chili powder.

One serving of kimchi (100 grams) contains 7 grams of carbohydrates, 17 calories, 3 grams of fiber and contains no fat. Popular fermented foods contain probiotics, which are good bacteria for the digestive system. Apart from containing probiotics, kimchi also contains chlorophyll, phenols, carotenoids, and vitamin C. All these kimchi nutrients provide benefits for the immune system and skin health. Vitamin C can encourage a stronger immune system to fight infection. Kimchi comes from mustard greens. This vegetable is included in the cruciferous vegetable class, which is a group of vegetables that contain anticancer compounds.

The first kimchi we make is Sawi Putih kimchi, the ingredients needed are the same as making kimchi in general, namely chicory, chili powder, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, leeks, chives, salt, sugar, glutinous rice water. First of all, of course, soak the chicory in water with salt for 4 hours with the aim of making the cabbage wilt quickly and not hard, while waiting for 4 hours, we make the spices to be rubbed on the chicory later.

First, enter the chili powder into a large container, then add salt, sugar, soy sauce, and glutinous rice water, then stir everything until everything is evenly mixed and completely perfect, when it's finished add the leeks and chives that have been thinly sliced into the previous container then stir again until everything is well blended, then add the grated garlic and ginger then stir again evenly and perfectly.

Chicory that we have soaked in salt water for 4 hours then rinse and wash thoroughly, the spices we made earlier then apply per sheet to the chicory that we have prepared and all parts must be exposed to the spices that we have made, when everything is done. well mixed then put it in the container, and it's done.

Next to make radish and cucumber kimchi, for a while from the manufacturing process everything is the same from these three kimchi, and the ingredients are the same so there is no difference, what makes the difference is the main ingredient, the first is cabbage, if we want to make radish kimchi, then mustard greens We can replace the white with radish, or we don't want radish, but if we want cucumber, that can also, and depending on what kind of kimchi we want to make. There is no change from the spices.

It was a very exciting experience when participating in this event, I just found out about the types of kimchi, and it turns out there are many too, so far I thought that kimchi was only made from chicory but apparently not, there are many food ingredients that can be made kimchi, one of which is radish and cucumber.