Kimchi Salad Recipe

kimchi salad

Kimchi salad is a very popular chinese and Korean salad. In India, kimchi salad is served at most Chinese restaurants.

Recipe of kimchi salad

1/2 medium cabbage (patta gobi/ band gobhi)

2 tsp salt

2 tsp sugar

1 tsp vinegar

2 tbsp tomato sauce/ ketchup

2 tsp soy sauce

1/4 tsp black pepper powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp chopped ginger

1 tsp chopped garlic

2 dry red chillies

1. Deseed and soak red chillies in water for 10-12 minutes.

2. Chop cabbage into 1 1/2 inch pieces.

3. Put 4 cups of water in a pan and add 2 tsp salt and 2 tsp sugar. Bring it to boil. Add cabbage. Turn off the heat immediately.

4. Strain the cabbage and refresh in cold water.

5. Drain the red chillies. Using little water, grind red chillies, ginger and garlic together to a coarse paste.

6. To this paste, add tomato ketchup, soy sauce, 1/2 tsp salt, pepper and vinegar.

7. Mix this paste with cabbage gently. Serve kimchi salad at room temperature.

Vegetable Hakka Noodles

vegetable hakka noodles

Vegetable hakka noodles are a popular Chinese food which is also a street food in India where it is cooked in Indo-Chinese style. Here is an easy recipe of this fusion food which makes for a delicious plate of hakka noodles. Enjoy!

1 packet (200 gms) hakka noodles

3 tbsp oil

1 medium onion

1 medium capsicum (bell pepper/shimla mirch)

1 medium carrot

1/4 small cabbage

Green part of 1 green onion (spring onion/hara pyaz)

Salt to taste

1/2 tsp white pepper powder

1 tbsp soya sauce

2 tsp vinegar

1. Boil 6-7 cups of water with 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp oil. Add hakka noodles to boiling water and cook for 3-4 minutes. Drain. Refresh in cold water and drain. Sprinkle 2 tsp oil over noodles and mix lightly. Spread them in a big plate or tray and set aside.

2. Slice onion finely. Deseed capsicum and cut into long strips, cut carrot into long strips. Chop cabbage into long, thin strips and chop green part of green onion.

3. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a kadhai/wok. Add onion and stir fry for some time. Add carrot, capsicum and cabbage and stir fry for 2 minutes.

4. Add hakka noodles, soya sauce, salt, vinegar and white pepper powder. Mix well and cook on high heat for few minutes. Serve vegetable hakka noodles hot garnished with chopped green onion leaves.