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Wednesday 21 October 2015

Кисела рендана зелка / Homemade fermented cabbage or Sauerkraut

Fermenting cabbage made easy! I just love it. I make this every autumn as part of my healthy diet / healthy guts but I have to admit that it took me a while to adjust the quantity of salt. I have tried it with organic maldon crystal salt, table salt or even Himalayan salt, the thing is it works with any salt as long as you put the right amount. The quality of cabbage is also very important, it has to be fresh. The jar needs to have a good lid and doesn't have to be sterilised.
Well, lets start it!














Потребни состојки:

2 зелки
1 рамна лажица сол


Зелките се рендаат во стаклен или земјен сад.
Посолете и изтријте ја зелката за да пушти вода.
Покријте со кујнска крпа и оставете 2 - 3 часа во ладна просторија.
Во поголема тегла 1 1/2 литар ставете ја изгмечената зелка заедно со сокот.
Покријте со еден мал лист зелка и убаво притиснете надолу .
Зелката треба да е под сокот.
Ставете го капакот одозгора и чувајте ја теглата на собна температура.
Неколку пати во денот притискајте ја зелката надолу и мириснете како мириса.
Зелката е готова кога ке замириса на туршија, во мојот случај зелката се "направи" за 3 дена.
Затворете ја теглата со капак.



Ingredients:

2 cabbages 
1 level tbsp salt

Shred the cabbage, pour over the salt and squeeze it with your hands to release the water.
Use glass, earth or ceramic bowl, never plastic.
Cover the bowl with a clean tea towel and leave it in a cool room foe 2-3 hours.
Get a clean 1 1/2 litre glass jar and stuff it with the cabbage and its water.
Press it down, cover it with a small cabbage leaf and press it down again so every peace of cabbage to be under the water.
Keep the jar in a room temperature and repeat the pressing bit every now and then or 3 times in a day.Have a sniff.
After 3 day ( in my case ) the cabbage will smell sour and foam or babbles will appear on the top. 
Put the lid on and place it in the fridge.

Serving suggestion: eat it as a salad with a splash of olive oil, use it to fill up a sandwiches, my favorite combo is humus, cabbage and lettuce with some dry chili flakes!

notes: don't add any water when you fill up the jar, use only the water from the cabbage, it will be enough!