Spicy Cabbage Pickle

Ingredients

• 1 head chinese cabbage
• ½ cup Sea salt
• 3 spring onions with greens
• 4 red radish
• 1 inch ginger
• 7-9 garlic cloves
• 1 tablespoon Red chilli paste
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 1½ teaspoons red chilli powder
• ½ teaspoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil (til oil)
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds (til)

Method

1. Pour 3 cups water in a big bowl, add sea salt and stir to dissolve it completely.
2. Roughly chop cabbage and spring onion greens. Thinly slice radish, ginger, spring onion bulbs and garlic. Add the chopped and sliced vegetables to the sea salt water, mix well and soak for 4-5 hours. Strain into another bowl.
3. Put red chilli paste, vinegar, chilli powder, sugar, sesame oil and fish sauce in another mixing bowl and whisk well. Add the vegetables and sesame seeds and mix well. Transfer into a jar and store for 3-4 days before using.
4. Serve.