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Homemade Pickled Cabbage
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Homemade Pickled Cabbage

Quick homemade sour pickled cabbage with garlic and spices. Ready in one day and perfect as a side to any Israeli meal.

⏱ 50 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona
⚖ Pareve🥬 Vegetarian🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Cut the cabbage thinly, into strips.
    KnifeCutting board
  2. 2
    In a bowl, mix the cabbage with the salt and knead by hand 5 minutes, until the cabbage softens and releases liquid.
    Bowl
  3. 3
    In a small pot, bring the vinegar, water, sugar, cumin and paprika to a boil, until the sugar dissolves.
    StoveSmall saucepan
  4. 4
    Arrange the cabbage in clean jars with the garlic.
    Jar
  5. 5
    Pour the brine over until it covers the cabbage.
    💡The vegetable must be fully covered by the brine: a piece that sticks out dries up and spoils first.
  6. 6
    Seal and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
    Refrigerator
  7. 7
    Keeps in a sealed jar in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
79calories
3 gprotein
14 gcarbs
0 gfat
● protein 16%● carbs 80%● fat 4%

Per serving (231 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (7) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Small saucepan · Also works: Pot (None) · Frying pan (A deep pan for sauces)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
  • Jar · Also works: Storage container (None)

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