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I'll plan a cycle to Korea town! thanks for the advice re carrots, I'll omit next time i make and see how i find it. one less thing to buy n chop :)
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Its telling that none of the Korean kimchi recipes online contain carrots.
The recipes that do are from the likes of Jamie Oliver & BBC food.Looks like 'korean' carrot kimchi is a Russian thing.
Do like carrots though, particularly cut into matchsticks/grated, par boiled and dressed or quickly stir fried with soy, sugar, garlic, sesame oil and sesame seeds.
Acliff
Not the way my Korean mum, aunties, grandmas and extended family made it!
I don’t think I’ve ever seen carrots in kimchi in Korea or Korean restaurants here.
I get that you might put carrots in to add a bit of crunch if you can’t find radish, but the bite of carrot in kimchi is all wrong. Different consistency and density, and doesn’t work the same way when you brine them to draw out water like cabbage and radish.
The bagged stuff is less biologically active, but more consistent. I don’t tend to choose foods for their biological activity level though.
New Malden Korea town Korean supermarkets will have the most authentic stuff.