11/02/2026
Radish Kimchi (Kkakdugi)
Ingredients
1kg radish, or daikon radish, rinsed and skin peeled
3 stalks green onion (50g), rinsed and chopped
2 tbsp raw sugar
2 rock salt or coarse salt
Kimchi Base
1/2 small yellow onion (70g), skin peeled, cut into small pieces to blend
1/2 small red apple (50g), seed and core, cut into small pieces to blend
3 tbsp fish sauce
1 tbsp minced garlic
1/2 tbsp minced ginger
4 tbsp of Daebak Tteokbokki Sauce ( )
1/4 cup water
1 tbsp rice flour
Methods
1. Cut the radish into medium sized cubes. (It could be smaller or bigger if that’s what you prefer. Just be mindful that the radish will shrink as they go through the fermentation process.) Put the cubed radish into a large mixing bowl and add the sugar and the salt and mix them well. Leave it for 1 hour at room temperature.
2. While waiting, chop the green onion into small pieces and make the Kimchi base. Blend the onion and apple with the fish sauce in a blender. (It can take a few minutes as the liquid isn’t as much as the solids.) Make the rice porridge by mixing the water and the rice flour in a bowl and heating them up for 1 min in a microwave. It should give you a mildly runny porridge texture. Mix all the Kimchi base ingredients (*except for Daebak Tteokbokki sauce) in a medium sized bowl.
3. After one hour, rinse the radish in cold running water a couple of times and drain any excess water for 5 mins.
4. Put the radish into a clean mixing bowl and gradually add Daebak Tteokbokki Sauce and with the radish evenly. Add the chopped green onion and the Kimchi base and mix them evenly and thoroughly.
Move the seasoned radish into an air tight glass container (1.5L glass jar for the above-listed quantity) and leave it at room temperature for between 1 to 2 hours depending on the temperature. After that keep it in the fridge. (The best temperature for storing any Kimchi is 6 degree Celsius.
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