自制咸菜 ~ Homemade Pickled Mustard Green

自制咸菜 Homemade Pickled Mustard Green
食谱取自：My Little Space  / Cass

材料：

芥菜 1kg（洗净，沥干）
盐 70g

腌制盐水用料：
水 2000 ml
盐 2Tbsp
南姜 8片
黄姜粉 1/4 tsp
粘米粉 1/2Tbsp（加少许水搅拌均匀）

用具：
有盖玻璃瓶 1个
槊胶袋 1个
槊胶圈

做法：

1.把洗干净的芥菜切成两半，把盐涂抹在菜叶和菜茎上面，然后放置一旁6个小时，让它脱水。

2.把腌制盐水用料，放入一个干净的锅里头煮滚，然后放冷待用。

3.把脱水后的芥菜，挤干水份，放入干净的玻璃瓶里。

4.把冷却后的（2）倒入（3）里，直到水盖满芥菜，可以放入重物把浮起的芥菜压下。

5.把槊胶袋盖上瓶盖，再套上槊胶圈，最后把盖子盖上，放置在阴凉的地方发酵5-7天（我放7天）。

6.每天检查瓶里的芥菜,如发现有白浮物在水的表面，捞取丢掉。

7. 7天开盖后，把瓶里的水倒掉，把咸菜装入 一个槊胶袋里（不要挤干水份），然后放入不透风瓶子里盖紧,放入冰箱可以保存到2个月。

** 这个做法腌制出来的咸菜并不会很咸，吃的时候，只需要浸泡约10分钟就可以煮了。

** 这个是咸菜，不是咸酸菜。

Ingredients :

1kg  mustard greens (gai choy), rinsed & drained
70gm   salt
One glass jar with lid and a plastic sheet & rubber band

 Brining Ingredients :
2 Litre  water
2 tbsp  salt
A few slices of galangal (blue ginger)
1/4 tspn   turmeric powder
1/2 tbsp   rice flour (mix with some water)

Method :
1. Cut mustard greens into half, rub salt in between the leaves and stem then set aside for about 6 hours to draw out the moisture.

2. At the other hand, bring water to boil together with all other brining ingredients. Then set aside to cool before used.

3. Now, as you can see those vegetables has became softened. Squeeze moisture from the mustard greens and then pack them into jar.

4. Then pour cooled brining solution into the jar to keep those mustard greens covered. You can either place in a ceramic bowl or any heavy object to submerge the greens fully.

5. Finally, cover the top with plastic sheet & tide it up with rubber band, then cover by lid and set aside to in a cool place to ferment for 5-7 days.

6. Check the greens everyday, skim off the whitish bloom that appears on the surface if there's any.

 7. Once it's ready, discard brining water and withdraw mustard greens without squeezing out the liquid. Wrap it in a plastic sheet and keep refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 2 months time.