Purple Sauerkraut

Fermented foods are great for maintaining good health, helping your body better absorb the nutrients from your food, eliminating toxins and making wonders to your gut. Besides being super healthy, fermented foods are SUPER EASY to make!

  • 7 days
  • 10 servings
  • 32 calories

Ingredients

  • ½ medium red cabbage head, finely diced
  • 1 medium beet root, peeled and grated
  • 2 inch ginger piece, peeled and grated
  • 1 tsp sea salt

Instructions

  1. Peel and grate the cabbage, beetroot and the ginger.
  2. Add the ingredients in a bowl, add the salt and scrunch the mixture with your hands for a couple of minutes.
  3. Put the ingredients in a jar, and press it down so the juice from the vegetables covers the vegetables.
  4. If the juice do not cover the vegetables, add some salted water (1 tbsp per cup water) until covered.
  5. Put a lid on and let rest in room temperature for a couple of days, until the cabbage becomes sour
  6. Store in the refrigerator when you’ve opened the jar.

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Posted in Eating on 3 Oct, 2019

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