Pickled white cabbage _ Sofrat hadhramia
Pickled white cabbage
💠Ingredients:
🔹Half a white cabbage.
🔹A small red or white onion.
🔹Two carrots.
🔹Three cloves of garlic.
For each jar:
🔹Three quarters of a cup of apple cider vinegar, or grape.
🔹A quarter of a fresh boiled beetroot -color as desired-.
🔹Half a tablespoon of black pepper.
🔹Half a teaspoon of salt.
🔹A quarter of a teaspoon of fennel seeds -as desired-.
Pickled red cabbage
🔹A cup of apple cider vinegar, or white vinegar.
🔹A tablespoon and a half of salt.
🔹A small red cabbage.
🔹A teaspoon of sugar.
🔹A teaspoon of pepper.
🔹Half a small onion.
💠Preparation:
💎White cabbage:
🔹Put the cabbage and carrots in a pot and put boiling water on it for ten minutes until it becomes soft, then drain it and wait for a long time until it is completely free of water.
🔹Place the cabbage and carrots in the pot, then add: salt, hot vinegar, and garlic.
🔹Sterilize the jars by heating the oven to a temperature of one hundred and eighty degrees Celsius, then turning it off and placing the jars inside for ten minutes.
🔹Place the cabbage mixture in the jar and add: onions, cumin, and fennel to it, then put another amount of the cabbage mixture and add water and vinegar, then wait until the vinegar cools, then put a sheet of butter on the face and close it.
🔹Wait for at least three days for it to be ready, and if the water used is cold, you must wait for at least eight days.
💠Red cabbage:
🔹Remove the hard pieces inside, then cut it into very small pieces and place it in a pot.
🔹Put salt on the cabbage and leave it for a whole night until all the water in the cabbage is removed.
🔹Place the cabbage in the jar, then add: black pepper, onions, and a pinch of sugar mixed with hot vinegar.
Pickled red cabbage
💠Ingredients:
🔹Two kilograms of red cabbage cut into thin slices crosswise.
🔹Fifty grams of salt.
💠Preparation:
🔹Mix the cabbage with the salt in a plate, and set the plate aside for sixty minutes, the cabbage will produce a large amount of liquid to submerge the pieces.
🔹When the liquid almost reaches the top of the cabbage, a weight is placed on top to keep the cabbage well submerged in a place with little light, and its temperature is from sixteen to twenty degrees Celsius until the cabbage becomes sour in taste, and it is left for about thirty days.
Samosa with pickled cabbage and mushrooms
💠Ingredients:
🔹Seven hundred grams of mushrooms, cleaned and cut into small pieces.
🔹Two hundred grams of mozzarella cheese, cut into small cubes.
🔹A can of sauerkraut, or four hundred grams (American sauerkraut) drained.
🔹Two cups of all-purpose flour.
🔹Two large onions, peeled and cut into small cubes.
🔹Two eggs.
🔹Three tablespoons of butter.
🔹A tablespoon of olive oil.
🔹Half a teaspoon of salt.
🔹Half a bunch of parsley, chopped into small pieces.
🔹One hundred milliliters of water.
🔹Salt and black pepper - to taste.
💠Preparation:
🔹Mix all of the following: olive oil, flour, eggs, a pinch of salt, and water in a food processor until a smooth dough is formed, then knead the dough on a floured table until it becomes smooth. You can use a pasta machine if available, and the dough must be the same thickness as ravioli pasta.
💠Filling:
🔹Melt a tablespoon of butter in a large saucepan over low heat, then brown the onions until they become transparent.
🔹Add the mushrooms and a tablespoon of butter, and in the meantime wash the pickled cabbage until it becomes less salty.
🔹Cook the mixture over low heat, stirring constantly for about thirty minutes until the mushrooms become soft.
🔹Add the pickled cabbage and a tablespoon of butter, continue cooking over a very low heat, and continue mixing well for an additional twenty minutes, then leave the mixture until it cools completely.
🔹Season the mixture with a little pepper and salt, but keep in mind that the pickled cabbage is already salty, then add the cheese and parsley, and thus the mixture is ready to use.
🔹Cut the dough into small circles.
🔹Place a teaspoon of the filling on half the circle.
🔹Fold each circle into a crescent shape.
🔹Press the edges of the dough together with a fork, or fingers until they are well closed.
🔹Repeat the same method until all the filling is finished.
🔹Leave the samosa to rest in the refrigerator, and then it is ready to fry.
🔹Fry the samosa in hot oil until it becomes golden colour.