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Delicious, crispy and aromatic pickled cabbage surely everyone loves. It is quite simple to prepare it, and the product is stored perfectly for a long period of time. There are a lot of different recipes for a cook to choose from, and the Internet offers a lot of different recipes, but most of them are based on the use of vinegar. Unfortunately, for some people, this acidic ingredient is contraindicated due to some characteristics of the body. However, such a restriction does not mean at all that you need to give up pickled cabbage altogether, because there are recipes that do not contain vinegar and at the same time allow you to prepare a delicious and healthy salad. It is about pickled cabbage fast food without vinegar and will be discussed in the proposed article.
Who is contraindicated in vinegar
Vinegar is a rather aggressive acid that can cause significant harm to the gastrointestinal system of the human body, especially if there are already some characteristic diseases, for example, high acidity of the stomach, colitis, gastritis, pancreatitis, peptic ulcer disease. Acid intake is also contraindicated in people with hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, urolithiasis.
Vinegar is bad for young children and pregnant women. It can cause anemia and negatively affect kidney function. The acid also damages the tooth enamel, and therefore it is recommended to rinse out the oral cavity with clean water every time after taking products containing vinegar.
The vinegar content in some recipes is significant and can reach 100 ml per 1 kg of pickled cabbage. The highest concentration of acid is noted in the spicy recipes of pickled cabbage "in Georgian", "Provencal", "in Korean", which is justified by the need to get a sharp taste of the salad. Pickled cabbage without vinegar turns out to be a little more bland, but at the same time natural and always healthy. Anyone can eat such pickled salads without restrictions related to health.
Marinating cabbage recipes without vinegar
If you decide to cook pickled cabbage without vinegar, then it's time to choose "your" recipe. To do this, we will offer several of both the simplest and most complex, time-tested options for preparing an appetizer. A detailed description and recommendations will allow even a novice housewife to cook a healthy dish and surprise, please her family and friends.
Culinary classics
Since childhood, many remember glass banks or wooden tubs filled to the brim with cabbage. Bright strips of carrots decorated the salad, made it more sweeter and more appetizing, and small grains of dill gave the snack an unforgettable spicy aroma. It is this pickled cabbage that can be prepared if you follow the following recommendations:
- Choose a head of mid-season or late variety. Free it from the upper leaves, divide it into 2 or 4 parts. Remove the stump and finely chop the cabbage into thin strips.
- Peel and wash one medium-sized carrot, then rub on a regular or "Korean" grater.
- On a clean table, mix the chopped vegetables, then salt them with 1 tbsp. l. fine salt.
- Slightly knead the vegetables with your hands so that the cabbage becomes moist.
- Prepare the container by sterilization. At its bottom, put a few umbrellas or a handful of dill seeds.
- Boil 1 liter of water separately in a saucepan and add 2 tbsp. l. coarse salt and 1 tbsp. l. Sahara.
- Pour vegetables in a jar with hot brine and keep pickling warm for 3-6 hours. Before serving, the finished product can be supplemented with fresh onions and vegetable oil.
It is worth paying attention to the wide marinating time interval. The decision on whether to eat cabbage after 3 hours or only after 6 hours depends on the taste preferences of a particular family:
- 3 hours of marinating makes the cabbage crisper and less salty.
- After 6 hours of marinating in the warmth, the cabbage becomes softer, more aromatic, with a rich pickled taste.
This will allow you to prepare a salad with an interesting appearance and taste, because pieces of vegetables of different sizes will be salted with different intensities.
Pickled cabbage with horseradish and garlic
Without adding a spoonful of vinegar, you can make a spicy and aromatic pickled cabbage. Ingredients such as horseradish and garlic, traditional for Russian cuisine, will help to achieve pungency and spice. To marinate a medium-sized head of cabbage, you need a couple of carrots, a few garlic cloves and 50-60 g of horseradish root. During the cooking process, you will need to boil the marinade from 2 liters of water, 200 g of sugar and the same amount of salt.
Cabbage in the proposed recipe can be cut into large pieces or finely chopped. The size of the pieces will determine the duration of cooking the dish as a whole. Thin strips of cabbage can be pickled after a few hours. Large squares and quarters of the head of cabbage will be pickled only after 2 days.
After the cabbage is chopped, the cooking process will require the following:
- Peel the carrots and cut into thin strips or rub.
- Chop the garlic and horseradish in the same way as the carrots.
- Stir prepared vegetables on the table or in a large saucepan.
- Boil water with salt and sugar.
- Fold the vegetables tightly into a previously prepared clean container.
- Pour the boiling brine over the cabbage. Install the bend on top and keep the product in room conditions for the required period of time.
- After sufficient salting, remove the cabbage in a cool place.
This color can be obtained by adding literally 1 beet to any pickled cabbage recipe. To do this, the beets must be cut into slices or slices and mixed with the rest of the vegetables before pouring the marinade over the pickling.
Excellent pickled cabbage with berries and spices
The appearance of any snack plays an important role. This rule also applies to pickled cabbage. A fragrant, tasty, healthy and at the same time surprisingly beautiful pickled salad is always the first to be eaten at any festive feast. And you can decorate white cabbage with berries and for this it is not at all necessary to have it at hand cranberry, because ordinary red currants can also work.
The following recipe is designed for 1 kg of white vegetable. The amount of ingredients in each case can be calculated based on this condition. And you will need 1 carrot for cooking, 3-5 garlic prongs, salt and sugar in the amount of 1 and 2 tbsp. l. respectively. From the category of spices, it is recommended to use bay leaves and whole allspice. Half a liter of water will be needed to prepare the marinade, and a glass of berries will decorate the finished dish and add its characteristic sour taste and aroma.
It is proposed to cook a pickled appetizer in the following sequence:
- Remove the top leaves from the cabbage heads and chop the vegetable into thin strips.
- Grate the peeled carrots.
- Cut the garlic into strips or pass through a press.
- Mix the vegetable ingredients.
- Wash the berries.Grind most of them with a crush and separate the cake from the juice. Add the remaining whole berries to the vegetable mixture.
- Pour 2 tbsp into a clean bowl. water and the resulting berry juice.
- Cook the marinade on the basis of the liquid, adding spices, sugar, salt.
- Put the mixture of vegetables and berries in a glass jar, leaving some free space.
- Fill hot pickle cabbage... Place the oppression on top.
- After 11-14 hours, the oppression is removed. The cabbage will be ready to eat at this time.
The uniqueness of this recipe lies in the fact that red currant juice will add the necessary acidity to the snack, becoming an alternative to vinegar. Whole berries will make the pickled cabbage salad even more beautiful and appetizing.
Lemon recipe
The necessary acid in pickled cabbage salad can be added not only with the help of berries, but also with the help of lemon. This fruit can be a complete substitute for harmful vinegar.
To prepare a pickled appetizer, you will need cabbage itself in the amount of 3 kg and 1 kg of carrots. One large beetroot will give an excellent pink color to the salad. Lemon consumption for one recipe should be 0.5 pcs.
You will need to cook the marinade separately, calculating the amount of spices and seasonings per 1 liter of water. It will take 15 g of salt and 100 g of sugar in the preparation of the brine. From spices, it is recommended to add 1 tsp. cinnamon and 5 cloves.
You should start preparing a pickled snack by cutting cabbage. If you have the time and desire, then you can work hard on high-quality chopping, as a result of which a finely sliced salad will be obtained. If there is absolutely no time to prepare the dish, then you can cut the heads of cabbage into pieces. Chopping carrots and beets is recommended in bars or strips.
You need to prepare the marinade for cabbage using the traditional methods, adding all the above ingredients for the brine to boiling water. The marinade should be boiled for 3-5 minutes. Hot brine must be poured into the vegetables previously placed in the jar. It is recommended to withstand the salting under pressure for 1-3 days, depending on the method of cutting the cabbage. Lemon juice should be added to pickled cabbage just before serving.
In addition to all the above suggested recipes, you can use other cooking options.
For example, in the video, an experienced hostess tells in detail and clearly demonstrates the whole process of pickling cabbage with carrots:
Conclusion
The presence of pickled cabbage frees the hostess for a long time from preparing vitamin salads. Having worked hard once, she will always have on hand a delicious snack that can complement potatoes, meat and fish dishes, and cereals. In addition to taste delight, pickled cabbage will bring quite real benefits, because all the vitamins of vegetables are preserved. The lack of vinegar in the recipe makes pickled vegetable salad readily available. It can be eaten by children, pregnant women and people with characteristic diseases.
