6 Fermented Foods You Can Easily Make at Home

Fermented foods are a trend now! The good bacteria may boost immunity, improve digestion, and even help reaching and maintaining a healthy weight. Here are 6 fermented foods you can easily make at home.

1. Kefir

If you like yogurt but have never tried kefir you’re missing out. It’s creamy and tangy and good for you, and contrary to popular belief it’s very easy to make. All you need is some kefir grains and some milk. From there you just put the granules into a cup of milk, cover, and leave at room temperature for about 24 hours. Strain afterwards, and you can reuse the kefir grains.

Ingredients:

1 cup milk, preferably whole fat

1 teaspoon active kefir grains

2. Kimchi

Kimchi is delicious and amazing for your gut, but lots of people think it’s very difficult to make, so they only have it when they go to Asian restaurants. Well here’s how you can make it at home. All you need to do it cut the cabbage, salt it generously and massage it so that the cabbage goes soft, leave for a couple of hours. Then make the spice paste, cut up the rest of the veggies. Rinse the cabbage thoroughly and drain it, mix in with veggies and spice paste, pack into a mason jar and leave in the fridge for about 5 days. Your kimchi should be done by the end of the week.

Ingredients:

1 medium head napa cabbage

1/4 cup sea salt or kosher salt

1 tablespoon grated garlic (5 to 6 cloves)

1 teaspoon grated peeled fresh ginger

1 teaspoon granulated sugar

2 tablespoons fish sauce or salted shrimp paste, or 3 tablespoons water

1 to 5 tablespoons Korean red pepper flakes

8 ounces Korean radish or daikon radish, peeled and cut into matchsticks

4 medium scallions, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces