Kimchi Pancakes (Kimchijeon) -- Vegan Recipe

By Pavani @napavani
Blogging Marathon# 38: Week 3/ Day 1
Theme: One Dish, Different Countries
Dish: Korea -- Kimchi Pancakes
Being a food blogger, I am always looking for new dishes to make. I rarely repeat or make the same dish again unless it is an everyday dish that the family is used to. My husband was saying the other day I cook for the blog and not for them. Mmmmm, I think I'm guilty of doing that, but I don't usually comment when he says that because I need my taste-testers happy and not grumpy. Talking about new dishes, when I made this Kimchi -- I wasn't actually sure what to use it in. Then I found Kimchi fried rice recipe which I really liked. But as I said before, repeating dishes is something that happens very rarely, I looked for something else to make with kimchi and I found these Kimchi pancakes on the Kitchn and they seemed simple and easy to make with just a few ingredients.
We are starting our 3rd week of Blogging Marathon today and my theme for this week is 'One Dish -- Different Countries'. So I'll be making 3 different pancakes from 3 countries in the next 3 days. Starting off with Korean Kimchi Pancakes.
My homemade Cabbage Kimchi is not as red in color as the pancakes in the Kitchn post, but otherwise the taste of these pancakes was awesome.

Ingredients: Cabbage Kimchi - 1cup All purpose flour - ¼cup
Rice flour - ¼cup
Green Onions - 2, chopped
Salt - to taste
Method:
  • Drain the kimchi and reserve the liquid. Ad water to the kimchi liquid to make ½cup total. Chop the drained kimchi.
  • Combine all the ingredients in a mixing bowl along with the ½cup liquid. Mix well.
  • Heat a skillet on medium-high flame. Add 1tbsp oil in the skillet and swirl it around. Add ¼cup of the batter and spread it around with the back of the spoon. Cook for about 2 minutes or until the pancake is golden and crispy. Flip and cook for another 1~2 minutes.
  • Drain on paper towel and serve hot with dipping sauce.
Dipping Sauce:
Soy Sauce - 3tbsp
Toasted sesame oil - 1tbsp
Rice Vinegar - 1tsp
Gojuchang -2tsp
Agave nectar - 2tsp
Garlic - 1clove, finely chopped
Green onion - 1, finely chopped
Method:
  • Mix all the ingredients in a mixing bowl. Serve.
Lets check out what my fellow marathoners have cooked up today for BM# 38.