Cabbage, siberian style

[Irisha]

Here's the recipe my mom has unearthed back from our Siberian days. Cabbage, potatoes and prepared in autumn pickles were our main sources of vegetables during winter months. Mom found and made it not long ago and it went over very well with my family, even my sister who lives on soda and icecream decided she wanted to make it for her boyfriend. Here goes, it might need to be toned down quite a bit as this is quite enough to last you a week:)

Ingredients:
Cabbage - 3 pounds
Carrots - 1.5 pounds
Tomatoes - 3 pounds
Garlic - 4 ounces (more if you like garlic)
Horseradish root - 3-4 ounces freshly grated root
(my mom uses stuff in a jar and uses about 7 ounces, so I think
half of that amount is enough if using fresh)
Olive oil - 3/4 cup
Celtic salt - 2 tblspns


Preparation: Blend tomatoes with garlic and horseradish in a processor, finely shred the cabbage and mix it all with salt. Put in a flat bowl and put a plate on top so it can be pressed down with a weight. This is done so the cabbage releases its juices which makes it softer and easier to digest. Leave it for an hour and a half. Before serving pour olive oil or sunflower seed oil over it and sprinkle some fresh dill. I'm making it tonight and will let you know how it turns out. But it sure sounded good to me as I love all the ingredients in it. Horseradish is extremely good for killing pathogenic microorganisms.

[tvillemom]

YUMMY....that sounds delish!! Thanks for posting, and welcome to the board!!
Wendi

[Irisha]

I made it and it's pretty good, I like it a lot. Next time I will use more horseradish though as I was cautious and not using the full dose the first time.

[tvillemom]

Irisha, this sounds alittle spicy, due to the horseradish....is it? If it is, I bet this is an awesome winter "salad"???
Wendi

[PantryRaider]

Irisha....

you mention potatoes in the first paragraph... but, then you mention carrots in the list of ingredients... but, don't tell us how to incorporate the carrots?

Or maybe you meant to type potatoes instead of carrots? Cabbage and potatoes mix well in a cooked Irish dish called colcannon, so those ingredients caught my eye in your post. I would love a good raw dish made with cabbage and potatoes.

[Irisha]

oh, what I meant was that the vegetables I enumerated were our staple foods. Not all of them go into this recipe.. alas, I dont' know of any raw recipes incorporating potatoes yet. Having tasted raw potatoes I'm not too eager to try either. Sorry to confuse you about that. I just included that sentence for the purpose of giving a feel for Siberian life. We ate cooked potatoes. Mostly mashed tatoes and fermented cabbage. I think the salad is just the right amount of spicy, it feels healthy spicy, you know..