Step 1

First, put some rice in a bowl and pour some cold boiled water to wash the rice. Try to rub the rice and make milky colored water. Only need the washed rice water later.

Step 2

Wash and soak gai choi very well to remove sand and dirt.  Boil a pot of water, wait until it’s boiling. Then, add washed gai choi and make sure all the leaves are soaked in boiling water. Don’t need to completely cook. Just soak in boiling water for a few seconds. The purpose of this is to kill bacterias and sterile the vegetables because I washed the vegetables and did not put under the sun.

Step 3

After that, put the boiled gai choy in a bowl to drain excess water.

Step 4

Next, rub some kosher salt on boiled gai choy, remember this step is very important to rub salt on every leaf.

Step 5

The following, put the salted gai choi into a glass container. Then, pour washed rice water and fill up. Make sure the liquid covers all the vegetables. If the vegetable keeps floating up, put a small cup or sauce dish on the vegetable and put down to close the jar. Let it ferment for 21 days or 3 weeks. Put them in a shade area.