Red Cabbage Pickle (Atjaar)

Ingredients

• 1 head of cabbage
• salt
• sufficient boiling vinegar
• a few small pickle onions
• some red chillies
• some allspice

Method

1. 1

   Cut the cabbage into strips, sprinkle with salt, and leave overnight.

2. 2

   Drain and dry on a cloth.

3. 3

   Boil in sufficient vinegar for a minute or two, adding onions, chillies, and allspice.

4. 4

   When cold, bottle and cork well.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Hilda's diary of a Cape housekeeper (1902) by Hildagonda J. Duckitt, page 29. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Red Cabbage Pickle (Atjaar).— Cut the cabbage into strips, removing the hard stems, sprinkle salt over it and leave until the next day, then drain and lay open on a cloth to dry. ^ When all the moisture has disappeared, put It into sufficient boiling vinegar and allow to boil for a minute or two, adding a few small pickle onions, some red chillies, and some allspice

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