Morkovcha


Korean-style carrots or Korean carrot salad, is a spicy marinated carrot salad. It is a Koryo-saram variant of kimchi.

History

Koryo-saram created the dish as they did not have supplies of Baechu cabbage, the main ingredient in traditional kimchi. In Central Asia, where many Koryo-saram have lived since the deportation of 1937, the salad is also named morkovcha, which is a combination of Russian morkov and Uzbek diminutive suffix -cha. The salad was unknown in South Korea until recently. However, it has gained an international following, being served in most cafeterias throughout post-Soviet countries, sold in many supermarkets, and featured regularly as an appetizer and a side dish on dinner tables and in holiday feasts set by all ethnicities of the former Soviet Union.

Ingredients

The typical ingredients are finely julienned carrots, garlic, onion, ground red pepper, ground coriander seeds, vinegar, vegetable oil, salt and pepper. It may also include sesame seeds.