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How to Make Kabis (Pickled Cucumbers)
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How to Make Kabis (Pickled Cucumbers)

Kabis (pickled cucumbers) — here is an authentic recipe. This version does not use vinegar, though many recipes do. Important: store the pickles in tightly sealed, sterilized jars. This pickle is very delicious and well known.

Total time65 min
Prep20 min
Cook45 min
Yield4 servings
DifficultyMedium
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Preserves and picklesInternationalVegetarianVeganDairy freeGluten freeNut freeEgg freeMediumLong cook

Recipe story

How to make kabis (pickled cucumbers) — a successful pickle. No vinegar is used in this recipe, though many other recipes rely on vinegar.

Ingredients

  • Small Shamsi cucumbers (small pickling cucumbers)
  • Garlic — optional
  • Hot red pepper — optional
  • Sugar
  • Boiling water
  • Coarse salt
  • Note: For each cup of coarse salt, use ten cups of water. Boil them well and pour directly over the cucumbers.
  • Note:
  • For successful pickling, use jars with new lids or pressure-seal jars to ensure they stay tightly closed.
  • The water must be boiling and poured in immediately to ensure sterilization and prevent the cucumbers from developing mold. This helps the pickles remain high quality for about two years.
  • Successful pickled cucumber (kabis) recipe from a friend and site cook
  • Fatima Souli
  • Click Fatima's name to visit her personal page
  • For a pickled cucumber recipe that uses vinegar, click this link: How to make pickled cucumbers with vinegar
  • Check out how to make red pepper paste

Method

  1. Wash the cucumbers well and place them in a colander, then make a slit in each cucumber on one side with a knife to help the water enter and to prevent the cucumbers from wrinkling after pickling.
  2. Put the cucumbers into the jars and place in each jar a clove of garlic and a small red hot chili pepper.
  3. After filling the jars, sprinkle half a teaspoon of sugar over the top of each jar, then add boiling water with coarse salt directly from the stove into the jars so that the water covers the cucumbers.
  4. Close the jar tightly so it remains sealed and sterilized; this preserves it for a long time and prevents spoilage from air entering.
  5. Successful Kabis (pickled cucumbers) recipe from a friend and the site's cook
  6. Fatima Souli
  7. Click on Fatima's name to visit her personal page
  8. For a pickled cucumber recipe made with vinegar, click this link: How to Make Kabis Pickled Cucumbers with Vinegar
  9. Check out the recipe for red pepper molasses
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Notes and serving ideas

  • How to make pickled cucumbers with vinegar
  • red pepper paste
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Fatima Souli

Fatima Souli Musa is a nursing instructor and mother of four. Despite her limited time, she always makes time to prepare delicious dishes and desserts for her family. She learned to cook from her mother and helped in the kitchen from a young age, mastering many recipes, and cooking has become her favorite hobby.

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