Therefore if you have one or two vegetable side dishes on your dinner table then you need to add one or more meat or fish side dishes too.

Oi Muchim is one of the easiest and quickest side dishes to prepare and I personally think that this is a good (very low calorie) complement to a glass of beer.

Cooking time: Less than 10 minutes

Ingredients

• A large cucumber,  trimmed and sliced at 2-3 mm
• 20g carrots trimmed finely sliced.
• A shallot, trimmed finely sliced
• 2 cloves of garlic, grated
• 30g Romano pepper, trimmed finely sliced
• 2/3  teaspoon,  finely chopped Thai chili
• 1 teaspoon, sliced spring onions.
• 1 teaspoon, sugar.
• 1 tablespoon, toasted sesame seeds
• 1  teaspoon,  chilli powder
• A pinch of salt, a pinch of white pepper

Tip: You can add some honey or sesame oil if you find the taste is too salty.

If you do not have Korean chilli powder then use normal chilli powder which you can buy from any supermarket.

You need to use toasted sesame seeds. Toasted sesame seeds give a nutty flavour and crispy smell too.

(You always need to toast sesame seeds before using them in any Korean food)

That’s it!