Re: Halal Kimchi

Dear Stanford and Maha

Thanks for kind word

Dear Arale1402

No. Its not because of the fermentation process. Alcohol which occur during fermentation process due to chemical reaction is permissible. We can use vinegar in our food. This is different when someone cook using wine or putting sake/soju in their food.

Usually we would like to be sure whatever we put inside our food is certified halal by the authority. In my case will be the halal fish sauce (unless if im sure the process of making the fish sauce is clean so I don’t need the certified halal on its bottle). I also heard that some Korean do put pork in their kimchi (please correct me if im wrong)

Halal is not only about alcohol/pork/animal not slaughtered according to Muslim requirement but also include the cleanliness and the process of making it.

Thank you so much for asking.

p/s I also like Thai food, went to Bangkok last month and the tomyam, mango and papaya salad are really good compared to the one we have here.