@razavanelulmarin - salsa has tomatoes - it would taste different.
I used the sambal because its main ingredients are @papa-pepper's relatives - Chili peppers + salt + Acetic and Ascorbic acid.
If you can find Chili powder that looks like this
then just add salt and cooked rice powder (liquidy).
I think the hot sauce would be too liquidy - unless the ingredients is closer to what I wrote above - it won't taste the same nor have the same health benefits.
The mix is the key to proper fermentation and producing the right probiotic.
I won't recommend salsa for kimchi but I sure love them with Nachos or potato chips :D
When you come here for the Steemfest, hoard some sambal! ^ ^ haha
very hard to get sambal here...i'll look around.
@razvanelulmarin how about jalapenos, do you have them? They would do - just scrape off the seed, then just add as many as you can bare. If you like it spicy hot like @meesterboom for this much Chinese cabbage you will need at least 10 jalapenos I suppose. If you don't have jalapenos in Romania, if I read it right - you're from there? Any hot spicy @papa-pepper's family member would do. You will just have to measure it for your liking.
I made this mild spicy because I'm already skinny. I loose more weight in winter - my metabolism is very fast and eating more spicy food not to mention that it has ginger in it would make me burn more.
I only eat it to boost my immune system. Good luck and I hope you find the right pepper.