▁se eds . ▁ ▁Cult iv ation ▁▁ ▁Cult iv ation ▁of ▁rad ishes ▁in ▁Korea ▁started ▁in ▁the ▁Three ▁Kingdom s ▁era , ▁and ▁the ▁c rop ▁was ▁considered ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁in ▁the ▁G ory e o ▁era . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁rad ish ▁is ▁the ▁most ▁widely ▁cultiv ated ▁c rop ▁in ▁South ▁Korea , ▁with ▁a ▁cultiv ation ▁area ▁of ▁ ▁and ▁an ▁annual ▁yield ▁of ▁ 4 . 5 ▁million ▁tons . ▁Korean ▁rad ishes ▁take ▁about ▁ 3 ▁months ▁to ▁grow . ▁If ▁properly ▁cell ar - st ored ▁in ▁the ▁unf ro zen ▁ground , ▁the ▁rad ishes ▁har v ested ▁in ▁aut umn ▁can ▁be ▁preserved ▁until ▁the ▁spring . ▁ ▁C ul inary ▁use ▁ ▁Every ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁plant ▁is ▁used , ▁from ▁the ▁tap root ▁to ▁the ▁gre ens . ▁It ▁is ▁an ▁essential ▁ing red ient ▁in ▁sou ps , ▁ste ws , ▁and ▁also ▁for ▁making ▁a ▁base ▁bro th ▁for ▁various ▁d ishes . ▁ ▁Ing red ients ▁ ▁much e ong ▁– ▁rad ish ▁gre ens , ▁d ried ▁to ▁make ▁si ra eg i ▁or ▁used ▁fresh ▁in ▁cook ing ▁▁ ▁mu - mal la eng i ▁– ▁d ried ▁rad ish , ▁prepared ▁by ▁jul ien ning ▁rad ishes ▁and ▁sun - d ry ing ▁them ▁ ▁mus un ▁– ▁rad ish ▁spr out , ▁grown ▁from ▁rad ish ▁se eds ▁ ▁si ra eg i ▁– ▁d ried ▁rad