Vegan Ponytail Kimchi (Chonggak-Kimchi).

Ingredients

• 3 lbs Korean baby radish (chonggak radish) ((~1.5 kg))
• 2 cups course sea salt ((don't worry--we'll rinse most of it off!))
• 1/2 cup onion ((rough chopped))
• 6 scallion whites ((trimmed and rough chopped))
• 1/2 cup apple ((or Korean pear or mix of both, rough chopped))
• 1/4 cup garlic cloves ((peeled and trimmed))
• 1 knob ginger
• 2 tbsp plum syrup ((or brown rice syrup, agave, etc.--check out substitutions section in blog post))
• 2 tbsp sweet white rice flour
• 1 1/2 cup gochugaru
• 1/4 cup fishy sauce
• 2 cups Korean chives ((trimmed))
• 6 scallion greens ((sliced in half, lengthwise, so they're extra skinny))