A quick and easy recipe to make delicious wild pakoras and Ground Ivy Raita.

Ingredients

• 100g of chickweed, nettles or ramsons
• A clove of garlic
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 200g chickpea flower
• 2 tsp of curry powder OR ½ tsp each of cumin, ground coriander, turmeric and ginger
• 1 tsp of salt
• 120mls water
• Vegetable oil
• A handful of ground ivy
• Natural yoghurt
• Splash of lemon juice

How to make the wild pakoras and ground ivy raita

• Mix the dry ingredients together
• Slowly add the water to form a paste
• Mix in the onion, garlic and chickweed
• Take a spoonful of the mix and mould with your hands into a ball
• Heat the oil in a large pan until very hot
• Add the mixture balls a few at a time
• Cook until golden
• Finely chop the ground ivy and mix with the yoghurt and lemon juice

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