Pakoras are easy to make and absolutely delicious. Give this simple recipe a try. Ingredients 250g of red dead nettles and hedge garlic 4 carrots, grated 1 onion, thinly sliced 250g chickpea flower 1 tsp of dried chillies 1 tsp of cumin 1 tsp of salt Vegetable oil Method Mix the chickpea flour with water […]
Try this simple recipe for a delicious nettle and potato curry. Not only does it taste great, but nettles are really good for you, the original superfood! Ingredients • 400g of nettles (blanched and rung dry) • 1 large onion • 2 cloves of garlic • 1 fresh green chilli • 4 potatoes cut into […]
This is a recipe for nettle soup that Nicola devised. It is by far the tastiest nettle soup I’ve had. And nettles are phenomenally good for you. We pick the tips of the nettles only as these are usually the tenderest part of the plant. We’ve also found that the nettles can be re-harvested after […]
Nettles are incredibly healthy, containing high levels of many vitamins and minerals as well as 4 times as much iron as is found in spinach. On top of that they are very tasty! We tend to pick the tips of nettles, just the top two pairs of leaves. This delays the flowering process and encourages […]
This is a new one we’ve added to our foraging days, but it’s already one of my favourites! Ingredients 500g of new potatoes, cut into bite sized pieces 1 onion, finely diced 2 tbsp of tomato puree 1 tsp of cumin ½ tsp of chilli powder 1 tbsp of wild garlic paste 1 bunch of […]
Cordage is an incredibly important resource in a bushcraft setting. In this video I show you how to make 2 ply reverse twist cordage from lime bast. But the method is the same if you’re using nettle fibres, brambles or any other fibres. It’s a method of making cordage that has been developed all the […]
