- 2 bundles of Thai rice noodles
- 2 aubergines
- 100g kale
- 1 red onion
- A thumb of ginger
- A bunch of spring onions
- A handful of wild garlic
- 1 lemon
- 2 tbsp tamari
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 ltr cold water
- Sea salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 2 tsp olive oil
- Shallow dish
- Wok or large frying pan
- 1.
Unwrap the noodles and place them in a large bowl. Pour over 1 ltr cold water, adding a little more if the noodles aren’t fully covered, and set aside to soak for 25 mins.
- 2.
Meanwhile, trim the aubergines and chop them into large bite-size chunks. Trim the woody cores out of the kale and roughly shred the leaves. Peel the red onion and chop it into thin wedges.
- 3.
Pour 2 tsp olive oil into a large pan or wok and warm to a medium-high heat. When the wok is smoking hot, add the aubergine. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper and fry for 6-8 mins, stirring every so often, till the aubergine is slightly charred on the outside and soft in the middle.
- 4.
Meanwhile, peel and finely chop the ginger. Trim and finely slice the spring onions. Roughly shred the wild garlic leaves. Zest the lemon.
- 5.
When the aubergines are soft, add the red onion, ginger and kale to the pan. Stir fry for 3-4 mins, till the kale and onion are tender.
- 6.
Add the spring onions, wild garlic and lemon zest to the pan with 2 tbsp tamari and 1 tbsp honey. Stir for 30 secs. Drain the noodles, shake dry and add them to the pan. Juice in half the lemon and stir to mix and warm everything through.
- 7.
Divide the stir-fry between a couple of plates and serve with wedges of the remaining lemon half.
- 8.
Wild Thing^ The wild garlic in your dish is foraged from sustainable sources in forests and on Britain's coast, it's fantastically fragrant, and has a pleasantly surprising subtle flavour.