Wild garlic

The introduction

Hello everyone, I hope, that you are all doing just fine!

There's this dish, I mean, it's a plant, which grows eveywhere, I guess, and it's usually ripen during spring season and people usually have it in april or something like that and it's a pretty good dish, if you want to know the truth. 

Well, it's called "Ghandzili" in Georgian and I guess, it's Wild Garlic in English, and it's a pretty strange dish, if you ask me, however, it's not that strange at all. You know, it kind of needs boiling and then it's prepared and it doesn't really need much of a preparation, because it's a salad and you just need to add some seasoning and dressing and herbs and that's pretty much it and it's really light thing to eat and my mother just loves eating it, if you want to know the truth.

To be honest, I don't really know,, how that plant is grown or whatever, but I jave bought it just boiled and usually people just buy it like that. Well, it's not like they always buy those stuff prepared or something like that, however, mostly they buy them in a halfway prepared condition and then they prepare it themselves. 

So, this other day, my father was saying, that he would buy this ghandzili and it would be a great idea to have it, because, usually people have it this time of the year an we hadn't have it eaten it yet this year.

Ingredients:

• Wild garlic, 500 grams
• Vinegar
• Oil
• Fresh coriander
• Red bell pepper
• Salt to taste

Preparation process

Well, the preparation process starts with the boiling of Ghandzili, however, since it was already cooked and everything beforehand, we didn't need to boil it again or boil the water and then put that ghandzili into it and cook it for some time, you know. So that, I just needed to have some water poured on it. 

So, I had two litres of water boiled in an electric kettle and then poured it on ghandzili and had it like that for some time or until it was kind of cooled down so that I could proceed with the procedure. Well, the next thing you needed to do was to take that ghandzili out of the water and kind of squash it, so that it wouldn't have much water left in it. That process is not that pleasant, because it takes some time to do that and, besides, if you take too many ghandzili pieces, then you may get some water on your face or something like that and then you will be all wet and stuff, you know. Well, after that squashing and everything, you can just season ghandzili and then you can pour some oil and vinegar to it. You know, it needs plenty of vinegar,, I guess, because it really gives the dish some great taste and if it lacks vinegar, then it's not that tasty, if you ask me. 

To, tell you the truth, it's not like they eat ghandzili a lot in Georgia, well, at.least, I haven't heard of that, however, when it's sold in the bazaars (and you can usually find ghandzili in those Bazaars and not ib those large supermarkets, I guess) and it doesn't really cost much,, you can easily buy them and prepare the dish. And my father usually buys that thing in bazaars in georgia and it's not that you should buy it in small amounts, I mean, people usually buy it like one or two kilogrammes or something like that and it's very easy to eat it the whole one , because it's a salad and it's very delicious and because of that vinegar taste, you just can't stop eating, you know.

Anyways, you just have those wild garlic squashed and then added some salt and vinegar and oil and then you have to chop some fresh coriander and add it to it, too, and, well, that’s basically it. And the other day, when I prepared some of this wild garlic, I had some red bell peppers and I sliced them and added them to the wild garlic, too, and it turned out pretty delicious, so that, you can just add that bell peppers to it, too. And , I guess, adding some other things may change its usual taste , so that you shouldn’t add many other ingredients, however, that fresh chopped coriander is a must, if you ask me and, of course, the vinegar and salt!

And when I went to the bazaar the other day to buy some wild garlic, they had it for 5 laris a kilogramme, so that it was pretty much alright and I just took something about 3 laris and it was just enough for three people, if you want to know the truth and it was a pretty light salad and it was kind of refreshing one, so that I really recommend eating it from time to time!

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