Moroccan lentil & chard soup

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Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 medium yellow onion diced

2 medium carrots diced

2 large cloves garlic minced

1 tsp ground cumin

½ tsp ground ginger

½ tsp ground turmeric

½ teaspoon red chili flakes

1 tsp sea salt

1 tin chopped tomatoes

150g split red or puy lentils

1l vegetable stock

bunch rainbow chard - stems roughly chopped, leaves shredded

Method

1. Soften onion and carrot in the olive oil in a large pot. After a few minutes add the chopped chard chard stems and cook till onions start to take a little colour.
2. Add the spices and cook for a minute. Add the tin of tomatoes and cook and reduce a little.
3. Add the stock, bring to a boil and add lentils
4. Cook for 10-20 minutes or until lentils are done - puy lentils will take longer than red.
5. Add the chard leaves and cook for 5 minutes at most. Check seasoning and serve

based on feed me phoebe https://feedmephoebe.com/moroccan-red-lentil-soup-recipe-chard