Curried Lentil Soup

Ingredients

• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 small potato, cubed
• 1/2 cup red lentils
• 1 tbsp grated ginger
• 1 liter water
• 1 1/2 tbsp curry powder
• Salt
• Black pepper
• 1 chicken stock cube
• 50 g butter and 2 tbsp olive oil

Method

1. Melt the butter, add the onion, garlic, ginger and lentils and stir, then the potato, then the curry, black pepper and stock cube. Add the boiling water gradually and simmer on very low heat until the lentils are soft and swollen. Blend and serve hot with fried bread or naan.