Ingredients

1 white onion finely chopped

2 tablespoon olive oil

3 garlic cloves

2 carrots scrubbed and diced

150gr red lentils

1 homemade vegetable stock

generous sprigs parsley

Method

Heat the oil in a medium pan , add the onion and fry for 2 mins while you slice the garlic and dice the carrots . Add them to the pan and cook briefly over the heat .

Pour in 1 litre of the boiling water from the kettle , stir in the lentils and homemade stock, then cover then cover the pan and cook for a medium for 15 minutes until the lentils are tender . Take off the heatand stir in the parsley . ladle the bowls and scatter with extra leaves if you like .

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