Outer Isles Gardening Hungry Gap Soup

Ingredients

• 250g red or green lentils
• 2 tbsp cooking oil
• 1 onion finely chopped (or 2-3 shallots)
• 6 cloves garlic, chopped
• 3 tbsp grated ginger or 1 tbsp ground ginger
• 1 tbsp ground coriander
• 1 tbsp ground cumin
• Pinch ground cloves
• 1 star anise
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 tbsp tamarind paste
• 1 tsp tomato paste
• 1.5 litres water or stock