Lentil & cardamom soup - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 2 fat garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 large carrot, finely chopped
• thumb-sized piece of ginger, peeled and finely chopped
• 2 tbsp oil, sunflower, rapeseed or groundnut all work well
• ½ tsp turmeric
• seeds from 10 cardamom pods
• 1 tsp cumin, seeds or ground
• 100g red lentils
• 400ml can light coconut milk
• zest and juice 1 lemon
• pinch of chilli flakes
• handful of parsley or coriander, chopped