Healthy Lamb Curry - Justine Pattison

Ingredients

• 800 g lean lamb leg steaks ((or lean lamb meat))
• oil, (for spraying or brushing)
• 3 medium-large onions, (peeled and roughly chopped)
• 4 large garlic cloves, (peeled and roughly chopped)
• 25 g chunk fresh root ginger, (peeled and roughly chopped)
• 1 red chilli, roughly chopped ((deseed first if you like))
• 4 tbsp medium Indian curry paste
• 100 g dried red split lentils, (rinsed and drained)
• 400 g can chopped tomatoes
• 600 ml water
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tsp flaked sea salt (plus extra to season)
• 1 tsp caster sugar
• 100 g young spinach leaves ((optional))
• ground black pepper
• cucumber raita, (to serve)