Vegetarian casserole - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive or rapeseed oil
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, sliced
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• ½ tsp cumin
• 1 tbsp dried thyme
• 3 medium carrots, sliced (about 200g)
• 2 medium sticks celery, finely sliced (about 120g)
• 1 red pepper, chopped
• 1 yellow pepper, chopped
• 2 x 400g tins tomatoes or peeled cherry tomatoes
• 250ml vegetable stock cube (we used 1 Knorr vegetable stock pot)
• 2 courgettes, sliced thickly (about 300g)
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme
• 250g cooked lentils (we used Merchant Gourmet ready-to-eat Puy lentils)