Bean & barley soup - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 1 fennel bulb, quartered, cored and sliced
• 5 garlic cloves, crushed
• 400g can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes
• 600ml vegetable stock
• 250g pearl barley
• 215g can butter beans, drained and rinsed
• 100g pack baby spinach leaves
• grated Parmesan, to serve