lentil soup

Ingredients

• 50 ml extra virgin olive oil
• 1 large onion, chopped finely
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 300g dried brown lentils, boiled in water until cooked (or 2 cans of lentils)
• 500g canned whole peeled tomatoes
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 hot dried chilli, finely crushed
• 1 litre water
• salt