Love Food Hate Waste

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 onions finely chopped
• 4 cloves crushed garlic
• 2 teaspoons tumeric
• 2 teaspoons cumin seeds (or cumin powder)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 long red chill finely chopped (optional)
• 1 can tinned tomatoes including juice
• 1 cup water
• 2 large carrots cut in half lengthwise, then thinly sliced
• 2 cups red lentils
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 5 cups vegetable or chicken stock
• 1 can coconut milk
• thinly sliced lemon (optional); finely chopped coriander (optional)