Red Lentil Soup - The Way You Cook

Ingredients

• 2 Tbs olive oil
• 1 large yellow onion, diced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 Tbs tomato paste
• 1/2 ts ground cumin
• 1/2 ts Aleppo or any red pepper flakes
• 1 large carrot, diced
• 1 1/2 cups red lentils
• 6 cups boiled water
• Salt
• black pepper to taste
• Cilantro to garnish