Spiced lentil & spinach pies - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp sunflower oil
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 5 garlic cloves, grated
• thumb-sized piece of ginger, peeled and finely grated
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1½ tsp turmeric
• ½ cinnamon stick
• pinch of chilli flakes
• 250g red split lentils
• 600ml vegetable stock
• 30g butter
• 300g spinach
• 1 lemon, zested and juiced
• 2 tbsp chopped coriander
• 6 tbsp chutney
• 1 quantity all-butter pie pastry (see 'Goes well with' below), or use a shop-bought vegetarian alternative
• 3 egg yolks
• ½ tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp sea salt flakes