Tunisian Tomato Soup with Chickpeas and Lentils (Katzen)

Ingredients

• 28 oz Tomatoes crushed
• 2 ts Salt
• 1 Cinnamon
• 2 ts Ground cumin
• 3 Bay Leaves
• 2 c Cooked chickpeas, canned drained
• Black pepper to taste
• 1 1/2 ts Cumin seed
• 1 c Lentils sorted & rinsed
• 4 c Onion minced
• 1 tb Olive oil may be doubled
• Cayenne pepper to taste
• 1 ts Turmeric
• 7 c Water more or less
• 2 tb Garlic minced