Spiced Rice and Yellow Lentils

Ingredients

• 3 tbs sunflower oil
• 1 tbs onion powder
• 4 tbs crispy onions
• 1 tsp ground turmeric
• 1 tbs cumin seeds
• 1 dried red chilli
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 3 whole cloves
• 1/2 tsp crushed cardamom pod
• 225g basmati rice
• 125g yellow split lentils, rinsed and drained
• 2 1/3 cup vegetable stock
• 6 tbs coriander leaves, finely chopped
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch pepper
• 1 tsp pickles (to serve)
• 1 tbs natural yoghurt (to serve)
• 4 poppadums (to serve)