Lentejas Verdura

INGREDIENTS

150 gms green lentils
1 tomato
1 leek
1 carrot
1/2 medium onion
2 cloves garlic
1 tsp sweet paprika powder
2 maggi vegetable cubes
1 bay leaf
3 cloves (the spice)

DIRECTIONS

Insert the 3 cloves into the 1/2 onion. Put all ingredients in a pan with 1 litre of water. Boil over a slow fire until the lentils are cooked – about 30 – 40 minutes.

When the lentils are done, remove all the vegetables. Discard the bay leaf and the cloves from the onion. If there is too much “soup” left after you remove the vegetables, take some out and put it aside.

Puree the cooked vegetables with a little of the soup from the pan using a hand blender then pour back into the lentils. Add back some of the soup you set aside if the soup is now too thick. Let the soup heat through. Serve with bread.