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Chickpea and spinach soup

Chickpea and Spinach Soup

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Serves 4

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil
¼ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp cumin seeds
½ tsp turmeric
1 small onion, peeled and diced
2 cm root ginger, peeled and diced
1 garlic clove, peeled and chopped
100g red lentils
250g cooked chickpeas
800 ml vegetable stock
50g spinach leaves
seasoning

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Method
1 Heat the oil in a pan and fry the spices for 3 minutes, and then add the onion, ginger and garlic and continue to cook until the onion softens.
2 Add the lentils and chickpeas, then stir in the stock. Bring to the boil and simmer for 15-18 minutes, until the red lentils are cooked and swollen.
3 Stir in the spinach, season and serve.