Step 1

Sauté chopped onion, carrot and celery until the onion is transparent. You could even leave this step out if you like and just tip all the ingredients into a saucepan and go straight to simmering it.

Step 2

Add the red lentils, salt, turmeric, garlic and ginger and chopped chilli

Step 3

Add half a litre of chicken stock and half a litre of water. Or use all water and a stock cube

Step 4

Simmer gently for 20 minutes Click to start a 20 minute timer

Step 5

Whizz if you want to, I usually do.