Spicy Red Lentil & Tomato Soup

• 1 brown onion chopped finely
• 2 cloves of garlic (or 3 if you’re really into it)
• 1/2 red capsicum chopped
• 1/2 cup dried red lentils
• 2 cups of water
• 2 cubes veg stock
• 1 can of diced tomatoes
• 2 tspn of chilli paste (you could use fresh chilli or japalenos, I find that i get the most flavour from chilli paste)
• 1 tspn of salt (I use pink rock salt)
• pepper to taste
• chopped basil
• chopped parsley

Boil the lentils in a saucepan. Meanwhile lightly fry the onion, capsicum and garlic together. Once all is cooked, drain the lentils and add one cup of water, veg stock and stir through for a few minutes. Put everything else in the mixture except parsley and stir occasionally for about 15 minutes on high heat. Let it cool a little bit and then but 2/3 of the mixture in blender. Mix it all together back in pan and top with parlsey and pepper to serve.