Red Lentil soup with chicken;) Packed with protein and vitamins soup!

This is the first time when I finally made a great meal using a lentil. I was surprise how tasty it is and very easy to prepare. Lentils are the mini version of bean, and they very healthy option which should be add to you daily diet.

Lentils are good source of potassium, calcium, zinc, niacin, vit.K. They are rich in dietary fiber, lean protein, folate and iron.

From now on I'm a big fun of this bean.Its so easy and quick to prepare. My soup can be done with meat version or vegan version.

Ingredients:

• olive oil
• 1 big red onion
• 3-4 carrots
• 3 garlic cloves
• a bit of chopped ginger(optionally)
• 2 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper
• half a cup of kale
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 cup of red lentil
• 3-4 cups of vegetable broth(cooked with 1 piece of chicken fillet)
• 3 tbs of tomato puree
• fresh coriander(optionally)

In a sauce pan heat the olive oil, add chopped carrots, onion, garlic. kale. Stir to combine and leave for 5-7 min until the onions are soft. Add all the spices.
Then add the lentils, broth and bay leaves. Bring up to the boil, then turn the heat down, covered until the lentils begin to fall apart for about 20 min. In the end add tomato puree and enjoy!
The taste is just great, spicy, oriental, very rich.