Hot masala lentil soup

Ingredients

• 1 cup yellow lentils - soaked in water for about 1 hour and boiled with enough water to soften.
• 1 radish - remove skin and cut into medium size pieces
• 1 (about 100g) tomato - sliced
• 5 shallots - sliced thinly
• 1 inch ginger - sliced into thin stripes
• 1 tbsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp chilly flakes
• 1 tsp turmeric/kunyit powder
• 2 tbsp dessicated coconut
• chopped coriander leaves
• 1/2 liter of water
• 4 tbsp oil
• salt to taste

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Preparation

• When oil is heated, fry shallots, ginger, tomato and radish all together.
  Continue frying for the browning of radish.
  Add dhal, coriander powder, turmeric, chilly flakes, coconut, salt and water.
  Stir all together and simmer to cook the radish.
  Off the heat and lastly stir in the coriander leaves.