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