Curry Unlocked

I know I'm slow, but I just realized that curry spices need to be heated in oil BEFORE cooking the main ingredients.

For this tasty mush I sauteed some garlic in olive oil, added some whole cumin, whole cardamom, turmeric, ginger powder and fresh ground pepper. Tossed that around for a hot minute and then added an onion and a couple of carrots, chopped. After the onions got soft, I threw in the lentils and water with a bay leaf and chopped kale. I just let the kale stew with the lentils. It came out pretty well.