Chop the onion, pepper, and carrot into small pieces.

Put the chopped veggies in a pot with some oil and saute them.

In the mean time chop the garlic cloves.

Season the veggies with salt and pepper. When the onions are gold and the carrots are soft add the chopped garlic and continue frying for 2 minutes.

Add 4 cups of water and the lentils. Boil for about thirty minutes. Season with salt and pepper as necessary.

Garnish (10 minutes before the end of the cooking time) with spicy pepper paste or 1 tomato and chopped greens if you have them.