Carrot and Cardamon Soup

Description
To turn this into a vegetarian soup, use vegetable stock instead of chicken stock.

Ingredients

 * 1 liter chicken stock
 * 6 oz Lentils
 * 1 oz butter
 * 4 carrots, chopped
 * 1 onion, chopped
 * 10 cardamon seeds, ground
 * parsley, chopped
 * croutons
 * pouring cream

Directions

 * 1) Melt butter in a saucepan.
 * 2) Add onions, lentils and stock.
 * 3) Simmer for 5 minutes.
 * 4) Add carrots and cardamon seeds.
 * 5) Cook until carrots are tender. Stir occasionally.
 * 6) Pour soup in a blender and blend until smooth.
 * 7) Transfer back to saucepan and heat again when ready to serve. Garnish with parsley, croutons and cream.