3 spiced chicken buttered black lentils Recipes

tomatoes, onions, red bell peppers, garlic cloves, peeled and sliced, olive oil, onion, diced, butter, red lentil, stalk celery, diced, nigella seeds (black onion), cardamom pods, dried chili, chicken stock

olive oil or 2 tbsp unsalted butter, yellow onions, thinly sliced (or 1 spanish onion), celery ribs, trimmed and thinly sliced (save the leaves from 1 stalk), carrot, trimmed, peeled, and thinly sliced, chicken broth or 6 cups vegetable broth, french green lentil, rinsed and picked over (lentils du puy), orange peel , about 1 x 2 inches, white pith removed and cut into 3 pieces, black peppercorns, coriander seeds, whole clove (the spice , not garlic), fresh ginger, peeled and coarsely chopped (1-inch piece), salt, fresh ground pepper, yogurt, for topping, chopped cooked bacon, for topping (or lardons)