Brown lentil, spinach and coconut hotpot

‘Hippy comfort food’ is how my sleep-when-you-die friend described this dish when he came round for dinner – but after sampling it, he wanted the recipe! I’d whipped this up for him when he said ‘I didn’t grow up cooking and so I’ve never bothered.’ To show him how easy it is to make something from the pantry, I’d soaked a cup of brown lentils in the morning, then, that evening, added it with the other ingredients to the pot and simmered for 20 minutes. With fresh greens thrown in and cooke