Chard, lentil and preserved lemon soup

If something is verging on the holier-than-thou in the kitchen, top with some crispy fried onions, we say. They work particularly well when paired with that most virtuous of all things – the lentil! – in something like mjaddarat el burgul, rummaniyya or, as here, this soup. For those happy feeling holy, though, the soup also works well as it is, without the onions. If you still want a crunch, then some toasted pumpkin see