Moltani de Guadeloupe

Although she has lived in a delightful valley full of flowers and wild asparagus for many years, a friend from Guadeloupe still finds the Var winter cold compared with her family home in the Leeward Islands. To warm herself, her family and friends she makes this chicken and lentil dish. It uses French curry power, which differs from most of those on sale in Britain – on spice stalls look for a mixture labelled ‘Colombo’; alternatively mix your own curry spices, but add more ground cumin and