Peel the onion and lard it with laurel and cloves. Peel and wash 1 carrot and chop it into small pieces. Wash the meat. Put prepared ingredients and peppercorns in about 2 litres of boiling lightly salted water. Bring the water to the boil. Cook the meat for about 30 minutes, take it out and let it cool down
Peel, wash and slice the remaining carrots. Pour stock through a fine sieve into another pot, bring to the boil. Add tomato paste, carrots and lentils, bring to the boil and cook for 10-15 minutes
Wash, clean and chop the tomatoes. Pour chickpeas into a sieve and drain. Remove flesh from skin and bone and dice. Add the tomatoes, chick peas and meat to the stock for the last 5 minutes. Season with cumin, salt and pepper. Wash mint, shake dry, pluck leaves from the stalks, chop and add to the soup