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Auntie's Cauliflower and Chickpea Vegetarian Balti.

You can cook Auntie's Cauliflower and Chickpea Vegetarian Balti using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Auntie's Cauliflower and Chickpea Vegetarian Balti

1. Prepare 1 of whole head of cauliflower.
2. You need 1 of red pepper.
3. Prepare 1 of yellow pepper.
4. It's 3 of white onions.
5. Prepare 4 cloves of garlic.
6. You need 2 boxes of or tins of chopped tomatoes.
7. It's 1 tablespoon of tomato puree.
8. Prepare 1 tablespoon of Turkish red pepper paste (optional).
9. Prepare 1 of long green Turkish pepper (optional).
10. You need 3 tablespoons of Patak's Balti curry paste.
11. You need 1 tablespoon of cumin.
12. Prepare 1 tablespoon of smoked paprika.
13. You need 1 tablespoon of tumeric.
14. It's 2 of fresh Birdseye chillis.
15. It's 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
16. It's to taste of salt and pepper.
17. You need 1 litre of boiling water.
18. Prepare 1 can of cooked chickpeas, drained.

Auntie's Cauliflower and Chickpea Vegetarian Balti step by step

1. Prepare by chopping the garlic, onions, peppers and cauliflower..
2. Fry the oil and spices together over a medium heat..
3. Add the garlic, onions and peppers. Fry until slightly brown. Add the Balti paste and stir throughly..
4. Rinse the chickpeas in cold running water. Add chickpeas to the pot and reduce the heat..
5. Dissolve the paste and puree in a litre of hot water. Add to the pot. Then add chopped tomatoes to the pot. Stir throughly..
6. Add the cauliflower florets and stir throughly (ensuring the florets are fully submerged). Cook on medium for 3 hours in a slow cooker / multicooker. It should reduce by 15%. We recommend to serve with rice and steamed greens..