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Cauliflower & tomato curry

Green chillies and tamarind spark up this vegetarian curry. If you're making this midweek, use curry pastes and spice mixtures, like garam masala instead of individual spices.

■ Serves 4 ■ Prep 20 mins ■ Cook 3 hrs 15 mins

VEGETARIAN

2 onions, 1 quartered, the other thinly sliced
 5cm piece of ginger, peeled and sliced
 2 green chillies, 1 halved and deseeded, the other sliced
 3 garlic cloves, chopped
 2 tbsp vegetable oil
 ½ tsp turmeric
 1 tsp each ground coriander, ground cumin and fennel seeds
 10 curry leaves
 2 tsp mustard seeds
 3 tbsp tamarind purée
 400ml passata
 200ml vegetable stock
 3 tbsp desiccated coconut
 1 cauliflower, cut into medium florets small handful of coriander leaves, rice, lime pickle and mango chutney
 (optional)

Heat the slow cooker if necessary. Meanwhile, in

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