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    MatarPaneer

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    A dark bowl of matar paneer from above: golden paneer cubes and green peas in an orange tomato gravy, with fresh coriander beside it3,500+ cooks
    ★ 4.5
    • Total time:50min
    • Your hands-on time:11min you
    • Longest hands-free stretch:12min free

    How upliance makes matar paneer, step by step

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    Matar paneer. Done.
    11 min38 min
    1. upliance, upliance

      This cooks it.

      • CHOP
      • SAUTÉ
      • PURÉE
      • COOK
      +−What is it?

      upliance is a steel jar on a smart base with a touchscreen. It weighs, chops, sautés, blends, stirs and cooks, and the screen tells you what to drop in next. Scroll to watch it make matar paneer from above.

    2. You, 7 min

      Peel, halve, cube paneer

      +−How rough?

      Peel 10 garlic cloves (the slow bit). Peel 1 onion and cut it in 4. Pull the stem off the chilli. Halve 2 tomatoes. Rinse the frozen peas. Cut 200 g paneer into bite-size cubes. The fine chopping is the jar's job, not yours.

    3. Line drawing: adding ingredients to the jar
      You, 30 s

      Drop 1 of 5

      +−What goes in

      2 tbsp refined oil, ½ tsp jeera and ¼ tsp hing into the empty jar. Leave the crown off.

    4. Line drawing: crown lifted off the lid
      upliance, 30 s

      Sizzles the tadka

      +−Tadka?

      upliance heats the oil and sizzles the jeera and hing for half a minute, stirring slowly, so the flavour is in the oil before anything else goes in.

    5. You, 30 s

      Drop 2 of 5

      +−What goes in

      1 onion cut in 4, 10 peeled garlic cloves and 1 green chilli, straight onto the tadka. Put the crown on. upliance weighs each one as it lands.

    6. Line drawing: jar with lid and crown on
      upliance, 10 s

      Chops it fine

      +−No knife?

      No knife, no onion tears. With the lid and crown on, the blade chops the onion, garlic and chilli fine in about 10 seconds. Scrape the sides down once it stops.

    7. Line drawing: crown lifted off the lid
      upliance, 5 min

      Sautés till golden

      +−Why crown off?

      Take the crown off so the moisture escapes. upliance sautés the chopped onion and garlic for 5 minutes, stirring by itself, till soft and golden. No standing at the stove.

    8. You, 1 min

      Drop 3 of 5

      +−What goes in

      Scrape the sides down first. Then 2 halved tomatoes, ¾ tsp salt, ¼ tsp sugar, ¼ tsp turmeric, ½ tsp Kashmiri mirch and 1 tsp coriander powder. Crown back on.

    9. Line drawing: jar with lid and crown on
      upliance, 8 min

      Cooks, then blends smooth

      +−Then?

      upliance cooks the tomatoes down with the spices for 8 minutes, turning them now and then, then blitzes everything into a smooth masala in the same jar. Scrape the sides down when it stops.

    10. You, 45 s

      Drop 4 of 5

      +−What goes in

      Scrape the sides down, then add 40 g rinsed frozen peas, 30 g cream, 30 g curd and 80 ml water. Leave the crown off.

    11. Line drawing: crown lifted off the lid
      upliance, 12 min

      Stirs peas into gravy

      +−What's happening?

      With the crown off, upliance cooks the masala with the cream, curd and peas for 12 minutes, stirring slowly the whole time. The gravy thickens and turns creamy orange, and the peas go soft. You're free here too.

    12. You, 30 s

      Drop 5 of 5

      +−What goes in

      200 g paneer cubes (or firm tofu, if that's your thing). Lid and crown back on.

    13. upliance, 12 min

      Cooks paneer in gravy

      12MIN FREEmake rotis, or relax
      +−What's the jar doing?

      upliance cooks the paneer in the gravy for 12 minutes, stirring slowly so nothing catches and the cubes stay whole. They soak up the masala. Put the rice on, roll some chapatis, or just sit down.

    14. You, 1 min

      Kasoori methi. Serve.

      +−Finish

      Spoon it into a bowl, crush 1 tsp kasoori methi between your palms over the top, and eat it hot with rice or chapati.

    Your 50 minutes, split

    You: 11 min
    peel & cut · 5 drops · garnish
    upliance: 38 min12 free
    chop · sauté · cook · blend · stir
    upliance: a steel jar on a smart base with a touchscreen

    You: 11 min. upliance: 38 min.

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    Full recipeIngredients by drop, every step, nutrition+−

    Everyday, low-effort matar paneer: soft paneer cubes and sweet green peas in a tomato-onion gravy, finished with a spoon of cream and curd. Pair it with rice or chapati.

    North Indian. Veg main course. Serves 2. About 50 min start to finish; about 11 min of it is you. Cooked 3,500+ times on upliance.

    Ingredients (2 servings)

    Drop 1sizzled into a tadka

    • Refined oil 2 tbsp
    • Jeera ½ tsp
    • Hing ¼ tsp

    Drop 2chopped, then sautéd golden

    • Onion peeled, cut in 41
    • Garlic peeled10 cloves
    • Green chilli top stem removed1

    Drop 3cooked down, blended smooth

    • Tomato cut in 22
    • Salt ¾ tsp
    • Sugar ¼ tsp
    • Turmeric ¼ tsp
    • Kashmiri mirch ½ tsp
    • Coriander powder 1 tsp

    Drop 4cooked 12 min, stirring

    • Frozen peas rinsed40 g
    • Cream 30 g
    • Curd 30 g
    • Water 80 ml

    Drop 5cooked 12 min in the gravy

    • Paneer (or firm tofu) cut in cubes200 g

    To serve

    • Kasoori methi crushed1 tsp

    Steps

    1. Prep (you, ~7 min). Peel 10 garlic cloves. Peel 1 onion and cut it in 4. Remove the chilli stem. Halve 2 tomatoes. Rinse the frozen peas. Cut 200 g paneer into cubes.
    2. Drop 1 (you, 30 s). Put 2 tbsp oil, ½ tsp jeera and ¼ tsp hing into the jar. Leave the crown off.
    3. upliance, 30 s. It heats the oil and sizzles the jeera and hing, stirring slowly.
    4. Drop 2 (you, 30 s). Add the onion, garlic and green chilli. Put the crown on.
    5. upliance, 10 s. With the lid and crown on, it chops everything fine. Scrape down the sides.
    6. upliance, 5 min. Take the crown off. It sautés the chopped onion and garlic till soft and golden, stirring by itself.
    7. Drop 3 (you, ~1 min). Add the halved tomatoes, salt, sugar, turmeric, Kashmiri mirch and coriander powder. Put the crown on.
    8. upliance, ~8 min. It cooks the tomatoes down with the spices, then blends it all into a smooth masala. Scrape down the sides.
    9. Drop 4 (you, 45 s). Add the peas, cream, curd and 80 ml water. Leave the crown off.
    10. upliance, 12 min. It cooks the gravy with the peas, stirring slowly all the way, till it thickens and the peas are soft.
    11. Drop 5 (you, 30 s). Add the paneer cubes (or firm tofu). Put the lid and crown on.
    12. upliance, 12 min. It cooks the paneer in the gravy, stirring slowly. This is your free time: about 12 minutes to make rotis or put your feet up.
    13. Serve (you, 1 min). Spoon into a bowl, crush 1 tsp kasoori methi over the top and serve hot with rice or chapati.

    Nutrition per serving

    543 kcal · 17 g carbs · 22 g protein · 43 g fat.

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