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    TomatoSoup

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    A bowl of orange tomato soup with a cream swirl and crisp garlic, next to two slices of seeded bread1,600+ cooks
    ★ 4.4
    • Total time:45min
    • Your hands-on time:17min you
    • Longest hands-free stretch:15min free

    How upliance makes tomato soup, step by step

    Outside the jar · a sieve
    Outside the jar · your stove
    CHOP
    STIR
    HEAT
    MASH
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    Tomato soup. Done.
    17 min29 min
    1. upliance, upliance

      This cooks it.

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

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

    2. You, 6 min

      Peel and halve the veg

      +−How rough?

      Peel 1½ onions and cut them in half. Peel 5 garlic cloves. Halve 4 tomatoes. Peel a small piece each of beetroot and carrot (30 g each) and cut them in 2 or 3. Measure out the spices. The fine chopping is the jar's job, not yours.

    3. You, 15 s

      Drop 1 of 4

      +−What goes in

      1½ onions, peeled and halved, and 5 peeled garlic cloves. upliance weighs each one as it lands.

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

      Chops it fine

      +−No knife?

      No knife, no onion tears. Lid and crown on, and the blade turns onion and garlic into confetti in about 10 seconds. Scrape the sides down once it stops.

    5. You, 15 s

      Drop 2 of 4

      +−What goes in

      1 tbsp pomace olive oil and 10 g butter, straight on top of the chopped onion and garlic.

    6. Line drawing: crown lifted off the lid
      upliance, 40 s

      Sautés in butter

      +−That's it?

      Take the crown off so the moisture escapes. upliance sautés the onion and garlic in the butter, stirring by itself, just till they soften and smell sweet. The long cooking comes next.

    7. You, 1 min

      Drop 3 of 4

      +−What goes in

      4 halved tomatoes, beetroot 30 g (for the colour), carrot 30 g, jeera powder 1 tsp, Kashmiri mirch ¼ tsp, black pepper ¼ tsp, salt 1¼ tsp and sugar 1 tsp. For a thicker soup, add 1½ tbsp rice flour (or corn flour, or 14 g besan). Pop the crown back on.

    8. upliance, 15 min

      Cooks the tomatoes down

      15MIN FREEstep away
      +−What's the jar doing?

      upliance cooks the tomatoes, beetroot and carrot with the spices for about 15 minutes, stirring as it goes, till everything slumps soft and jammy. No standing at the stove, no catching at the bottom.

    9. You, 15 s

      Drop 4 of 4

      +−What goes in

      30 g cream and 350 ml water.

    10. Line drawing: jar with lid and crown on
      upliance, 12 min

      Simmers with the cream

      +−Still hands-off?

      Yes. upliance simmers the soup for another 12 minutes, stirring now and then. If you want to get ahead, peel the garlic for the tadka now.

    11. upliance, 30 s

      Blends it silky

      +−No blender?

      No blender, no hot-soup transfer. The same jar purées the soup smooth right at the end of the cook. Scrape the sides down when it stops.

    12. You, 3 min

      Strain through a sieve

      +−Why strain?

      Pour the soup through a sieve into a bowl and press it through with a spatula. Throw away the skins and seeds left behind. This is what makes it restaurant-smooth, and it's on you.

    13. You, 5 min

      Fry a garlic tadka

      +−How?

      Peel and finely chop 6 garlic cloves by hand. Warm 1 tbsp pomace olive oil in a small pan and fry the garlic till golden and crisp. Pull it off the heat before it browns too far.

    14. You, 1 min

      Cream. Tadka. Serve.

      +−Finish

      Ladle the soup into bowls, swirl in 5 g cream and spoon the crisp garlic on top. Serve hot with toasted bread.

    Where the time goes

    You: 17 min
    peel veg · 4 drops · strain · garlic tadka
    upliance: 29 min15 free
    chop · sauté · cook · simmer · purée
    upliance: a steel jar on a smart base with a touchscreen

    You: 17 min. upliance: 29 min.

    Get upliance
    Full recipeIngredients by drop and every step+−

    Restaurant-style tomato soup with a slight tang and sweetness, a little beetroot and carrot for colour, strained silky and finished with crisp garlic. Pair it with toasted bread.

    Indian, Continental. Veg soup. Serves 2. About 45 min start to finish; about 17 min of it is you. Cooked 1,600+ times on upliance.

    Ingredients (2 servings)

    Drop 1chopped by the jar

    • Onion peeled, cut in 21½
    • Garlic peeled5 cloves

    Drop 2sautéd

    • Pomace olive oil 1 tbsp
    • Butter 10 g

    Drop 3cooked down ~15 min

    • Tomato cut in 24
    • Beetroot peeled, cut in 230 g
    • Carrot peeled, cut in 330 g
    • Jeera powder 1 tsp
    • Kashmiri mirch ¼ tsp
    • Black pepper ¼ tsp
    • Salt 1¼ tsp
    • Sugar 1 tsp
    • Rice flour optional, for a thicker soup; or 1½ tbsp corn flour, or 14 g besan1½ tbsp

    Drop 4simmered ~12 min, puréed

    • Cream 30 g
    • Water 350 ml

    For the garlic tadkaon a pan

    • Garlic peeled, fine-chopped6 cloves
    • Pomace olive oil 1 tbsp

    To serve

    • Cream 5 g
    • Toasted bread on the side

    Steps

    1. Prep (you, ~6 min). Peel the onions and cut them in half. Peel 5 garlic cloves. Halve 4 tomatoes. Peel the beetroot and carrot and cut them into 2 or 3 pieces. Measure out the spices.
    2. Drop 1 (you, 15 s). Put the onion and garlic into the jar.
    3. upliance, 10 s. With the lid and crown on, it chops the onion and garlic fine. Scrape down the sides.
    4. Drop 2 (you, 15 s). Add 1 tbsp pomace olive oil and 10 g butter.
    5. upliance, 40 s. Take the crown off the lid. It sautés the onion and garlic in the butter, stirring by itself, till soft.
    6. Drop 3 (you, ~1 min). Add the tomatoes, beetroot, carrot, jeera powder, Kashmiri mirch, black pepper, salt and sugar. For a thicker soup, add 1½ tbsp rice flour (or corn flour, or 14 g besan). Put the crown back on.
    7. upliance, ~15 min. It cooks the vegetables down with the lid on, stirring as it goes. This is your free time: about 15 minutes away from the kitchen.
    8. Drop 4 (you, 15 s). Add 30 g cream and 350 ml water.
    9. upliance, ~12 min. It simmers the soup, stirring now and then, then purées it smooth. Scrape down the sides.
    10. Strain (you, ~3 min). Pour the soup through a sieve into a bowl, pressing it through with a spatula. Discard the pulp left in the sieve.
    11. Garlic tadka (you, ~5 min). Finely chop 6 peeled garlic cloves. Fry them in 1 tbsp pomace olive oil on a small pan till golden and crisp.
    12. Serve (you, 1 min). Ladle the soup into bowls, swirl in 5 g cream and top with the crisp garlic. Serve hot with toasted bread.
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