How upliance makes tangy paneer, step by step
- 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 tangy paneer from above.
- You, 7 min
Rough-cut veg, cube paneer
How rough?
Peel 2 onions and cut them in 4. Halve 3 tomatoes. Cut 200 g paneer into bite-size cubes. Pull the stem off the chilli, trim the coriander roots and wash it. The fine chopping is the jar's job, not yours.
You, 30 sDrop 1 of 4
What goes in
2 tbsp refined oil, ½ tsp jeera and ½ tsp hing into the empty jar. Leave the crown off.
upliance, 30 sSizzles the tadka
Tadka?
upliance heats the oil and sizzles the jeera and hing for half a minute, stirring slowly, so the flavour gets into the oil before anything else goes in.
- You, 30 s
Drop 2 of 4
What goes in
2 onions cut in 4, a small coin of ginger (2 g), 1 green chilli and 10 stems of coriander. Put the crown back on. upliance weighs each one as it lands.
upliance, 10 sChops it fine
No knife?
No knife, no onion tears. With the lid and crown on, the blade chops onion, ginger, chilli and coriander fine in about 10 seconds. Scrape the sides down once it stops.
upliance, 4 minSautés till golden
Why crown off?
Take the crown off so the moisture escapes. upliance sautés the chopped onion mix for 4 minutes, stirring by itself, till it turns soft and golden.
- You, 1 min
Drop 3 of 4
What goes in
Scrape the sides down first. Then 3 halved tomatoes, ¾ tsp salt, 1 tsp coriander powder, 1 tsp Kashmiri mirch, ½ tsp garam masala and 1 tbsp kasoori methi. Crown back on.
upliance, 8 minCooks, 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.
- You, 45 s
Drop 4 of 4
What goes in
Scrape the sides down, then add 200 g paneer cubes, 70 ml water and 50 g cream. Lid and crown on.
- upliance, 11 min
Simmers paneer in masala
11MIN FREEmake rotis, or relaxWhat's the jar doing?
upliance cooks the paneer in the masala and cream for about 11 minutes, stirring slowly the whole time so nothing catches. The cubes soak up the gravy and stay whole. Knead the roti dough, or just sit down.
- You, 1 min
Methi on top. Serve.
Finish
Spoon it into a bowl, crush 3 tsp kasoori methi between your palms over the top, and eat it hot with naan, roti or rice.























