Your dish must contain the burst of Diwali,
the magic of Holi,
the iftar of Eid and the happiness of Christmas.
Nothing is ready yet.
I am ready to take the black apron.
Just give it to me and please eliminate me.
If you'd made this in a black apron challenge,
I think Abhijeet would be here and you would've gone home.
[tense music]
I am Farah Khan and
I'm joined by the pride of India,
Chef Vikas Khanna and Chef Ranveer Brar.
They turn everyday into a festival for me.
So why don't we celebrate a festival with
- our celebrity cooks? - Absolutely.
Celebrity cooks, come on out!
[upbeat music]
[cheering]
Yay!
- Oh! - Look at the counter.
What?
I see that the kitchen is decorated beautifully today.
There are flowers everywhere in the kitchen.
And I love gifts.
It's decorated beautifully.
And of course, it's the MasterChef Kitchen. There will be surprises.
How are you all feeling?
- Very good! - Very nice!
Looking at the set today, you might've guessed
that something different is going to happen today.
[tense music]
- Something grand. - Wedding?
Yes, we're getting Nikki married.
- But Abhijeet isn't here. - Congratulations!
Everybody has a gift in front of them.
Mystery gift!
[tense music]
You must be excited to see what gifts you've received, right?
- Yes. - Right.
Are you guys ready to open the boxes?
- Yes. - Yes!
On the count of
one,
two,
three. Open!
[cheering]
Oh man!
- Rangoli! - What's this?
[cheering]
Oh Gujarati!
[cheering]
We lift our boxes
and it had firecrackers, kites,
lamps, and a lot of rangoli.
And my favourite!
Look what I got!
I see fire crackers.
My brother and I used to burst a lot of them when we were young.
I feel quite nostalgic
and I go back to that time.
I see
it has rockets, bombs and material to fly kites.
I don't understand why it's all there.
Archana, what do you think is going to happen today?
Ma'am, we might play dandiya.
Dandiya? Correct. Because this is a dance show. Correct.
What do you think, Teja?
I see a representation of India,
especially festivals. At first, I thought it's just Diwali.
Then I saw the water gun and then the Christmas tree.
Did you see the fire crackers?
- Yes, Sankrant too! - There are bombs too!
- Bombs too. - We're not going to burst them,
we're going to make you burst.
I know there's definitely going to be a challenge.
They won't just call us here for a celebration.
Tell us what we're going to do with this!
Today, you have to cook food while
playing Holi and dandiya.
- So fun! - How do you like this?
- It's a bit tough. - It's fun!
I can either play dandiya
or cook.
This oldie cannot handle both at once.
We'll anyway be cooked when you played dandiya.
Both can be accomplished, Usha Tai.
Alright, let's end all the surprises.
Let us tell you what the real challenge is.
Look, India has many days
where we send the same messages to each other.
'Same to you.'
Right?
India has so many festivals.
From the lamps of Diwali to iftar of Eid,
to the colours of Holi,
festivals bring us together.
And the one thing that connects it all is food.
Food.
That's why, I love celebrating all festivals.
Alright. Basically, your challenge tonight is to make
one dish that is inspired to your memories of festivals,
your happiness of it and your flavours of it.
It can be connected to a specific memory.
Your dish must contain the burst of Diwali,
the magic of Holi,
the iftar of Eid and the happiness of Christmas.
Meaning your dish should have
the connection between India and its festivals,
which we celebrate everyday.
My favourite festival is Eid.
I decided that today I will make sevai.
I love Lord Ganesha.
For the last 150 years, we bring Lord Ganesha home every year.
So I decided to make something that is related to His festival.
For this challenge, you will have 60 minutes.
MasterChef's world-class pantry will be open for five minutes.
Make a MasterChef-level dish today that celebrates the happiness of
all our festivals.
Whoever makes the best dish today,
will celebrate a festival of their own tomorrow.
Oh!
They will win a huge advantage!
You must be wondering where Dipika is today.
She fell quite sick before the shoot today.
She has gone to the nursing home.
And hopefully she'll be able to join us for this challenge.
Shall we send them into the pantry then?
Usha Tai, please come here.
Yay!
- Tai has premium access. - Premium access.
Usha Tai, be ready at the front line.
Wait, Usha Tai! Don't go in!
Guys, ready to go to the pantry? Usha Tai, ready?
[tense music]
On your marks.
- Get, set, run! - Get, set, run!
Oh!
Do not push Usha Tai!
As soon as we get our five minutes in the pantry,
everyone runs so fast.
As if they're trying to catch a Mumbai local train.
Rajiv, what are you making?
Today I'm making a Christmas fruit cake.
- Fruit cake? Just like Rajiv? - With the fruit cake,
[laughing]
I'll make a ginger ice-cream.
With a butter.
You need to get all your stuff! Faisu, what are you making?
- Pistachio praline. - Pistachio praline?
Which festival has that?
In Eid, when we add cardamom and saffron to the sevai.
Is everyone making dessert?
- It's all sweet, ma'am. - Did you get everything?
- I am getting it. - Where's the pistachio?
Here it is.
I get all my ingredients.
Of course, like every time, I stand and
revise if I've got everything I need.
Oh my God!
Meet lady Ghajini!
- Tell us. - I'm just thinking.
[dramatic music]
I don't know what should I get.
Today, I'm going to make cannoli
stuffed with roasted chickpea which will be mashed.
Is it sweet?
Absolutely not. It'll be very spicy.
Just like you, Nikki.
Three. Two.
Get out. One! Stop! Stop!
Your cooking time of 60 minutes will start.
On your marks.
- Get, set, cook! - Get, set, cook!
[dramatic music]
Firstly, Teju and I run towards plating.
We got our plates first because we knew
it could be difficult to get one later.
I want to defeat Kabita today.
You should rather focus on yourself then defeating me.
[dramatic music]
Today, I'm making something for a festival,
rather a traditional one I should say,
which is very close to my heart, Karva Chauth.
No matter what we eat throughout the year,
we always wait for Karva Chauth
where we can eat chole bhature and dahi bhalla.
[dramatic music]
Today, I've chosen one of my favourite festivals, Navratri.
I have decided to make puri
and chickpea.
Navratri is very close to my heart
because my brother and I spent our childhoods
having so much fun during Navratri.
This my remembrance for my brother.
Usha Tai, what are you making?
Khadkhada.
- Do you know of it? - Of course.
You add 21 vegetables...
- You add spices too, right? - That's what I am doing here.
Tamarind, chilli, coconut, turmeric.
Grind it all and then...
- Do you know Tirphal? - I do! Fresh Tirphal.
Add that in.
Usha Tai, you've seen so many festivals in your life, right?
Yes.
What does that mean to you? You always say you live alone.
It's festivals, you know. By alone I mean,
my son lives with my brother because he was alone too.
It was him and his wife.
I wasn't home. I used to go to office
and then I got busy with theatre, films and serials.
I never got time to be home.
That's why, my brother invited my son to his house.
Earlier it was my mother who took care of him.
And now my brother takes care of him.
Used to. He passed away
on June 30 last year.
He was younger than me.
[emotional music]
My younger brother
was my whole life.
He passed away this year.
[emotional music]
I am all alone now.
When I go home and open my door,
all I hear is the silence from the other side of the door.
All my loved ones left me all alone.
But I still make their favourite food at home.
And that is how they remain connected to me always.
And this is the food that brought me to Celebrity MasterChef.
I miss him a lot.
[emotional music]
Every year, my brother used to say,
"Usha, what should we do
for this year's Ganapati festival?"
I got emotional because I missed him.
Diwali was the most important festival of my life.
After my sister's passing,
when Diwali came around,
I was alone in New York.
I realised that festivals aren't just
about the festivals themselves.
It's a memory. Everyone coming together,
families reconnecting.
When all the siblings come together,
it brings a different colour of happiness to these festivals.
And I think, everything just fades away with time.
People start leaving.
[emotional music]
You're amazing.
Thank you.
[dramatic music]
- Hi, Gaurav! - Hello, ma'am!
- What are you making? - Basically, today I'm making
the most famous thing made during Holi,
which is Gujiya. In Mumbai, they call it karanji.
I'm deconstructing them to make two ice-creams
and I'm making bon-bons.
Gaurav, what's your favourite memory of Holi?
Ma'am, in Kanpur, Holi isn't celebrated on a single day.
It's at least seven days.
And it's a Holi you wouldn't have seen even in movies.
They call it lath-maar Holi.
Where the wives
use sticks to drive away their husbands
when they come home all drunk, drenched in colour,
and behave in stupid ways.
It's a tradition. Not that it happens, but it's a tradition.
This is amazing. Even the judges need to keep a stick with them now.
[dramatic music]
I'm celebrating Chath Puja which is quite famous in UP and Bihar.
The offering for Chath Puja is called thekua. There's a pudding,
with chickpea lentil and bottle gourd.
I am thinking of presenting all these three dishes
of the offering into one single dish.
[dramatic music]
- What are you making? - Pistachio praline
with cream cheese.
It's like a pistachio brittle.
It'll have a cream cheese frosting with saffron and cardamom.
- Where's the sheer kurma? - This is inspired from sheer kurma.
I knew it! I knew he would make sheer kurma.
Sir, sheer kurma is a staple for Eid.
- Ma'am, you know... - Put the knife down.
Why are you threatening us? Keep that down.
You know that during Eid, we visit friends and eat sheer kurma.
No one makes sheer kurma better than my grandma.
You have had sheer kurma during Eid?
I used to take Eidi only to eat sheer kurma.
I used to do the same.
I've become so inspired that today, I want Eidi from all of you
if my sheer kurma turns out good.
- Alright, done. - You'll get it.
[dramatic music]
Sir, I'm making Sindara.
Where I come from,
during Janmashtami and Teej,
the bride's family sends Sindara to her new home.
Oh, you're thinking of your in-laws!
You're not even married!
I'm not yet married!
What that entails is,
there's ghevar and
chakke...
You're making ghevar with rabdi?
No, sir. I'm making chakke.
And chakke are too simple.
Since I am in MasterChef,
I thought I should make a cake out of it.
Wow.
I know you want to make something new,
but I hope this experiment doesn't lead you to
disconnect with the festival.
I know, sir. I'd heard of flour cake.
But now I'm making a semolina cake
with sund spice.
Don't forget the festival in your bid
- to innovate. - No, sir.
[dramatic music]
- Rajiv. - Yes?
Why are you always placed behind Kabita?
I don't know. She's jealous of me, ma'am.
She's jealous of you?
She is!
She's such a huge chef and a social media star.
She'd be jealous of you?
Huge chef and social media star!
Even I am a celebrity. But she's jealous of my food.
Are you comparing yourself to Kabita?
Why not?
She always comes after me.
- I don't think she does that. - Of course, she does.
Rajiv, it's getting predictable now. Desserts.
It's not. What do you think of when you say Christmas?
- Plum cake. - Plum cake. Fruit cake.
I think it's predictable.
He knows he makes desserts well. So he keeps on making that.
Ma'am, I've only cooked dessert once.
- No! - Yes!
What is your connection to Christmas?
It's connected with my mother.
We celebrate Christmas together in London.
Especially during Covid,
it was just me and my mother. No other family members.
That day, we baked together. For the first time,
we sat in the kitchen and decorated the tree.
So it's a very special time for my family.
And I'm very close to my mum.
Don't you dare make a dessert tomorrow.
No!
Alright. No problem.
[dramatic music]
I'm ahead of my schedule.
My chickpea are done. I've mashed them.
I've made chole masala.
And I've kept everything ready.
- Celebrity cooks. - Yes?
Give us your attention for two minutes.
It's time for our mid-challenge twist.
- Oh God! What is it? - Twist again?
My God!
Why do these twists exist?
Whenever there has been a twist,
I've always landed in trouble.
The twist is that
whoever is making a dessert
will have to make a savoury element too.
- Oh God. - Is that true?
Thank you, please.
- Thank you. - And whoever is cooking savoury,
they will
have to add a sweet element.
- Oh! - Oh man!
[tense music]
They stress us out!
I think
until I get eliminated,
I'm going to lose a lot of weight.
Tension! Tension! Tension!
I realise I didn't get any ingredients.
I conceived my dish as a dessert.
For this, the MasterChef's world-class pantry
will open for two minutes.
Wait. Usha Tai, come on.
- Oh God. - Tai is on premium access.
Celebrity cooks, 30 minutes are up. 30 minutes are left.
And
your two minutes
for the pantry pick will start... On your marks,
- get, set, run! - Get, set, run!
Let us think! How will we think while running?
I ran but I'm also thinking what I can make.
As soon as I entered the pantry, I saw flour.
And all purpose flour too.
I picked them up and left it on fate.
- God! - What should I make?
Kabita, give me some ideas!
[clamouring]
I was cooking sweet, how can I add savoury?
What is sharbati?
Make a juice then!
Oh God! What do I do? What can I pick in two minutes?
Okay. I know that if I have to cook a dessert, I'll make
pudding and shrikhand.
What's happening? What are you making, Faisu?
- Rajiv, what are you making? - Ma'am, I don't understand.
I'm still thinking. I have to make savoury.
- Savoury? - Maybe chips.
Ma'am, I'll have to make something!
I picked up potatoes.
Oh man!
And I thought of making chips.
I need ghee.
I thought with the milk I have remaining,
and the pistachio, I'll get those.
And I'll also pick ingredients
needed to make cumin biscuits.
- Archana. Ten. - Yes, sir.
Nine.
Eight.
Seven. Six.
Five. Four. Three. Two.
One. Pantry is closed.
During Holi season, there'd a lot of butterflies on the trees.
Suddenly I got that visual. I don't know why or how.
I decided to make a butterfly tuile on my dish.
But even I'll add a twist on that.
I've gotten used to Celebrity MasterChef, you know.
My butterfly tuile
will be spiced with pepper.
Your 30 minutes for cooking will start now.
On your marks.
- Get, set, cook! - Cook!
I'm thinking
about the sweets of Diwali.
Our offering does have a spicy element, chakli.
That's why, I think of implementing chakli in my dish.
I had no idea about this twist they've sprung on us.
I was going to make savoury today.
But this twist they've given us,
I didn't know what I should make.
Then I remembered that during Navratri,
obviously there's a sweet.
I took that chance and decided to make shrikhand.
I'm making potato chips as my savoury element.
What else can I add to a dessert?
Shall I add a samosa? What should I do?
I'm going to make a sweet and sour crisp.
Hopefully, the judges like it.
But today's challenge, oh man!
Someone's going to land in trouble. Could be me.
I'm saying,
if I add salt to the biscuit, it counts as savoury. Right?
Yes.
Yes! There we go!
I chose the easy way out!
You look a bit lost.
- Me? - Yes.
What's the twist then?
You told us to add a savoury element.
My festival is Diwali.
That's why, I am making a crisp.
It's chakli.
On one hand, you gave so many elements to the shirole.
You added chocolate and what not.
- On the other hand, - No! This isn't chocolate!
This isn't for that. This is the wick that will go
over the bomb.
I will shape it like a bomb.
It will be a wick for the firecracker.
That's what I am saying. You're making the bomb with shirole, right?
Yes.
You're making the bomb with shirole.
No, actually. That's not what I am doing.
[chuckling]
I did think of that. But it's quite tricky.
Then what have you decided now?
I will use white chocolate to decorate the mousse and
and make rangoli over this.
Do you know what I am thinking?
I am thinking that you're confused.
Secondly, you don't have much time.
Thirdly, this plain chakli you're making,
add something interesting to it.
Or else your dessert will be a hit and the chakli will bring it down.
- Okay? - Okay, Chef.
I am nervous
because I don't know if this will go with my dish or not.
But I have to add it.
So I will complete it nicely and add it.
Tai, where is the khadkhada?
You know, it's my favourite.
I don't know how it tastes.
Is this oil?
Yes, for the frying.
Needs more salt?
[tense music plays]
[whispers] It's delicious.
And here's 'madgane'.
'Madgane'! I love it. Don't they make this on Janmashtami?
- We do it on Ganesh Chaturthi. - I see.
'Khotte' and 'madgane'.
So 'madgane' is your dessert,
that's a 'kheer' made with chickpea and coconut milk.
It's one of the most amazing dishes in India.
- Oh my! And you're done with it? - Yes.
It feels like I am in a...
- Saraswat house? - Yes, on Ganesh Chaturthi,
waiting to be served the delicacies.
All the best!
Hail Lord Ganesh!
[tense music plays]
Rajiv, when leaving your cake to cool,
don't leave it on a flat surface.
- Take off the paper. - Okay.
And then put it on a cooling rack,
so that it cools evenly, enhancing its taste.
- Thank you so much. Okay. - Okay.
[tense music continues]
Celebrity cooks!
You have only ten minutes.
- What? - What!
- [music intensifies] - [clock ticking]
'Oh my God!'
Only ten minutes left. What am I supposed to do?
My 'shira' is still not done. I'm making banana shira.
'And it takes time.'
The banana takes time to cook. My God!
Do you know what I'm thinking?
So I'm almost done, with just the plating left.
I don't know if Ranveer has ever tried this.
I'll make a 'chakka' if I have the time.
[intense music continues]
Chefs, today, they all know
that no one's going to be last.
Today, we're only choosing one best dish.
That's why I think they're all relaxed.
And I did wonder why things seemed different.
Why don't I see that energy?
Because they're all playing safe.
Everyone's safe. Making 'chakklis' on MasterChef doesn't make sense.
Guys, again, I'll repeat.
Indeed, the bottom-most dish won't be punished today,
but this challenge is about putting your best foot forward,
since there's a huge advantage. So don't play safe.
[tense music continues]
I had a hard time putting you together.
You better not fall again.
'I look around, and almost everyone's done with the plating.'
'The cannolis won't come out of the mould.'
I've been trying.
Who do I ask for help? How will I do this?
Nikki!
So you wanted to make 'shrikhand', 'shira' and whatnot. What now?
- It will be done. - How? There's no time.
[tense music continues]
Where's the 'sheer khurma'?
- It's in here, sir. - Nice.
There's some in here.
And I'm making a 'sewri'-style pastry.
I've sprinkled it with black pepper and salt.
And that's one portion?
Yes, and there are two more layers on it.
It'll be a stuffing.
Something like 'mille-feuille'?
'Mille-feuille' means thousand layers.
You have only one, and you have only two minutes.
Yes, yes, I'm almost done.
This is an original 'chakka', okay?
I'm showing you this because I don't think sir knows what a 'chakka' is.
But I'm from UP, and I'll introduce this to him.
And this is a part of our platter.
So I'll serve this with the main dish.
Yeah!
'Chakka' between these two.
'My 'mille-feuille' is almost done,'
'but I want to put it together'
the way the original is.
'I have to make four elements, and my cannolis are stuck.'
I don't know if the 'shrikhand' is any good.
'I've lost one element, that's 'shira'. I couldn't make it.'
I don't think I managed my time well today.
Only one minute left.
[clock ticking]
Last one minute. Come on,
- let's finish strong. - Last one minute!
And we're looking for one dish.
Finish your plating, hurry.
'As I'm doing the plating, I think I should do the 'rangoli' on it.'
'If it's only at the bottom, it might look a little too plain.'
I'm just experimenting, trying it on the top.
And once just on the bottom.
Last ten seconds.
What!
Ten...
- Nine! - Oh!
'As they start counting down,'
'right on cue, my hands start shaking.'
'I can't seem to decorate it properly.'
'All of my garnishing are falling.'
I don't know how to finish it.
Eight.
Seven.
'Last ten seconds, and I have nothing.'
I managed to plate the stuffed cannoli.
And for the garnish,
'I put the tomato and chilli sauce on it.'
Six!
Five!
Four!
Three!
Two!
One!
Time's up!
Time's up, step back.
Kabita, stop.
Your stardom will face the heat.
Hands up, everybody.
Hands up.
I didn't finish my dish.
I'm ready to take the black apron and be eliminated. Thank you.
Your challenge today was to celebrate Indian festivals
by rustling up a plate of their respective offerings.
And we brought a twist to the challenge,
adding a sweet element to a savoury one,
and a savoury to a sweet one.
And now it's time for the tasting.
Kabita, please bring us your plate.
[applause]
This is an offering to Goddess Chhath.
I hope she blesses me and the dish.
[upbeat music playing]
Kabita, what have you made?
Our biggest festival is the 'chhath puja'.
It lasts three days.
On the first, we have a sabzi made of bottle guard and chickpea.
On the second, 'kheer' and roti, and on the third, 'thekua'.
So I tried to assemble the three offerings on one plate.
Now please show me what elements make them up.
You represented the bottle guard and chickpea in this 'chikki'.
Yes, only chickpea, by making it spicy.
- It has bottle guard? - No, because it's not possible...
This crisp represents 'thekua'?
Yes, and the 'kheer' is in the centre.
- So day one, day two, day three? - Yes.
On your first day, your plate was like this,
spread out across the plate.
But today, your dish is vertical.
- She's elevating herself. - Yes.
And her food, which is very, very good.
- Thank you. - Lift both dimensions of your food.
That's when it looks beautiful. Very good.
[tense music plays]
Playing on Sunny Deol's line, 'Date after date,'
I'd say 'Texture after texture.'
There's tang on the bottom, a velvety 'phirni' in the middle.
The 'thekua' is like... By itself, it's like a...
It feels like a 'phirni' sandwich.
I believe that the dryness of the 'thekua'
couldn't be complimented with that little of a sauce.
One element here, and I would have rang the spoon.
It's a great dish otherwise.
The presentation, thought and concept were exquisite.
- Thank you. - [applause]
[applause]
Kabita, last week wasn't great.
But I think you have a good start this week.
So please have something sweet.
- That's so nice. - Come on.
- Thank you. - Have something sweet.
And as always, I achieve 95 percent of my vision for a dish
and then mess up the five percent.
That's what happened again.
- Gaurav, please bring your dish. - Let's go, bro.
[applause]
Wow!
I could hang this on my wall like a piece of art.
- It's so beautiful. - Thank you so much.
Okay, what have you made? What festival is your inspiration?
- I think you don't have to say it. - Holi.
As Chef Vikas said, Holi is my favourite holiday.
I wanted to represent a lot of colours on my plate.
The butterfly on top is made with pepper.
Because when I was in school and Holi came around,
we had lots of butterflies.
So I wanted to get all that on the plate.
Gaurav, say what you want,
- the plate says it all. - Wow!
- [cheering] - Nice.
- Thank you, thank you so much. - [applause]
Wow, Gaurav. You're a poet.
[tense music plays]
Oof!
Come here.
Oh!
Gaurav, the last time,
- I only raised the spoon. - Yes.
- Whoa! - This time, buddy...
- [spoon clanging] - Yeah!
- Delicious! - [applause]
Thank you! Thank you so much!
That's more like it!
That's how we celebrate Holi!
Oh, balloon!
Yes, it had the flavour of the 'paan' and fennel seeds.
Oh, we should've tasted it.
Gaurav, in the first episode,
I spit out your food on to a napkin.
I told you it was uneatable.
'This baba ghanoush is uneatable.'
And this dish today is unbeatable.
Thank you! Thank you!
[applause]
This dish has everything that Holi is.
The 'thandai',
the 'panjiri',
the spring flowers,
butterflies,
the colours of Holi, and the best part,
- 'paan'. - The 'paan'...
The flavour here...
Gaurav, this dish tastes like Holi!
Thank you! Thank you so much!
[applause]
Thank you.
I'm glad I could serve Kanpur and Lucknow's Holi
on a platter on Celebrity MasterChef.
It was a very tough thing, but I didn't give up.
And I'm very happy.
Come on, Tejasswi.
[applause]
'I'm not very happy with my plating. There's too much 'rangoli'.'
I am really scared
that the 'rangoli' will dominate the flavour of the 'shirode'.
So I'm just keeping my fingers crossed.
Let's see what the judges think.
Come on, Teja. - [applause]
Won't you do an 'aarti' for the judges?
Ah ha! Ah!
I made 'shirode',
a Maharashtrian dessert.
What festival do you make it for?
There's no specific one, but we make it for Diwali.
And I also made a small lamp
since I'm thinking of Diwali.
I made a mousse with coconut milk,
and fashioned it like a rope bomb with the lines.
- Oh, it's a rope bomb! - Yes.
- Oh! - [chuckles]
What's your savoury element?
Yes, I made 'chakkli', it's at the bottom.
- I see. - There's one under the dessert.
- But you made it like a 'paapdi'. - Yes.
So you made 'paapdi'?
It's made with the 'chakkli' batter
- and fried it. - But the shape?
- I didn't shape it that way. - You made it, right?
- Yes. - Sure?
- Yes, sure. - You're second-guessing everything.
No, I made everything.
Do we eat the lamp?
- Sir, don't have the lamp. - You can.
It's made of ghee.
You can have it, Vikas.
- Open wide. - I mean, blow it out.
You can even eat fire for Teja!
I'm so loyal to these guys. I would eat it.
Then eat this. Light it.
- Yes, come on. - Let's test his loyalty.
Talking about the presentation, in thought, in your mind,
this is a beautiful dish.
But on the plate, you didn't land exactly what you wanted.
Okay, chef.
The black plate makes the 'rangoli' seem dull.
If you had a lighter plate and a 'rangoli' on the bottom,
and constructed the dish on top,
the dish would have stood out better.
Okay, chef.
[tense music plays]
- But the mousse is delicious. - [chuckles] Thank you, chef.
The mousse, outstanding.
Other than that, nothing is.
Oh!
The 'chakkli' or 'paapdi' is quite forgettable.
It's the rice flour and chickpea flour that makes 'chakkli' tasty.
- The crispiness. - Hmm.
Right? The explosion and crispiness is not present here.
Hmm.
- Thank you, Teja. - Thank you.
'I knew 'chakkli' wouldn't go with my dish,'
and obviously, the judges confirmed it.
So please don't try this experiment at home.
[up-tempo music plays]
My concept was Fast to Feast,
so in my home,
we've grown up eating 'chhole bhature'
or 'dahi bhalla'.
When I break my fast on 'Karva Chauth',
I make the same, like many families do.
You have such a clear strong thought.
It comes from a very deep emotion of love.
I don't see it translated on the plate.
[suspenseful music plays]
[suspenseful music continues]
You have good elements, the 'bhalla',
the 'matthi', another good one.
The yoghurt is well-seasoned,
the fried chilli is working,
but there is no connect between the concept and execution.
When we talk about 'chhole bhature',
- one bite should remind you of it. - Right.
That's not happening here.
'They shared their opinions.'
'But they liked eight out of ten elements.'
'That means I have to work on it.'
If everything was great, it wouldn't have been a challenge.
Nikki, please bring your dish.
[applause]
'Honestly, I don't want'
to take the plate to the chefs and the host.
[suspenseful music plays]
What's this? We asked you to get the dish.
Chef, I couldn't complete my dish.
I think unless you have a sword hanging on your head,
you guys take things lightly.
Nikki, if you had presented this in a Black Apron challenge...
I know, sir.
We would've sent it back.
We wouldn't even try it.
Nikki, you're an excellent learner.
Don't fall into the category of sub-starter.
Frankly, Nikki, for the world-class Chefs,
I think it is insulting to present something like this.
Let this be a lesson, Nikki.
Let this be a lesson that
if you bring such kind of dish to the MasterChef,
it won't have that taste because this dish doesn't have the effort.
[intense music playing]
Thank you.
Usha Tai, please come.
[applause]
Which festival does it represent?
- This represents the Ganpati festival. - Ganpati.
In our Saraswat clan, on the first day
we prepare a curry of 21 vegetables,
which is called 'Khatkhatet'.
And the dish in the bowl is called 'Mathgadh'.
I have also made 'Rava idli.
And fritters from the vegetables.
If I talk about the presentation then,
the generosity and feeling that we were talking about
that feeling doesn't come by presenting things fancy.
The way you spoke about Ganpati and
the feeling of the Saraswat clan for Ganpati is great.
Even today, why most of the people appear for Saraswat community meal?
Because the food is very tasty there.
That feeling is seen in this presentation.
We were talking about the presentation, Vikas.
It looked amazing, so we ate it all.
- Sorry. - Try that 'Mathgadh'.
I will eat everything and
- let him finish talking about the presentation. - You say.
- Okay. - He will talk, and you eat.
- Sometimes, you cross the line of presentation. - Yes.
The feeling that is seen in
the Saraswat Ganpati is seen in your presentation.
And before they finish it, let me
also, stop talking and eat it.
[dramatic music playing]
After eating 'Khatkhatet', I feel like praising you with letters.
Wow! Amazing.
Letters with love.
For me, its taste is wholesome.
I can finish this plate easily.
Wow! Great.
Usha Tai, it's said in English
M for MasterChef.
and in Hindi
'Ma' for MasterChef.
This has a feeling of motherhood.
I was just about to say that.
You have put the 'Ma', a motherhood in MasterChef. Let me tell you this,
if they haven't told you,
you are the 'Ma' of MasterChef.
Wow!
I was going to say the same thing.
This entire dish is a mother's dish.
I told you there, even if 21 vegetables are not there
but still, if it tastes good then you will get a salute.
- Yeah! - But 21 vegetables are not there.
But I would still give you a big salute.
- Wow! - Oh, God.
Yeah!
Not just one hand but I'll kiss both your hands.
Too good!
- Usha Tai. - Yes.
Today for the second time...
- Wow! - Wow!
- Wonderful! - Excellent!
In the fourth week, for the first time, I could hear
the spoon sound from Ranveer sir's hand.
I was so happy. I danced in joy. I am crazy.
Rajiv, please come.
I didn't feel confident today
because I felt today was not my day.
Sometimes the kids do crazy things.
For me, today was the day of my craziness.
- Oh! - Wow!
[peppy music playing]
Oh!
When we do flambe,
- we burn the alcohol. - Yes.
So the liquid that is left at the bottom has the flavour of it.
What you did is that you burnt it and poured it immediately.
- Oh! - You have to give time for the alcohol to evaporate.
- And seeping out. - And so much.
Are you trying to booze the judges?
This...
[intense music playing]
Rajiv, last week,
you were number one in the Black Apron challenge
on a dessert.
But if you had made this dessert in the Black Apron challenge,
I think Abhijit had been here and you would have gone home.
I know I cook well
and I am better than other contestants
so I don't think I would have gone home but yes
it might have been possible if you say so.
[applause]
'Eidi' is also there.
- Faisu, what did you bring here? Money? - Bribe? - No, sir, it's 'Eidi'.
Whenever we go home to eat 'Sevaiyan' during Eid, we get 'Eidi'.
We received 'Eidi' when we were young but now we have to give it, as grownups.
Today, in my dish, I have presented
like it is Eid.
We eat 'Sevaiyan' and 'Khasta' during Eid.
I made 'Mille-feuille' pastry.
And I have used pista for the praline.
I also gave a berry dip.
So it is 'Sheer Khurma mille-feuille'.
- 'Sheer Khurma mille-feuille'. - Wow!
It's a good thought. The icing that you have done on the top
looks a little childish to me.
I think the opinion is the same for both of us for the drawback.
Where the dish ends,
it should have an impact.
Through this piping or making a funnel
if you would have created an impact then we would have felt it wow.
We are looking at it but are confused about what it is.
Understand one thing
that top layer is the most important.
You have to work on that, presentation-wise. But
thought-wise
spot on!
Let's taste the dish and see.
- Chef, can you cut it, please? - Yes.
[dramatic music playing]
Somewhere I feel
your layer is quite dry.
[intense music playing]
It's not 'Khasta', nor is it crumbly. It's quite dry.
- Thank you. - Taste it.
- Is it hard? - Yes.
It's difficult to bite. 'Khasta' is usually
a little soft and crunchy.
It happened because you did not fry it.
Is it? You baked it.
If you want to bake it, then its recipe should be changed a bit.
That should have more 'ghee'.
And it has to be knitted less.
Thought-wise, 100 out of 100.
Execution-wise,
your pistachio and 'Sheer Khurma'
- Delicious. - very good.
- Thank you, sir. - But the salty element,
it brought you back to the average outcome.
Sir, I have brought 'Singhdara' for you.
- What is it? - What is it? - 'Singhdara'.
'Singhdara'.
Sir, 'Singhdara' is a custom where grandma gives
clothes to her daughter for her and her in-laws,
then ornaments, sweets and snacks.
It is all kept in a basket
which comes from the maternal home to in-law's place
that is called 'Singhdara'.
Does it mean we are in-laws for you?
Do I look like a mother-in-law to you?
- You told us to cook festival food. - Yes.
What is the festival? Is your marriage a festival?
Festival...
Tell me what festival.
- Sir the festival is 'Janmashtami Teej'. - 'Teej'.
What is the savoury?
- The biscuit on the top. - The biscuit. - Yes.
- Cumin biscuits. - Yes.
- The 'Rabdi' is nice. - Hmm.
- The 'Rabdi' is nice. - It's very sweet.
It's very sweet.
Did you taste the biscuit?
- Yes, sir, I ate it. - How did you eat it? - With my mouth.
Wow! Because I was eating it with my nose.
Sir, I think I heard it wrong. I thought that
I have to involve the salty dish in the sweet dish.
- Yes, the same thing. - Yes.
- That's what I did. - It didn't get involved. - How?
Just by keeping it on the top doesn't mean it is involved.
This is not at all involved in anything.
[laughing]
This biscuit is self-reliant.
- Self-reliant. - It doesn't involve with anything.
[laughing]
Look, your cake is good.
Your 'Rabdi' is also good.
That's it.
But this dish is not working.
And now, it is time for the results.
At the beginning of the challenge, we told you that
we will select the best dish.
And the cook who made it will get a big advantage.
- But, we realised... - But...
The way you have cooked today,
we realised that until you are under pressure
you are not giving your best.
So we have decided that
along with the best dish, bottom two dishes will also be announced
who will get a bad disadvantage tomorrow.
My dish is definitely in the bottom two.
But I am not giving up.
Even though you are not aware in the beginning of the challenge that
the bottom dishes are also going to be there,
but you can frustrate the judges so badly that
they are forced to choose the bottom two dishes.
- Sir, let's announce the bottom first. - Absolutely.
Nikki, please step forward.
We didn't taste your dish so it is obvious.
And the second dish which gets the disadvantage
in tomorrow's challenge is
'Oh, God, I should be saved.'
'I don't want my name to be called.'
I don't want to go for the Black Apron challenge.
I work hard in this show.
Archana.
[intense music playing]
I was quite sad.
The top two dishes
from which we'll select anyone, we all know that.
I kissed her hand too. And he smacked the spoon.
Those two are Usha Tai and Gaurav. Please come.
But only one will get tomorrow's advantage.
The one who will get it... Chefs on the count of
three, two, one
[suspenseful music playing]
- Usha Tai. - Usha Tai.
I told you, right?
Usha Tai, anyone would be happy
if they ate this dish.
Yes? Your brother,
your family,
your son,
Your son, your community.
Today's cooking was for every one of them.
- For them. - Today's cooking was for every Saraswat family.
[applause]
- I think you made them proud, Usha Tai. - Yes.
- Why would you shed tears? - Usha Tai, you...
[emotional music playing]
Please don't cry.