Originally posted by: Raina101
Todays episode was pretty bland. So basically they had to cook in 45 minutes if they cooked with just the first ingredients (black lemon), and hour with 2 ingredients (black lemon and dates) and and hour 15 minutes with three ingredients (black lemon, dates and paneer). No one chose the third option and only Priyanka chose just one option.
I don’t think anyone created an innovative dish today. These are all dishes that we’ve had or heard of several times.
Priyanka has to work with black lemon only and she made a cheesecake filling in a baklava. Her dish didn’t taste enough of the black lemon. Her plate looked good to me and had the negative space judges talk about, but the judges criticized it while liking similar playing styles for other contestants.
Gurkirat made rice and meat with lemon and served it with a date, lemon a tomato sauce with salad. Looked pretty meh to me, but judges liked his plating and dish.
Nayanjyoti made lemon pepper fish and served it with tabbouleh. In his own words the fish was over cooked. Judges weren’t impressed.
Shanta made a roll stuffed with dates. Her roll was made of phyllo pastry - so it was really another version of baklava. The judges liked her dish and plating and the use of lemon. They also rightly spoke of her growth on the show. They even went so far as to say that if this dish was made in the finals, she’s have won.
Aruna - she made Irans national dish - ghormeh sabzi. Honestly, I’ve had it before and it reminds me of Sindhi saibhaji. Nothing innovative or spectacular about it. Ghormeh sabzi is usually made with meat, but this was a meatless version. Even though the judges told her she really needs to work on her plating, she got a 7/10 on plating! She used the dates only in the salad, so she didn’t really cook with it. Interesting.
Honestly none of the dishes were masterchef level today. I think everyone should’ve gotten a disadvantage tomorrow for such substandard cooking. If this was Sachin, he’d have been in the black apron challenge immediately or maybe even eliminated.
I remember in season 4 (could be the wrong season), they went to the Middle East (Dubai, I think) and the challenge was so much harder. Make a dish using no water. Ingredients were things most would’ve never have used or seen (I only remember camels milk and grape leaves). This time the complexity level is in the negative
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