[dramatic music]
Welcome to Celebrity MasterChef.
I am Farah Khan
and we have India's greatest chefs
Chef Vikas Khanna
and Chef Ranveer Brar.
And now we're going to have our gorgeous,
beautiful celebrity cooks.
Where's the kitchen?
Oh no.
There's nothing here.
Nothing. An open arena.
What the hell?
No cooking.
- No kitchen? - Where's the kitchen?
What is this?
Where is the kitchen?
- Where is it? - No Dipika so no kitchen?
Counter?
- There won't be any cooking. - When I enter the kitchen,
I don't see anything there.
No tables, no counters.
It's a little shocking. What are we supposed to do today?
Where's the kitchen, ma'am?
There's no kitchen today. It will only be an action-packed war.
Huh?
Oh God!
Ayesha, how was your first day on MasterChef?
It was very nice.
I was dreaming about that chickpea lentil and pineapple combination.
Wow. You could've dreamt about Ayesha, you know.
But you dreamt about the lentil.
Yes.
[laughing]
Archana, what happened to you?
Sir, I twisted my neck.
Even her neck has twists.
Were our twists not enough?
How did it twist?
Teja just blocked her like this.
Sir, there was a ladder.
I was on my phone and didn't realise.
And I slipped on the stairs.
She pulled that muscle.
You do know how your karma got you here, right?
Your dancing when Dipika climbed the stairs.
- She had danced then. - Never laugh at others.
Ma'am, I am not a person who'd laugh at others.
Has anyone else twisted anything else?
We have enough twists anyway.
- I don't want a mind twist. - Oh God. Exactly.
Every day is a new day at MasterChef.
True.
Yesterday, you cooked only for yourself.
Today, you'll cook as a team, for your team.
That means today will be a team challenge.
[cheering]
[laughing]
And the team that wins today will be safe for the entire week.
[cheering]
Wait a minute. Why are you getting happy? Which team are you on?
Rajiv, you haven't won yet. Calm down.
And the team that loses
will go straight to the black apron challenge.
Ah.
That means the entire team will join Dipika.
Team challenge. Again.
The last time it happened, it put me into the black apron challenge.
I don't know what will happen this time but I am scared.
Because you're quite dependent on others during this challenge.
Yesterday's best dish was by Faisu.
Faisu, we'd told you you'd get a huge advantage.
It's time to reveal your advantage.
First advantage
is that you'll be the captain of one team.
[cheering]
You got happy with just that?
I am giving you another advantage.
Who made the other top two dishes?
Gaurav and Nikki.
You get to decide if the captain of the other team
will be Gaurav or Nikki.
[tense music]
- This is a good advantage. - Yeah.
You get to be captain as well as choose your opponent captain.
Be careful. That captain cannot be in your team.
Think carefully.
Choose wisely.
Let's see who he considers a competitor and who's a friend.
Who will Faisu choose?
- Faisu, who will be the other captain? - Nikki.
[applause]
So we have the team captains for our team challenge.
Now the question is,
who will be the team members?
- Correct. - Yes, exactly.
We don't want to interfere there.
You're independent celebrity cooks in an independent India.
Fights.
Choose your captain and stand behind them.
On the count of
three, two, one. Go!
[laughing]
Even Abhijeet went to Faisu, which is shocking for me!
Somewhere I felt as if he doesn't believe in me.
No. Today, you're my brother.
This is wrong. Come on.
What come on?
Come on then.
Go there!
I bet you, go there. I don't want you now. Go there.
- Oh! - Hello!
Now I will stand right here.
What's the point in going there and coming back?
Excuse me, don't act like Archana all over again.
She told me no.
So I said yes.
She told me not to come. That's why, I stayed.
If you pity me, then I pity you.
You're rolling around between the two teams.
You choose one then go to the other. You need to be focussed.
Nikki, are you happy with your team?
Yes, ma'am. Because I believe in quality, not quantity.
Ma'am, our food will answer.
I'm very shocked that Abhijeet isn't in Nikki's team.
My Rahul and Anjali, what happened?
I thought that Nikki is a bit dominating.
It's possible she'll dominate quite a lot.
And force the members to act as per her wishes.
That's why, I want to stay with Faisu.
Sorry, Nikki. But this time...
As I said yesterday, you don't even exist.
That's true.
My work will speak for me. I will show her.
What do we do about this imbalance now?
That's a problem. Both teams need to be equal.
- Such injustice! - Let's do one thing.
We'll stand by. You decide amongst yourselves and divide the teams.
[curious music]
A new problem.
Who will make the sacrifice? Who will switch teams?
I thought I should use this opportunity.
I wanted to convince Abhijeet.
I want to convince Abhijeet. Can I?
Yes, go on.
- Abhijeet, please. - But this...
You just said he doesn't exist.
Ah!
Come on, Abhijeet.
Look, yesterday she said I didn't exist.
But now look at her.
You've walked off already.
Abhijeet, don't betray a friend like this!
Be a man, bro! What is this?
If she had said anything nice for me yesterday, I would've agreed.
- Don't I support you? - Really? What did she just say?
I don't exist! Exist!
I'm convincing you now. Please come to my team.
I need you.
Abhijeet, your self-respect should be paramount.
It's alright. We're old friends.
I'll put my self-respect and my existence at stake today.
- Thank you! - I'll go with Nikki.
Aw!
The traitor was right in your house.
Sometimes when you're in such demand,
it increases your respect and value.
When you're getting such respect and value,
you shouldn't refuse it. Let's see what happens next.
Now we'll tell you how you'll go about today's challenge.
At any given time, only two cooks from each team will cook.
The remaining three cooks will stand behind a line
and help your team or distract the other team, as you please.
And then whenever we suddenly yell 'swap',
that means some other team member can replace the cooks.
Oh my God! I'm scared out of my wits after hearing that.
This is really difficult because we'll have to be very careful
as to what the cooks at the counter are doing.
They're the leaders. We're just the villagers.
We will have to do it.
If the leader says so, you have to do it.
Alright, let's introduce you to your challenges.
- Challenges? - What's this?
I just hope it's not chilli.
Three.
- Two. - Two.
- One. - One. Here's your challenge.
- What? - What's this?
As the cloche is lifted, our minds have left the kitchen.
Here we go! Our downfall starts here.
Why is there burnt corn on one side?
There's some grass on the other side.
That's lemongrass.
- What's that? - That's blue corn.
No, it seems black to me.
Doesn't it look like burnt corn?
This is my favourite ingredient.
Black corn.
- Black corn? - If you think that this
has been painted black, it is not.
- Oh, it's black. - This corn grows black.
It is a 2000-year-old grain that is grown in
South America, especially Peru.
In India, there's a variety of this grown in Manipur.
It's called chakhao chujak.
Meaning black corn.
It's not difficult to work with it.
- No? - But it's not quite easy as well.
What's this, sir?
These are pandan leaves.
It has a fresh smell like grass.
It finds a mastery in South East Asian cuisine.
Its freshness is unmatched.
You do know the story about Goddess Annapurna?
When everything was destroyed,
She added rice to a pot and the rice never finished.
That's why these leaves are used with rice quite a lot.
That's why these leaves are also called Annapurna leaves.
Storage.
Whenever rice is stored, you add one of these leaves to it.
- Oh. - Even while cooking.
Alright. Today's challenge is double trouble.
You have to use our favourite ingredients to make two dishes
which could trouble you a lot.
Absolutely.
You'll get 90 minutes for this challenge.
MasterChef's world-class pantry will open all the time for you.
Before going on the pantry pick, the captains need to choose
which two celebrity cooks will cook first.
From our team, Rajiv and Kabita will go first.
Wow, the two best friends!
Please, work with me today! Support me.
Faisu, who will cook from your team?
- Ayesha and I. - Ready?
- On your marks, get, set, cook! - Get, set, cook!
Run! The pantry is open.
Careful.
What did I write?
As soon as we got there, Rajiv started running.
There's no one in the pantry, yet he was running.
He's running all alone.
Where's the oil? It's there!
Oil's there, right?
Castor sugar. Castor sugar.
Nikki.
Green team's dish is black corn burrito bowl.
The hero ingredient will be black corn.
Go back if you need more things.
- Kabita, listen! - Were the corn there?
- Huh? - Did you find the corn?
- The corn? - Whisk! Get the whisk!
Give that to him! You can't cross.
- Take it. - Here, Kabita.
Faisu, Ayesha!
- Cooking time has started. - I know.
Rajiv, here. Grind your head in this.
Give that to me!
We only have three corns.
- Shall we boil all three? - Yes, add them all.
I don't know what's up with Rajiv. As soon as the challenge started,
it's like he got possessed.
He got so flustered.
"I need this! I need that!"
With all the faces he makes!
He needs to focus on the cake he's making.
I immediately got the pressure cooker
and added the corn and some salt to it.
I prayed that it doesn't take long to cook.
100 grams sugar.
Salted or unsalted?
We decided that the other person
will keep guiding so that the cook
doesn't forget anything under pressure.
I kept instructing him to add
butter to the sugar slowly.
Then add the flour.
We have a complete plan. Our team
will follow the correct direction.
Calm down.
Hurry up, Rajiv!
You're not the one cooking, Nikki. Keep quiet.
- Keep quiet! - Look what I'm doing.
- Move it. - I will if you shut up.
Work faster.
She keeps calling my name!
What is this? Let me make my dish!
You keep on haggling me.
I have to do everything. This is a chiffon cake.
This isn't a normal cake. It's a chiffon cake. It has meringue in it.
If your ingredients aren't balanced, the cake will not turn out good.
Do it slowly. It shouldn't spill.
I think this plug is broken.
Come here! Oh!
- A storm hit him. - Careful.
This cake is so weird!
Oh!
Oh no!
Why does this always happen to me?
- Can you keep it down, Faisu? - It has nothing to do with this.
Then keep it down.
Keep an eye on the meen moilee. Check what they've done yet.
Okay.
Faisu. Faisu!
Preheat the oven.
180 degrees.
Rajiv, your cake should've been in the oven by now.
What are you doing?
Shut up or I'll put you in the oven.
You're wasting time!
- I will hit you. - Concentrate.
- Concentrate, please. - Concentrate. Focus.
Today, we have decided to use pandan leaves and kevda leaves
to make a dessert.
We are making a sponge cake, a tea cake.
- Basically, I'm starting with the savoury - I'm making the cake.
and he's doing the dessert because he's a champion.
Ayesha, check the pressure cooker.
Why isn't the pressure cooker going off? Check it.
She has to.
They've had two whistles. Why isn't yours working?
- It'll take time. - They had two whistles!
- They had two whistles. - Enough, Archana.
Oh God.
- The cooker isn't making any noise. - That's right. Listen.
Ayesha, open it and check it.
[whistles]
Is it whistling? Okay.
You confuse her a lot.
Tai, the cooker wasn't whistling.
I never know what she's thinking.
Archana shouts so much. Why does she do that?
Just no.
I have almost finished my cake.
And I put the cake to bake.
Next, I'm making the caramel.
Kabita, listen.
Smell this.
Good?
I'm just hoping that
Rajiv is able to complete
his cake and put it in the oven.
Alright. Cooks, stop.
Stop cooking.
Captains, Nikki and Faisu,
who will swap from your teams?
Gaurav and Tai.
Tejasswi and Abhijeet from my team.
- Tejasswi and Abhijeet. - Alright. On the count of
- three, two, one. Swap! - Swap!
- Guys, tell them what's going on. - Put that inside.
Abhijeet, go! Abhijeet, listen to me.
Where are you going, Tai?
Tai!
- Here! - That's not your area.
- Tai, where are you going? - Tai, this is our counter.
What are you doing, Tai?
It's okay. It's okay.
- Let it cool. It's done. - It's okay. Come on.
- Tai! - Tai went to sabotage them!
Tai!
I thought they said
that two of our cooks will go to their team to cook.
And I ran there like an old woman.
Mistakes happen.
People know I'm old but I do the work.
Even at this age.
Don't cook it for long.
Three whistles are done. Keep an eye on that.
Four whistles.
Add a little salt and turmeric.
- In what? - Don't add any onions.
Usha Tai!
- Listen. - Add salt, turmeric,
cinnamon stick, bay leaf.
Usha Tai doesn't know much about meen moilee.
I told her not to worry.
I'll keep telling you. You just have to follow my instructions.
Usha Tai couldn't hear properly. So we were yelling a little.
"Tai, do this. Tai, do that!"
Usha Tai, add a little tomato when it's cooked. Not all.
Add a little tomato when it's cooked.
A little tomato when it's cooked.
Yes, I heard, my dear.
I kept cooking and then
went back to ask what to do next.
Then I would do that.
I'm making sure that she heard what I said.
There shouldn't be extra salt or anything extra in it.
Abhijeet gets near my cake.
This guy doesn't know how to make a meringue.
My dish needs a meringue.
Only egg whites.
- Okay? - Get behind the line.
Please make sure there's no egg yolk, Abhijeet.
- Are you done? - Pour it.
Yes!
- Shall I taste? - No egg yolk!
Alright. Next,
add a little more egg white.
- Measure it. - That was six whistles.
- Seven. - Seven?
Ah!
He's shouting so loud, yelling the instructions at me.
"Add this. Make it like this."
I think he needs to shut up so that I can do everything.
I'm dizzy.
Where's the sugar?
Weigh 45 grams sugar.
- Where's the sugar? - Hurry!
- Hurry up, Abhijeet! - I need the utensil.
Oh, God! Sugar! It's there!
Sugar is there! There!
Oh my God!
Oh, God! How...
- Can you hear me? - Yes, yes!
- Very good! Talk to me! We are a team! - Yes!
Yes. I also have to take care of the measurement.
- Pour it. - Silly man!
They were screaming at each other at the counter so much
as if we were cooking food for 100 people.
It felt as if someone's daughter was getting married.
Tell me. Who is the captain of this team?
- It's me. - Then, why this man...
- Hey, step back! Don't cross the line. - Ma'am, please send me.
Yes, I will. Let him prepare the sauce first.
Where is the electric whisk?
[indistinct chattering]
- Who is the captain? - It's me.
I don't think so.
He is again trying to act like a captain.
Ma'am, isn't it good? We need to prepare a better dish.
- It doesn't matter who is the captain. - Okay, fine.
- So, you don't have a problem. - No. Not at all.
If the dish gets ruined, the captain will be punished.
And if it turns out to be good, this man will take all the credit.
Come on, Abhijeet! Whisk it quickly!
What are you doing, Abhijeet?
It won't open!
Then break it!
- They are making so much noise.
Our team works silently.
And look at them.
That Rajiv...
He shouts all the time! Oh my God!
The cooker has whistled five times.
- Three. Three. - Okay?
- I am right here. - Ma'am...
It's done. Don't focus on the whistles.
- Focus on cooking the dish, okay? - Yes. Focus on cooking.
- Add the sprig. - Add all the leaves of it.
- Only one? - Yes.
- Yes. Even if you add two sprigs, there is no problem. - Gaurav!
Sieve it, bro.
- Sieve it first. - Add the leaves.
- She is supposed to add the leaves. - Ma'am!
- Don't add the sprig. Add only leaves. - Yes.
You asked me to add the sprig before.
It's okay. Take it out. Add only leaves.
Is it cooked? Tell me.
- Ask her if the oil has started separating. - Hey. Don't shout.
- Please speak softly. - Ma'am, I am just asking.
- No. She is already guiding me. - Please don't speak.
- What should I add now? - Coconut cream.
How much?
Just a little bit.
And then, mix it.
[tense music]
Ma'am, check the colour.
It should be yellow.
[indistinct screaming]
He told me to add the sprig.
We thought the corn would get boiled in five whistles.
But it didn't boil even after ten whistles.
What are you cooking?
We are cooking Pandan cake with Pandan...
- Ice cream. - Ice cream.
- Beautiful. - And we're crumbling dried fruits.
We are also preparing pandan gel
to make sure we use enough pandan.
And we think we will also add
chocolate tuile. But that's optional.
- And what about black corn? - And we have added the black corn
- in the pressure cook. - How will you use it?
- We will prepare a burrito bowl with that. - Burrito bowl.
But we will also cook the rice for the bowl...
- Uh... - In the same water.
- We will cook it together. - You mean, black rice.
- Yes. - Purple.
- Purple rice. - Purple rice with corn.
How many whistles should it take to corn to get cooked?
- We think at least 10 whistles. - Ideally, it should be 15.
- 10 to 15. - 10 to 15 whistles are too much.
- Is anyone counting the whistles? - Yes.
- Yes. It has whistled for 10 times. - Six...
I feel your project is very ambitious.
- Okay. - But you are going very slow.
You are very disorganised.
Too many cooks spoil a chiffon cake. It is your phrase.
- It suits this counter. - Yes.
[tense music]
Show me, show me.
- Apply chocolate on the moulds. - Is it harder, Abhjeet?
- Apply chocolate on the moulds. - Is it hard?
- Yes, I am on it. - Give it to me.
- Four more whistles? - Do you want to try?
- No, it's not done. - It's still a bit raw.
I never had it before.
- It is raw! - Yes.
Wait for another whistle.
We have already pressure cooked black corn for 10 whistles.
But our hero ingredient hasn't been cooked yet.
Abhijeet has been constantly turning on and off the flame.
It has to be cooked on a high flame.
It takes a lot of whistles to get cooked.
I wonder what Abhijeet is doing.
He didn't add the cake to the oven. I wonder what's wrong with him.
Our opponents are making a lot of noise.
It feels like we are at a wedding.
And the groom has gone missing.
They are causing a commotion. But no one knows why.
Usha made a mistake by joining their team.
[sizzling sound]
It was a genuine mistake.
But I think Abhijeet has made even bigger mistake
by joining this team.
God knows what happening here.
I had heard about a chiffon saree.
And they're preparing a chiffon cake.
I just hope they don't ruin it.
[tense music]
Abhijeet, tilt it.
[whisking sound]
Ma'am, is the colour fine?
I couldn't see the pan.
I didn't know if the dish had a proper colour.
She came to me.
And she showed it to me and asked me if the colour was fine.
Add some more coconut cream and make it thick.
Make it thicker.
I added the pandan leaves to the water.
I was supposed to let them come to a boil.
Then, I added them to the blender.
I crushed them and made a paste.
The paste was very important
because it was our hero ingredient.
Then, we baked the cake.
[sizzling sound]
- It has had four whistles. - I am waiting for more.
Cook it for 4-5 more whistles.
We will mash them.
We can't prepare corn ribs. It's not corn.
When I opened the cooker
and checked that,
it was so hard as if I had just added to the pressure cooker.
We will have to cook it more.
I told you. But you didn't listen to me.
Then I asked the ladies in my team
what on earth we were supposed to do.
I didn't know what to do.
Farah ma'am and Chef Vikas were standing in front of me.
And they asked me what I was going to cook.
- Wow! - What are you cooking?
We are preparing pandan cake. We'll top it with rolled chocolate.
Just like the Bounty chocolate has crispy coconut filling,
- we will use that for garnishing. - Okay. And?
What about the black corn?
We will soak the corn, grind it and make cutlets out of it.
- Will it have a filling? - And with that?
We are preparing a creamy dip to serve with it.
And we're also preparing a chilli dip.
Which flavoured cake is this?
Sir, it is... What is it called?
It has the flavour of pandan.
I don't think you have added pandan to the batter.
Can you taste it?
Chef tasted the batter from the beater.
You tasted the batter from the beater.
It didn't have the flavour.
We have added it later and mixed it with a spatula.
And we have kept the mould inside the oven.
Usha is going to another team.
Ma'am, tell me what you want.
What do you want?
You told me to use garlic cloves, right?
Usha is going to another team.
You...
- Wait. Garlic cloves... - Don't laugh, okay?
Ma'am, let it be. Don't be angry.
I will whack you.
What do you want? Garlic?
[tense music]
What do I say about Usha Ji?
What do I tell you?
God knows she will do something or not. We can't do anything.
No one is listening to me.
She sat down.
- Listen... - I am telling you.
I am honestly telling you.
I don't know if I am a part of this team or not.
What does she think of herself?
Now, I will swipe the team.
I don't want to be with her in the same team.
Trust me.
My life has been ruined.
[chuckles]
Did you add chocolate to the mould?
- Yes, I did. - One second, bro.
Take the whisk out.
Use the bigger burner, Tejasswi.
Add all the mixture with the whisk.
- Whisk... - All of it?
Add one spoon and fold it like this.
Teju is doing my work very carefully.
She is making crumble, chocolate glaze and tuile.
And Abhijeet is trying to mix the meringue and fold it.
So, Rajiv became worried.
Because it is the most tricky part of the cake.
And Rajiv should have been there to do that.
We have to bake it.
Teju, can you do me a favour?
It's done. Turn it off.
[whistling sound]
Hey!
Abhijeet, make sure the paper is at the bottom.
- Kabita. - Yes.
- It is not roasted, so... - Close it quickly.
- The oven... - Take the tray out.
Take the oven tray out first.
It's hot.
Close the door.
- Close the door. - The heat is coming out.
[tense music]
I am so happy that I sent Abhijeet.
Because finally, that guy
kept the cake inside the oven.
Tell me quickly what to do next.
Bring some onions and chop them!
Start with the chopping!
- He is very slow, Nikki. - Hey!
Abhijeet, what are you doing?
He is very confused. He doesn't understand anything.
He is asking us what he should do next.
He is asking us what he should do.
Hey! Calm down.
Abhijeet asked me what he should do next.
Moron, why would you ask me that?
You say I speak a lot. I can't cook.
I disturb everyone a lot.
Why don't you do something now?
Black corn is still in the pressure cooker.
The cooker has whistled 15 times.
It's taking a lot of time to get cooked. So, we're like...
We just hope it gets cooked soon.
[cooker whistling]
We are boiling the corn right now.
Even after 15 whistles... How much?
15 whistles. 10+5 = 15.
But the black corn...
It was still the same.
Ma'am, check if the corn is cooked.
- Press and check that. - I did. It is not cooked yet.
- No? - No. I turned on the flame again.
- We are going to prepare cutlets out of it. - Yes.
- The way you make potato cutlets, just like that. - Same.
Add some paneer or any other ingredient.
Shall I chop onions for that?
- Use your recipe to prepare the cutlets. - What...
What do you add to cutlets?
- Chop and add all that. - That's it.
[tense music]
So far, Gaurav has almost
completed the process of caramel.
And using the black corn,
we will prepare croquettes.
No one can prepare better cutlets than Mrs Usha.
She is an expert at it.
[tense music]
Teju... Teju... Teju... You have to add one gram of...
Yes. Sorry, sorry.
As per my instructions, Teju set the crumble.
She made chocolate tuile.
Teju was working very fast.
Celebrity cooks, stop!
Stop!
- Nikki, who is going there from your team? - Kabita and I.
Now, I think I'll have to go there and fix everything.
You have ruined my burrito bowl.
[tense music]
Archana must also go there
because she is a part of our team.
And I want her to enjoy this
and complete her process in the kitchen.
- Archana! Archana! - What has she gone to collect?
Bring strawberries.
She should first finish the task at hand, right?
But she went there.
She went to look for something in the pantry.
And she came out with a huge pumpkin.
What will she do? Huh?
- Why did you bring a pumpkin? - Gaurav, there are no strawberries.
- We've run out of strawberries. - Did you bring dried mango powder?
I couldn't find it.
Archana has sprained her neck.
So, she is wearing a neck brace
and boots heavier than her.
And she is walking around wearing them.
It means instead of working, she is just walking around.
[exiting music]
I need peanuts.
Bring some extra peanuts.
- Yes. - We might need them.
And walk faster, Nikki.
- Anything can happen. - Walk faster.
She is doing catwalk.
What's wrong with her? Look, she is walking like this.
'I need peanuts.'
- 'I need peanuts.' - What was that, man?
Go and come back quickly.
No one is going to see... I know she is beautiful.
But still, your hair,
lips and makeup aren't going to work here.
You have to use your hands to cook food.
This is not a fashion week.
- Teju. - Yes.
What is happening?
Cake and ice cream.
- And... Burrito. - Teju!
Give me the ice cream tub.
Kabita, check the cake. It's coming up, right?
- Here you go. - Yes.
Tell me.
- Yes! - Ice cream is also ready.
I took the ice cream out and kept it to set.
I checked the cake. It was almost ready.
I think the cake will turn out to be really good.
And I am also confident about the ice cream.
So, we are about to finish making the desert.
And I think we are ahead of time.
What are they cooking?
Uh...
- If I may say in one word, confusion. - Yes.
Team Red is preparing two dishes using pandan leaves.
They've added only two leaves to a fish bowl.
I think that will add the flavour.
And they are preparing chiffon cake using pandan leaves.
I tasted the batter.
But there was no flavour of the pandan leaves.
They are saying they have added it more after that.
I think what they could have done is that
they could have steamed the cake
after folding it around the pandan leaves.
That would have made the aroma unmatched.
And you can actually open it in front of us.
But are they using the black corn's colour and ink?
We have no idea yet. It hasn't been cooked yet.
They have no idea. They are waiting for it.
They are going to prepare cutlets using that.
They will stuff the cutlets and serve them with dips.
There is black corn's broth.
- It has the flavour of corn. - These...
They are adding it to rice to change its colour to purple or blue.
For the broth.
The dishes are interesting.
Black corn tortillas are famous. Chef Vikas told me.
They can do many things,
but the problem is you should know
what you have to do from the beginning.
You can't wait for the black corn to get boiled
and then decide what to prepare using them.
Check the rice!
- Check the rice! - Come on, Nikki.
- I...
I have already kept the rice to get cooked.
The challenge was about
team spirit and co-ordination.
- But they are clearly failing at this. - True.
Team Red is still not much confused.
Ayesha is working calmly.
She doing a good job.
Just put everything.
- Yeah. - What happened? The cake is fine.
It has become hard. No. Don't touch it.
Our cake didn't turn out to be fluffy enough.
As Kabita took it out,
we realised something was wrong with it.
- It's not fluffy. - You didn't fold it properly.
Of course not. It is fluffy.
No. This is not good.
- Should we add it to the oven again? - It is fluffy.
When we tasted Rajiv's cake,
we realised it had more flavour of the eggs.
It tasted a little bitter.
So, we are worried now.
He said the cake didn't turn out the way he expected.
So, he would prepare it again.
He told us to let him prepare his cake.
[tense music]
I thought it was okay.
We could add ice cream on top of it.
Because I had a lot of time.
So, I also get the ingredients for ice cream.
Go. You remember, right? Prepare the ice cream quickly!
Is he making the ice cream?
That's what I am saying.
[tense music]
So...
- Yes, sir. - What's done and what's left.
Sir, our cake is almost ready.
We have prepared the base and caramel to top it.
And we have prepared two dips.
This is also done. We just prepared it.
- This is the sauce. - Yes.
- You have added pandan leaves to it. - Yes.
Black corn is getting boiled.
After that, we will mash it and make cutlets out of it.
The dip for that is almost ready.
- So, the cutlets are left. - Yes, sir.
Okay. The idea is great. But I'd say
- you should also use its water. - Okay.
Its water is highly nutritive.
It gives an earthy flavour.
It has an amazing flavour.
And colour, too.
Then, we realised that this water...
Just like chicken broth, this is corn broth.
So, we decided
to make a sauce out of it.
[tense music]
Oh my God! This is looking so beautiful.
Magical. It has a beautiful colour.
- If you add only this to the bowl... - Yes.
It will become too dark.
You can mix some white rice with this.
- Then, the colour will be better. - Okay.
Why are you so sad?
The corn won't get cooked.
It has been in the pressure cooker for a while. It is still raw.
If the corn isn't cooked...
It's quite late now.
Now, you don't have enough time.
- So, you can take it out and make a puree out of it. - Okay.
What about the rice?
We will serve the rice with chicken.
We have added some flavour to the chicken.
We have made it crunchy.
Now, we are thinking about
how to use the corn.
- Because it won't get cooked. - The rice...
As you have added the corn's ink to it,
you have added the black corn's ink to it,
the colour has turned out to be beautiful. But...
If you add a little acid or lemon to it,
- it will become more colourful. - Okay, fine.
And when you finish it,
add some oil before covering it. The rice will have some shine.
- It will enhance the taste, too. - Okay, thank you.
Listen. Shall I add chilli vinegar?
I started cooking rice. I added vinegar to the rice
while cooking it.
After that, I saw...
The rice was cooked perfectly.
I also started preparing white rice.
Why take a risk?
If we have black and white rice both,
we can use both during the plating.
[tense music]
Celebrity cooks and captains!
Listen to me carefully!
First of all, stop cooking!
In every good Bollywood commercial film,
a new character comes with a twist before the interval.
Oh! For God's sake, ma'am!
The same is going to happen here.
- Oh, no! No! - They have one more thing for us.
[shocking music]
What do I say about the people of Celebrity MasterChef?
They can't see anyone happy.
Especially not the contestants.
Very bad!
Please don't do this, Farah ma'am.
We are not sure if our dish is cooked or not.
We are not sure about the ice cream.
The black corns are half-cooked.
And then, the judges came up with something new.
Celebrity cooks, you are preparing the dishes
using Ranveer and my favourite ingredients.
But we didn't tell you about Farah's favourite ingredient.
Oh!
Look. They follow the mantra of having two children.
But I have three children.
- Oh God. - Okay?
[laughing]
So, this is my favourite ingredient.
And that is...
[suspenseful music]
- Hey! - Oh!
[tense music]
They are so big!
They were this big.
She brought tiger prawns.
Right?
What will we do now?
Yuck!
Please don't do this!
Why are these prawns so big? Which prawns are these?
[screaming]
Those prawns are so big! How will we cook them?
There is no time! Who will prepare them?
Prawns are my favourite ingredient. I love having prawns.
Prawn curry, prawn masala, anything.
So, you have to prepare your third dish
using these tiger prawns.
- Oh my God! What? - My God!
We should get more time.
- Yes. - Please extend the deadline.
Now, the title of double trouble
has changed to triple trouble.
Triple trouble!
But you won't get any extra time for this.
What?
No!
You still have the same time.
Ninety minutes.
Ah!
'You hear that?'
So who do we make happy now? Get it?
Oh my God!
'Forty-five minutes are already up.'
What strategy will a captain use to ensure
'Farah's dish is complete,'
'incorporating black corn and pandan leaves?'
Finishing three main dishes with five people!
And before you start working on the dishes,
- Chef, time for another swap. - Absolutely.
Captains, please tell me who you're sending from your teams.
- Faisu. - Ayesha and Usha.
'Well, here's my strategy. Our baking is done.'
'I don't want to send Gaurav.'
And I'm sending Usha and Ayesha
because I need to make two or three sauces with the black corn.
- Nikki. - From this team, Teju and Rajiv.
'I really don't...'
'Do I trust Abhijeet or Rajiv?'
I'm taking a risk. I'm trusting Rajiv and sending him.
But then I tried to be smart. I sent Tejasswi.
On the count of three, two, one. Swap!
- Come on. Teju, strain the rice. - Hand me a strainer.
And add some oil.
'Teju said she was going to make'
koliwada prawns sushi.
'She started her preparation.'
'She washed the prawns.'
She moved on to marinating the prawns.
[stone knocking]
- What is this? - You need garlic? Anything else?
- No, I have chopped some. - What do you need?
- Silly girl has made a mess. - Move this. They'll use it.
'Archana's gone.'
Oh my God!
She had made a mess of things!
There's spilled coconut milk.
Her used tissues were still lying there.
I don't know how she works at home.
I mean, she left used tissues there!
[tense music playing]
We have to deep fry one, one in salsa.
We have to make the peri-peri masala.
- We can do that quickly. - Huh?
There's still time.
Guys, you have to work really fast.
- You want me to get on the pan? - Do something else.
Do you want me to cook with the chicken?
'Rajiv knows the cake is good.'
And now he's helping others with the savoury dishes,
which is not his forte.
I should have gone in.
Rajiv, let the chicken cook.
- Rajiv, don't do that. - I was checking.
Can you just roast the garlic for me?
Sure, how much do you want?
- A cupful, please. - He turned off the stove.
Rajiv, check on it.
Rajiv, Rajiv! I have only two hands.
- Yes, that's what I'm saying. - Where's the garlic?
The strainer's right there.
How many whistles? How am I supposed to know?
Think and find out. How am I supposed to know?
Because we normally cut the corn.
'They said, feel it. It burned me.'
It was still raw. What do we do?
So Kabita says 'Put it in the blender. We'll make patties.'
Dipika, what do you see from here? There's so much confusion,
more than in any season ever.
Here, the confusion is on another level.
In this kitchen, the sound of the pressure cooker's whistles
- are being drowned by Rajiv. - Right.
- Come on. - Who checks rice?
- Check it yourself. - You want it to be raw!
What's there in that?
- Done? - [cooker whistling]
See? 'Check it yourself!'
Who looks like the winning team?
The cooker is off the heat.
Both are pretty close, but they are leading.
In terms of elements, it seems they're done with most.
I still don't know what either team is making.
Add some salt. - [record scratch]
- Add some salt. - I'll hit you, Nikki!
But Nikki is always strong with her flavours.
She's guiding her team to get the dishes done confidently.
- She's having the salsa made... - But he isn't letting her do it.
Roast this. Please roast this for me.
- Rajiv! What nonsense! - Roast it, will you?
- Darn it, man. - What do I have to do?
- Idiot! - Roast it!
Is he nuts?
And grate this.
Can we swap, please?
We're in trouble.
- Why are you in trouble? - Because of you.
- Why? I'm doing everything. - You're wasting time.
[slow tense music plays]
- Wasting time? - Faster.
- Hurry. - What is he doing?
Why... What are you doing?
Go there, get jalapenos and chop them.
- What is he doing, man? - Here, take this.
Oh my God!
I don't know what goes into it.
Fast!
- Fennel. - I don't know what to add.
- This? - Don't you know jalapenos?
'What do I pick? What do I do?'
They never explained their dish to me.
I keep making trips to the pantry to get the right ingredients.
'What do I do? What do I chop?'
Now they're mad at me that I don't know. Yes, I don't!
You didn't tell me. I asked you so many times.
None of you told me. So how do I do this?
Celebrity cooks.
The last 15 minutes, and then,
two and two will make five.
- ***! - What!
Only 15 minutes?
None of you has done anything with the prawns yet.
I see the prawns just lying there.
I want a spoon. Move.
'Things are getting messy.'
We have only 15 minutes. Nothing's done.
They didn't start the plating.
My God! Only my burrito bowl is ready.
Even Tejasswi's sushi isn't ready.
Ayesha, let that be. Start working on the prawns.
- She has started marinating it. - Leave it.
- It's done. - I just have to blend the puree.
I want to do the finishing on the cake.
I want to roll it and make a layer.
We thought, it's alright, the cake is about 70 to 80 percent done.
But the other dishes were not done at all.
If there's a point
in this challenge where you can work with focus,
it's now.
- Yes. - Please swap him out.
There's no time to swap.
It's time to focus.
Come on, guys. Come on.
- Hurry up. - Leave it, leave it.
Make the peri peri. Rajiv, don't...
What is he doing?
- You can do this later. - Rajiv!
- Please! - Tell me what to do.
- Make the peri peri. - Alright.
- Make it. - In what do I make it?
- Take a blender. - Yes.
The peri peri is done. Right, Teju?
And...
No, Teju's done with the koliwada prawns.
That's 'thecha'!