Look, you can never speak of Delhi
without mentioning chaat.
Delhi's chaat is the best.
What do you mean?
- I agree. - Hello!
Mumbai's chaat is so good.
Mumbai's chaat is the best.
We can decide right away. What do you like about Mumbai's chaat?
The hot ragada in the pani puri!
The spicy chutney.
No! Even golgappe have ragada in them.
- Mumbai doesn't even have chaat. - Extra water as well.
- There's no chaat here. - It doesn't exist!
Real chaat can only be found in Delhi.
It's no use casting pearls before a swine!
Usha Tai doesn't know the taste of real chaat!
[laughing]
Delhi's chaat is good.
- But Mumbai... - That's it! End of
sentence!
Sir, Delhi's chaat is good but Mumbai's chaat is also delicious.
Mumbai doesn't even have chaat! It beats every other chaat.
Look, Chef Kunal is from Delhi.
And today, it's about Delhi.
And even though Lucknow's chaat is tasty,
- I agree. - But today, I'm on Delhi's side.
[cheering]
Now, you have to prove
how good Delhi's chaat is.
- Yes. - Yes, Delhi's chaat!
Archana, what is your favourite chaat from Delhi?
Ma'am, aloo tikki chaat.
When I used to work there,
I was too tired to cook
as I returned from office.
So I used to have aloo tikki chaat for dinner.
I love chaat so much!
Chaat, golgappe.
Where I'm from, we also get lentil wadi.
We'll make this today. Don't worry.
The real flavours of chaat and life come from the spices.
And today, we want to see that beauty of life
and the flavours of Delhi's chaat
through the dishes you make and the spices you add.
You're in pairs.
Every pair will make
two dishes of chaat. Meaning
one dish per celebrity cook.
Whoever makes the best chaat, that pair will win a huge advantage.
You have to make your own chaat masala,
your own chutney.
On top of that, how well you
balance the chutneys,
and how well you are able to present
the chaat,
these are the parameters
on which you'll be judged.
Things like boiled potato,
boiled chickpea,
chopped onions
are already on your tables.
I got so happy when I heard about chaat.
They had us cook such exotic things
on Celebrity MasterChef.
We need to cook something Indian.
Chaat! No matter what,
shame on you, Archana,
if you don't win today.
For this challenge, you'll get 20 minutes.
- What? - That's it?
And this pantry full of spices will be open
the entire time.
Absolutely.
As soon as your chaat is ready,
you will raise your hand.
And the judges will come to your counter to taste it.
Okay.
Remember, it should be finger-licking delicious.
Yes.
Let me tell you the advantage for now.
Usha Tai and Rajiv,
since you won the first round of this challenge,
Yes.
you will start cooking the chaat five minutes before everyone else.
Nice!
That means you'll get 25 minutes.
On your marks.
- Get, set, chaat! - Get, set, chaat!
[dramatic music]
Let's go, guys!
Usha Tai and Rajiv start first
while we wait.
I am making
aloo tikki chaat.
We have to do it.
It's a challenge.
I want to win the white apron.
While this challenge is individual,
we can still help each other. I go to help Usha Tai.
Don't rush it. I'll check it and give it to you.
- I'll make this first. Okay? - Hey!
We've to make it together, Usha Tai.
You can't do it all alone.
Whenever I tell her to use the power whistle on someone,
she always gives him the advantage.
Yes!
Why did you put Usha Tai with Rajiv?
Now that I think, since Usha Tai is so experienced,
I could've had that advantage
if I'd paired up with Usha Tai.
I made a mistake by thinking about our friendship.
Shut up.
I won't stop until I break this friendship.
[chuckling]
They start five minutes before us. That's fine.
Anyway, the amount of chaos Rajiv causes,
the way he annoys Usha Tai,
they're going to waste five minutes.
Usha Tai, this is ready.
Stop saying my name all the time!
I get irritated.
My partner
isn't quite happy with me. She gets angry at whatever I ask.
It's very tough
to work with her because she never listens.
Dangerous. Very dangerous.
Who'll talk to him? He's always screaming. I can't handle that.
I'm not used to it.
[tense music]
Your five minutes are up.
On the count of three, two, one, go!
- Hurry up! - Thank you, ma'am.
I thought whenever we go to a stall,
they come up with the dish within four minutes.
So we can do this in 20 minutes.
I've started to make the chaat masala and sev puri chaat.
Teju and I want the advantage.
So we're working very fast.
The black apron will definitely convert into white.
We're working hard.
- Right, Teju? - Yes.
If we talk about Delhi's chaat,
the chaat is actually better.
I am making pani puri.
I'm making Delhi's tokri chaat.
For spices, I've chosen dried mango powder,
and coriander powder
to prepare the chaat masala.
With this, I think I'll also get red chilli powder
because I love it.
I think my chickpea
are ready,
Wait a second.
You know,
when I was in school in Kanpur,
I used to travel to Delhi for my summer and winter vacations.
I had many relatives there.
So I've eaten a lot of food and chaat in Delhi.
With this challenge, I remember all those days.
They say Delhi is filled with big-hearted people.
I think Delhi's food
is also for people with good hearts.
[tense music]
We have planned and coordinated
to divide our tasks equally.
We've divided the spices we need to make
along with the chutney as well.
Today, I'm making aloo tikki chaat.
It's my favourite
as well as Delhi's favourite.
Women's lives are incomplete
without aloo tikki chaat.
- Faisu. - Hi, ma'am.
Tell me, when you used to sell clothes
outside Jama Masjid, where exactly was it?
I wasn't selling clothes outside Jama Masjid,
There's a Karol market near Jama Masjid.
it has a huge cloth market.
These tops we sell at Hill Road at Rs 650 or Rs 400...
You bought it from there.
We'd get it for Rs 40 or Rs 30 per kilo.
- Rs 30 per kilo? - Tops.
- Clothes? - Clothes.
- We should go there. - Let's go.
They had such good, branded clothes.
We'd pick them up as a lot.
Did you eat chaat in Delhi?
I did eat chaat in Delhi, the one in food stalls.
- That's the best. - Food stalls, yes.
But I'd say I like Mumbai's chaat better.
True. Delhi people,
look at this. Faisu loves Mumbai.
- Mumbai's chaat, Mumbai's ragada. - Mumbai's chaat.
Mumbai's chaat
beats every other chaat.
Will your followers from Delhi be offended by that?
No, ma'am. My followers from Delhi know that
- I'm only talking about chaat. - About chaat only.
Delhi is the land of big-hearted people.
Absolutely! Delhi winters are the best!
- Delhi's fashion sense is the best. - And the girlfriend from Delhi?
- Let's not go there. - Okay. Bye, Faisu.
For today's chaat challenge,
your chaat masala needs to be the hero.
And the chutneys you make
also need to be the hero. So I decided that
whether or not I make the chaat masala good,
my chutneys are going to be super-strong.
I'm going to make very spicy,
Delhi-style chutneys.
With the portion of the spices,
if it doesn't balance the flavours
with the sweetness, sourness,
and the burst of spice,
your chaat could flop.
This is quite tricky.
What are you making?
The stuffing for the golgappa.
When I was in Delhi,
I ate the sweet potato chaat, which I loved.
That's why, I'm not making
the typical potato stuffing.
I'll make a sweet potato-inspired
stuffing for the pani puri along with the spicy water.
The most important thing in the spicy water is the spices.
- It's right here. - You've made it already?
But I'm thinking of adding extra spice.
What's this?
It tastes like the betel leaf type
- mouth freshener. What did you get? - No.
What are the main flavours that are in
a pani puri or golgappe?
- Sweet. - Absent.
- Sour. - Absent.
- Spicy. - Absent in this.
- Salty? - No salty flavour in this.
The four things needed-sweet, sour, spice and salt are not in this.
And the fifth thing that you've wasted here
is time.
Ever since he's come back, he has not liked
any flavours in my dish.
So I add more flavours to the water.
- What are you making? - I'm making a dry ginger chutney.
Are you doing something different with it?
I'm making it UP-style.
I'll add bananas and grapes.
In the UP-style dry ginger chutney,
you lightly fry the spice mix. So make sure that
you don't fry it too much
- or else it'll get bitter. - Yes, sir.
- And your hard work will go to waste. - Thank you.
I add the coriander and fry the spice mix.
Then I grind them and
I added the spice mix that I'd made
over the dry ginger chutney.
Now I'm making the chaat masala.
Chef, the dry potato with cumin seeds in ready.
The spicy chickpea are ready in their bowl.
The passion-fruit chutney is ready.
- This will be difficult to... - The real stuff is here, sir!
The real stuff is here?
Yes!
Wow!
The peanuts are being roasted. Taste the chutney, chef.
I've to keep it in the fridge.
Taste this chutney.
- Wait a second. - Have a taste!
You first, madam.
This will get thicker once it cools down.
Yes, sir. It'll taste better like that.
Add a little water and cook it. This will be spicy.
Check what she has made.
Sir, we did check!
- Add more sourness and salt. - It needs salt.
- Where's the salt? - Where's the black salt?
Here.
I'll add black salt.
I've added it to the chaat masala.
I feel like I'm eating gum. It's that thick.
Sir, don't say that!
This chutney is good.
Thank you, chef.
This one is a work in progress.
Shall I add more dry ginger?
A little.
Your chutney is too sweet.
I'm telling you,
making chaat is not as easy
as it seems. It's too tough.
He found such flaws in my chutney.
And I'm working to resolve those.
And we're losing time.
There's always such pressure in this kitchen.
Rajiv, what will you do to improve her plating?
Look, I can help but she never listens to what I say.
What is this?
Yoghurt papdi chaat.
What's wrong with it? Why is it split?
Just a different kind of plating.
Does this look good?
He must like it.
Then tell him to plate this again.
- Again? - She'll do it.
Not at all.
I need to finish mine first.
If you win, you'll win as a pair. Usha Tai.
Usha Tai, help me do it.
Otherwise, both of you will land in trouble. If you want
the advantage, you'll have to work together.
I'll do the plating.
Wait, let me make this chutney.
[tense music]
Chef Kunal,
what's happening?
A lot of confusion.
The teams are not working well together.
They have divided their work
but no one is cross-checking each other.
They might be paired but they need to make their individual dishes.
Now we'll find out if they're playing
for the team or for themselves.
And what's happening there
with Rajiv and Usha Tai?
- It's fun. - Have they solved it?
No, the sparks are still igniting.
Usha Tai is struggling
with plating.
Nikki and Tejasswi?
Both of them think they're doing good
but the flavours of their chutneys,
I didn't think it was good.
In fact, Nikki has made something.
A chilli paste.
You can take the girl out of the thecha,
but you can't take the thecha out of the girl.
Actually, I feel like they don't understand that
this challenge is about the spices.
To make chaat masala using your knowledge of the spices.
Chef Kunal's trick ball to them,
to test their knowledge of spices through chaat masala,
I think they're stuck on the chaat.
If they get to the masala, then
they might take off.
Taste the chutney.
- It'll need sev and nuts. - Taste it.
- It's a good chutney. - We need to add peanuts.
I wanted to add peanuts to my green chutney
so that it tastes a little different.
So that we're not the same as the other teams.
- Celebrity cooks. - Yes?
Ten minutes have passed. Ten minutes are left.
- What? - Only ten minutes?
My God! We still have so much to do.
[dramatic music]
- Turn them. - Don't touch my tikkis.
It's not your tikki, it's a potato tikki. Hurry up.
If they are raw, they won't taste good.
Wait.
Deep fry it and make them crispy.
You don't deep fry them!
You're telling me? I'll take you to eat
Kanpur's chaat some day. You'll lose your mind.
I'll take you to eat Meerut's chaat. You'll lose your mind.
I mean, you've already lost your mind.
[laughing]
Oh!
You pushed me!
What's going on?
[laughing]
Did you take my potatoes? Oh, they're right here.
- Nikki? - Yes, chef.
Where's the chilli paste you made?
Spoon.
It isn't spicy, right?
[tense music]
Not spicy? It can't get spicier than that.
- Where's your chaat masala? - Here.
[tense music]
Nikki.
This isn't chaat masala.
This is cumin masala.
It only has the smell and the taste
of fried cumin seeds.
That's not a chutney. That's just a chilli paste.
The beauty of chaat is the roundedness, a finesse.
Sweet, sour, tangy with a spike of spice.
It has a bite, a texture in the centre which
completes the dish.
The chaat masala is weak.
The chutney is weak too.
I am very scared.
How do I rectify this chutney?
So I quickly added lemon juice.
Whenever something is too spicy,
we balance it by adding lemon.
And the cumin powder I've made,
I don't know how to turn it into chaat masala.
I'm going to make magic here.
[tense music]
- What is this? - Yoghurt papdi chaat.
I mixed the yoghurt, the spices and the chaat masala into one.
You mixed it.
Now the papdi has become soggy because of the yoghurt.
So basically, this is a chaat cake.
Oh God, chef.
But you have to mix it in the yoghurt.
But you mix it at the last minute to preserve the bite.
Okay, I'll do that.
Chaat is about texture, Rajiv.
No mouth-feel, no chaat.
This is just a paste.
I plated it too early.
This is a rookie mistake.
When you eat chaat, you eat it instantly.
You don't eat it an hour after it's made.
It does get soggy.
I made it again in a fresh way.
You need to whip it more.
- Did you add water? - No, I didn't add anything.
I'm thinking we could add...
- You need to whip it with a spoon. - I'll whip it with a spoon.
I just need to mix the sugar in.
I've kept the yoghurt a bit sweeter.
Because I know that a sweet yoghurt
will balance out the sourness and spice in our dish.
[tense music]
Celebrity cooks, only five minutes left.
Make your favourite chaat
and win an advantage.
Five minutes left, Teju.
Hurry up.
[tense music]
This is next-level, girl!
Why does it taste bitter?
Bitter?
What is bitter?
It doesn't taste like the spicy water of pani puri.
I said to Teju that we need to win this at any cost.
So Teju started to make the spicy water again.
Our chaat vendor used to make it in five minutes.
But now as I'm making the chaat,
20 minutes are not enough for this.
This is very difficult.
This chaat has sent us for a toss. Only three minutes left. Hurry up!
Get my ginger chutney, quick!
We start our plating quickly.
Nice. I like it.
- Usha Tai. - Yes.
Done?
It looks okay, Usha Tai.
[dramatic music]
We don't know if it tastes okay
or if it tastes great.
I'm not an expert. All these kids are
experts in plating.
I don't know how to plate.
That's the fact.
Don't think too much.
It's looking too much, Usha Tai.
- Did you put extra coriander on it? - Yes.
It's looking too much.
Forget it! I don't want to stand first.
Usha Tai, we have to win.
You win.
We have to win together, Usha Tai. This is too much.
- No, it's fine. - Look, this is too much.
Shall I make it better?
It's too much, Usha Tai.
She doesn't want me to spoil her dish.
She thinks, her dish is not bad.
I'm trying to help her.
Bro, you should've continued in the same direction. Why did you turn?
Faisu, it's fine.
Where should I put this now?
- I'm doing it. - This is the plate?
One line will go up here, the other will go this way.
Or else, make a straight line.
Faisu, what are you doing?
I said, excuse me, Usha Tai!
Ask me.
[tense music playing]
- Only one minute left. - Oh god!
I made Sev Puri, but, it's not looking like it.
A balance is very essential in a chaat.
And, 20 minutes were not enough to find that balance, to be honest.
Like you see a whole counter when you visit a chaat shop
I tried to recreate that.
[dramatic music playing]
Ten!
- Come here. - Nine!
Eight!
Seven!
Six!
- Five! - It's done.
Archana raised her hand.
- Four! - Nikki, ready.
- I'm already done. - Gaurav, ready.
Three!
Two!
Tejasswi, ready.
One!
Time's up, step back!
Somebody's stardom will now fail!
Let's move in the sequence that the hands were raised.
Archana and Gaurav first.
Then, Nikki and Tejasswi.
Lastly, the last counter.
[applause]
Ma'am's arrival is making me sweat.
Sweat?
- Yes. - I am so hot.
Okay, talk about the chaat.
Ma'am, I've made the aloo tikki chaat of Lajpat Nagar.
- Will you sprinkle these spices? - Yes, ma'am.
So, do it.
The value of a sprinkling of spices...
Only you know that, Archana.
Only chaat makers know it.
This dry ginger chutney is very famous, ma'am.
This chutney mixed in it.
Look, there are various ways of making dry ginger chutney.
- The one you have made is from UP. - Hmm.
This recipe is used in many places in Delhi, in which...
whole spices are...
ground with the chutney, and then, it is sieved.
So, the spices in the dry ginger are standing out.
- You seem to have taken my advice. - Yes, sir.
It is sweet and sour.
- The spices too. - It has asafoetida and spices.
So, all in all...
you've made a delicious chutney.
- I find this chaat too sweet. - Too sweet.
- It's too sweet. - Delhi!
- There's green chutney too. - Chaats aren't so sweet in Mumbai.
How shall I explain to Farah ma'am? Oh, man!
The aloo tikki chaat from Delhi
is always sweet.
- I agree with Farah. - Huh?
The chutney is excellent, but, the chaat is too sweet as a whole
because, your yoghurt chutney has too much sugar.
- In the yoghurt? - It's terribly sweet.
- Archana, your chaat masala is very good. - Thank you, sir.
But, by adding sugar to the yoghurt...
- Why did you add so much sugar? - you ruined it.
- Is the extra sugar your fault? - Ma'am.
Whenever I'm part of a team, when nobody else is at fault,
- it's my fault. - Your fault.
I've become used to it now, but nothing's changed.
- That's a man's destiny. - Yes.
- I don't even retaliate. - No.
But, it's not his fault. He made me taste it.
In my haste, I said it's okay.
But, your detailing in the chaat masala!
The chaat masala can be stolen.
Perfect! What did you make?
This is Pitampura Tokri Chaat.
Very nice.
I tried to make the Tokri Chaat from Pitampura, Delhi
but, I know the customers are from Mumbai
and, they need too many options.
So, I've placed all the options on the side.
Some people like it spicy, some like it sweet.
- No, complete this chaat in your own way. - Yes.
- Do it yourself. - It is complete, isn't it?
I have finished preparing it.
I just want you to finish this plate.
- That's all I want. - We'll do that.
What are you adding now? You've made this chutney.
It's dry ginger chutney
- With banana and grapes? - which we made together, but...
I didn't want to make it too sweet
because, I have used a lot of yoghurt.
So, I am only using some fruits in this.
And, I want to sprinkle a few melon seeds too.
You know, it's like the chaats we get at weddings.
It has melon, banana, grapes.
- This is Tokri Chaat. - It is extra thick and extra sweet.
- And, this is spicy chutney. - Shall we break it?
- Yes, please. - The banana chutney.
Give me your hand.
Thank you. Who suggested the banana?
- Who suggested it? - Who made the chutney?
- I made the chutney! - The chutney was sweet.
The banana and grapes balanced it.
- It's the effect of the banana. - No.
- I had already told you. - We are a team.
- And, we added banana. - That's my chutney, ma'am!
[laughter]
You said it's a chaat from Pitampura.
You've made it Mumbai-style.
- Hmm! - The material inside is very dry.
- Delhiites like it with extra curd and extra chutney. - Yes.
- I knew that... - No wonder I liked it!
I could have added everything if I wanted.
- I intentionally held back. - This is a Delhi chaat.
Sir, we don't want a raita, we want a chaat.
Look, you see, Gaurav.
Your chaat is coming together very well.
If you had done to the chaat masala
what you did with the chutney, that would be splendid.
Your chaat masala is not as good as Archana's.
- Okay. - But, the way your chaat is coming together, it's vibe...
This argument is the vibe of a chaat!
When two friends say that it is too sour for one or sweet for the other.
Or, too much curd.
You created the vibe of the chaat.
But...
- Archana's masala is better. - Sir, the chutney is mine too!
- The dry ginger chutney. - Gaurav, for me...
Why are you always whining?
- I can sell this banana chutney. - I'm not getting credit.
- The chutney is excellent. - Thank you.
- Sir, I made the chutney! - Okay, you get the credit.
I made the dry ginger chutney.
Before we lose our minds...
- let's go. - You made the green chutney.
As a team, we did our job.
They are tasting the others' dishes now.
And, Archana and I are wondering who will win.
Tell us, sisters, what have you made?
I made Golgappe.
[upbeat music playing]
- It is called Pani Puri in Mumbai. - Golgappe.
- Um, okay. - I've made Sev Puri.
[upbeat music playing]
Delhi style?
- Mixed. Yes. - Sev Puri isn't available in Delhi.
- Sev Puri isn't available in Delhi? - No.
It may be, but, it's not a Delhi chaat.
No point in coming to Delhi, then.
Papdi chaat is from Delhi.
- You've made Aloo Papdi chaat. - This is Papdi chaat.
Very good!
- This is Papdi chaat. - Which one shall we eat first?
Let's begin with the Golgappe.
[suspenseful music playing]
- This is soft. - It slightly touched that.
This is leaking.
This is how Pani Puri is eaten.
- The liquid should seep out. - You can drink the rest.
Man, one thing is certain.
You have filled the Golgappa a little too much.
That made it soft, but...
all the taste in a Golgappa lies in the spicy water.
- It's not like the green water, but... - Yes?
it's tasty.
- Tejasswi, you put too much filling in it. - Too much.
As a result, the potato mixture inside it
is dominating it.
When a Pani Puri breaks in the mouth, the water should dominate.
Or else, it's not fun. Your spicy water is delicious.
But, there's no place in the puri because of the potato mixture.
You sell only the water in your shop.
- Okay, ma'am. - Nikki's turn.
[suspenseful music playing]
Nikki, your chaat masala is good.
The chilli garlic chutney you've made in the typical...
- Maharashtrian style. - Maharashtrian style...
is very good. It has excellent balance.
But, Nikki, having said that...
uh, Mumbai style...
- Sev Puri is very tasty. - Yes.
Although, I don't like peanuts in my food at all
but, the flavour of the peanuts
is adding the Mumbai touch. You won't get that in Delhi.
Peanuts and garlic are two items
- which are never found in Delhi chaats. - Right.
Green chutney is also without garlic.
So, I found it spicy too, it's nice.
My nose is watering, but, a good chaat should have that effect.
Chaat without spices is useless.
So, the chaat with the perfect spices yet
- is yours. - Thank you, Chef.
I'll be back for seconds.
Oh, thank you.
That made me very happy.
I felt like we took a step towards the white apron.
Wow! Our two...
- Precious gems. - Precious gems.
Who is Precious, who's the Gem?
- Precious, Gem. - Precious, Gem.
[laughter]
Both are Precious and both are Gems.
What have the two of you made?
This is Aloo Tikki.
[upbeat music playing]
I made Dahi Papdi Chaat.
[upbeat music playing]
I have to say, the MasterChef level presentation is from Rajiv.
The others just served their chaats.
I don't know how good it tastes.
I can tell you directly, it's not tasty.
It's not?
Everything in this Dahi Papdi Chaat is mashed and...
- No, in my defence... - If you take so long to come...
Dahi Papdi Chaat is served immediately.
In my defence...
if you had put this exact thing in a mould
and placed whole papdis in the centre
then, it would hold its texture
even after ten minutes.
You crushed it and it soaked all the liquids.
[tense music playing]
Rajiv, your chaat is one-dimensional.
Dimensions are added to chaats
by the balance of sweet and sour.
And, by giving it texture.
This chaat has become one-dimensional, because
there's no added texture in it
and, there's no sweetness in the flavour to cut the sourness.
But, you two have made excellent chaat masala.
Typical Old Delhi chaat masala.
Usha Tai, this seems like too much coriander, because
all I can taste is coriander.
- It's too much. - I love coriander.
[laughter]
- You like it. - It should be inside and on top of food.
But, I'm not liking it, because, it's too much.
[laughing]
[tense music playing]
To put it simply...
I didn't like your chaat, Usha Tai.
- Me neither. - You didn't?
Nothing except the curd and potato
in your chaat is making sense.
Chaats are a play of chutneys.
Slightly sour, slightly sweet.
There's no play of chutneys here.
Hmm?
A chaat is made of chutneys.
The main layer and balancing of chutneys is missing in this chaat.
You have added the magic of Delhi masalas, but
I'm not relishing this chaat.
Usha Tai, have you eaten chaat in Delhi?
Have you been to Delhi?
I had eaten it once when I went for a play.
Have you ever eaten Delhi chaat, Rajiv?
Several years ago.
If you had eaten Delhi chaat
you would probably understand those flavours better.
All this is your idea of a chaat, which is good
but, not even close to Delhi chaat.
Forget it. I mixed whatever was left
and ate it up. I was hungry.
[applause]
Today's challenge was to celebrate Delhi.
To celebrate the spices of Delhi
and Khari Baoli, Asia's biggest spice market.
And, to present...
your sensibilities of spices through a chaat, in this celebration.
Today...
you prepared chaat masala and a chaat.
And, we tasted those Delhi chaats.
It is now time for the results.
Time to tell you which pair amongst you
will receive a huge advantage in the next cooking.
[tense music playing]
So, unanimously...
the chaat made by one celebrity cook
was loved a lot by all three of us.
That celebrity cook is...
[tense music playing]
Gaurav!
[applause and cheering]
Bravo!
- Yes! - And, unanimously...
the celebrity cook whose chaat masala was our favourite
is...
[tense music playing]
Archana!
[screaming in delight]
As the best chaat and best chaat masala are from the same table
it is obvious that in this challenge...
- Archana and Gaurav are the winners. - Yes!
[applause]
Gaurav, the chaat you made...
will be equally liked by Mumbaiites or Delhiites.
The way you set the table...
to allow individual tweaking
was a smart move.
And, madam, you upheld the honour of Khari Baoli.
Thank you so much.
Excellent chaat masala.
It was great fun! Everyone was sulking behind us.
We now have an advantage in the next challenge.
It is now time for challenge number three.
Oh! The most important.
The show goes on.
They say, a person's nature can be identified from his speech.
Today, we'll see how strong your speech is.
Okay.
There will be an auction today.
[gasping]
I lost the first challenge.
I lost the second challenge too.
Now, I have decided.
Till I don't turn this black apron into the white one
I won't be satisfied.
Your today's challenge is under these boxes.
Oh!
You will bid for them.
We will again celebrate today...
Delhi and the taste of Delhi.
They say, time...
changes man.
- Oh! - What?
- No! - I get this.
Today, you have to bid with time.
We will bid with the time that we have.
But, who will tell us how much
time we have?
Archana and Gaurav.
You are the winners...
of the previous challenge, the Delhi Chaat challenge.
And, we told you that you have a huge advantage.
The advantage is...
that you two will decide...
how much time...
each one will get individually...
for cooking.
- Oh man! - No.
Look, there are three time slots before you.
90 minutes, 100 minutes
and 120 minutes.
And, Gaurav and Archana's team received the advantage.
As per that Time Bomb advantage...
you can allocate these cooking times to everyone...
individually.
That means, you have to give 90 minutes to any two.
- Okay. - To cook.
100 minutes for any two.
And, you will give 120 minutes to any two celebrity cooks.
That's the maximum time.
I think, they will give 100 minutes to Tejasswi and Usha Tai.
And, Rajiv and I will receive 90 minutes.
Gaurav, Archana, are we ready?
First, to whom will you give 120 minutes?
To myself.
I'll give it to Archana...
- and, obviously, she'll give me. - You two are taking 120 minutes?
Obviously, Rajiv, they will take the maximum time.
[tense music playing]
Now, the 100 minutes and 90 minutes cooking time.
Whom do you want to give? Gaurav, you first.
I want to give 100 minutes to Teja.
- Oh wow! - Okay.
Archana, who is the other 100 minutes for?
- I want to give it to Usha Tai. - What?!
See, Usha Tai. Fight all you want, but she always helps you.
Do you know what you're doing?
Yes. Do you remember?
You've punished me so often.
Do you have any idea what you just did?
Rajiv got very upset.
'Why did you do that? What have I done?'
Really?
Mister, you've given me so many punishments.
And now, that's what you're saying? We've done the right thing.
What is going on, mister?
This is how you're treating me?
Now wait and watch!
That means, 90 minutes go to
Rajiv and Nikki.
Maximum cooking time...
is with Gaurav and Archana yet, 120 minutes.
And, minimum cooking time, 30 minutes less than them
is with Nikki and Rajiv.
This means that...
you two think that Nikki and I...
- are the best cooks. - Okay.
- Well! - And, Nikki has an immunity pin too.
It's not about the immunity pin. I feel like it is now time...
for Gaurav to accept that he's an insecure boy.
Not even a man.
Not even a man! [Nikki stammering]
Ma'am, all of us standing here...
One moment.
I don't think anyone has the courage to say
that he's an insecure person, but, he is!
That's called competitive, not insecure.
- Why are you looking... - Don't compel me to speak up.
Say whatever you like, doesn't matter to me.
You have 90 minutes, do whatever you like.
Go to any lengths.
- He's not insecure. - No, let her say it.
That's her mentality, let her speak.
So, do you think Teja is not a strong competitor
that you gave her more time?
Teja doesn't have the immunity pin, ma'am.
And, as Nikki is competitive, she...
didn't use her immunity pin in the previous black apron challenge.
Although, we all thought she would.
So, I kept that in mind. But...
if this is what she thinks, I was mistaken.
She's not as competitive as I thought.
I don't think about anyone. You are!
I will use the immunity pin when I'm against you, bro.
When you are with me in the black apron challenge.
The time before you...
- is only to begin with. - That's not final.
- What you do next... - In the auction.
is what this auction is about.
Come on, we'll tell you the rules.
In today's auction...
as we don't have money
we will bid with time.
And, the minimum bid will be
10 minutes.
- Wow! - The bidding will begin with 10 minutes
and then, you will bid with
5 minutes at a time.
Meaning, the first bid is 10 minutes
second will be 15, then 20.
The time that you bid with
- will be deducted from your cooking time. - Yes.
And then, you will cook in that decreased time.
But, what do you have to cook?
Let's see what you have to prepare.
- Yes, Chef. - Let's see what you are bidding for.
- Ready? - Yes. Yes, Chef.
Let's open the first box.
[suspenseful music playing]
Rajma Chawal?
Wow!
So, each box has one dish from Delhi
and, one spice mix.
You have to take inspiration
from that Delhi dish along with the spice mix
and recreate a MasterChef level dish.
Like, Rajma Chawal has...
a combination with Madras Curry Powder.
This combination...
will be used together in your dish.
So, think well before placing your bid.
[tense music playing]
The second combination is Chicken Tikka
and Japanese Shichimi Togarashi mix.
Togarashi.
This is a Japanese spice mix.
It's a little nutty and a little spicy.
It's interesting.
You can sprinkle it from the top
or you can add it to any dish.
[suspenseful music playing]
This is a popular breakfast dish,
'halwai' special 'Bedmi Puri'
with potato curry along with
'Jeeravan Masala.'
It is served with 'Indori Pohe.'
[pensive music playing]
This is Butter Chicken
along with 'Barbare.'
'Barbare,' again, is a Ethiopian spice mix.
It comes from Africa.
- 'Chole Bhature.' - Wow, 'Chole Bhature.'
Along with 'Advieh.'
It's an Iranian spice mix.
That's great.
All of Archana's favourite dishes are coming.
All the dishes are from local cuisine. I'm overjoyed.
I was waiting for this day for a long time.
What I would have liked
is Butter Chicken or 'Chole Bhature.'
[pensive music playing]
'Nihari' along with 'Kashmiri Ver.'
'Ver' is a spice paste,
which is dried and made into a 'Tikki.'
Are you all ready?
- Yes, chef. - Yes.
Let's first bid for 'Nihari.'
- 'Nihari' on the market, - Hmm.
10 minutes for 'Nihari, ' Archana picked the pedal first.
Who is beating Archana's bid?
- With 15 minutes. Let's see someone. - Come on.
- Tejasswi. - Tejasswi.
15 minutes.
Nihari is at 15 minutes, guys. Come on.
Archana, if you want to, you can bid at 20 minutes.
How will I make it
in 85 minutes?
I'm telling Archana that 'I'm making the mutton.'
'Please don't do it.'
Tejasswi is bidding for 85 minutes.
You can do it for 100 minutes.
- Exactly. - Let's see some pedals.
I'll die.
- Let's go. - All right.
- Tell us. - Let us see some pedals.
Archana, what are you thinking?
- No, no... - Oh, my God.
She picked it up.
Let's go. Archana has bid once again.
'Foolish Archana'
'came under Rajiv's pressure and lifted the card.'
She's not even realising
that by doing that,
I was at 100 minutes and now I'm down to 80 minutes.
Because of all this nonsense.
Archana, you bid 20 minutes. That means you have
100 minutes to make Nihari.
The next bid is 25 minutes.
Anybody for 25 minutes? Tejasswi?
You will have 75 minutes left for bidding.
- Can you make the chicken? - 75 minutes.
That's what I said.
- Rajiv is telling everyone to lift it. - The difference is five minutes.
- Then you take 25 minutes and do it. - How's it possible?
- Why not? - It's not possible.
You're such a good cook.
We have to check the time also.
- You can cook the Nihari in the cooker in five minutes. - It should cook.
We still have 'Chole Bhature.'
- I will take it. - But...
- Once again, guys. - Why did you tell her to bid?
- Archana has bid 20 minutes. - For reducing the time.
Wait till your turn comes.
- Watch what I will do. - Teju, 75 minutes.
- I'll take it. - Very good.
- Don't pick it up now. - You have
- 120 minutes. - 25 minutes.
I'm done for.
- Tejasswi. - This is too much.
You can't do it. 'I'm messing up everything.'
I'm messing it all up.
I will make you all dance in such a way
because I want everyone's time to be cut.
Tejasswi, your bid is 25 minutes.
You have 75 minutes to make Nihari.
25 minutes. Next bid 30 minutes.
Who is in the market for 30 minutes?
- Archana. - Archana.
- Come on, Archana. - Keep quiet, Rajiv.
I will throw this at you.
- This is fun. - I'll throw this at you.
You know how to cook Mutton, Teju.
You know how to cook it.
You're crazy.
Archana, don't even look.
- He's just creating drama. - I would do it if I could.
Archana if you bid for 30 minutes
- then you will still have 90 minutes. - My God.
- If Tejasswi can make it in 75 minutes - She can cook mutton.
you can make it 90 minutes.
- She cooks mutton. - You cook very good mutton.
- Archana, come on. - It's competition. - I'll throw this.
- She's your competition. - I'm ready here, Rajiv.
We are all competitors here.
- You can't win without me. - I'll throw this.
- You can make the 'Nihari.' - Pick it up.
This is the best mutton you can make.
- Archana, think again. 25 minutes. One... - You have 90 minutes. Don't
- you want to defeat her. - What?
- Your dish... - Two.
Come on, come on...
- You will win. - Don't regret it.
25 minutes.
Mutton, mutton.
- How much am I left with? - And that's three.
Sold.
You're crazy.
Teju.
'Rajiv, please keep quiet.'
Because even if you're alive
you have to thank me for it.
Because I've not murdered you yet.
Finally, neither of them picked up the card
and I have 75 minutes to prepare Mutton 'Nihari.'
The next dish is Chicken Tikka.
Along with Shichimi Togarashi.
Come on, Usha Tai.
Is it spicy?
- A little bit. - Chicken Tikka.
'At first, I thought, I'll take it.'
'Because Chicken Tikka is a very easy dish.'
I can make anything with Chicken Tikka. I raised my hand.
- Chicken Tikka, 10 minutes. - Very good. Very good.
Come on, bid.
- The next bid is 15 minutes. - Oh, well done.
Usha Tai.
- That's great, Usha Tai. - Well done, Usha Tai.
[cheering]
Usha Tai, your 'rashi' sign is Chicken 'rashi.'
And the spice mix is Togarashi.
What a great combination. Oh...
- 20 minutes. - 20 minutes, Rajiv.
Well done.
Come on...
Amazing.
- 20 minutes. - What?
Absolutely.
Usha Tai is winning with 35 minutes.
- Very good. - 35 minutes.
- Amazing. - Well done. - Rajiv,
- you're done for. - Rajiv.
You have just one hour left to make Chicken Tikka.
Rajiv...
Usha Tai, no...
Usha Tai!
Oh, my God. Winner.
What's going on?
This Chicken Tikka Masala is going to be made in five minutes.
- Please stop. - That's great Usha Tai.
- 45 minutes. - Usha Tai is winning the bid
with 45 minutes.
- That's great. - 45 minutes.
She's giving you 45 minutes.
If you lift the pedal
then you'll have 45 minutes to make the Chicken Tikka Masala.
- Usha Tai is ready with the pedal. - Which is a lot.
Rajiv, think about it.
[pensive music playing]
I'm like, 'Don't ever do gambling or go to the casino.'
'You will ruin everything. She's the limit.'
[tense music playing]