MasterChef India Season 7 Episode 8 is titled ‘A Cook’s Kingdom’ and the synopsis reads as – The cooks are faced with the challenge of arranging their own cooking stations followed by a task which involves the cooks making a four-course meal.
The judges of the show include Vikas Khanna and Ranveer Brar, who are joined by Garima Arora, the first-ever female chef to be a judge on the show. The cooking competition show is a nationwide quest to find the best ‘home cook’ and draws out some of the most brilliant chefs from across India. The judges sample recipes from various cuisines that the contestants prepare in their search for India’s ‘MasterChef’. The show is produced by Endemol Shine India and it is directed by Neeraj Shetty.
-MasterChef India Season 7 Episode 8 Review and Recap Contains Spoilers-
In today’s episode, the contestants find their cooking stations placed in a disorderly manner and are asked to create three teams immediately. Santa, Sachin and Deepa were made the team captains and asked to pick out the team members, with whom they would like to work.
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In a rush, groups of four people were formed and they were asked to immediately make the workstation, on which they will have to cook. Once everyone got settled, they were asked to take out the aprons from the counters which revealed the team colours. Team Blue consisted of Santa, Gurkirat, Divya and Yashu. Team Green consisted of Sachin, Urmila Baa, Kamaldeeep and Vineet. Lastly, Team Read consisted of Deepa, Priya, Avinash and Dyuti.
They were tasked with making a four-course meal within the time period of 90 minutes and after evaluation of every course, one team will be awarded the immunity for the week and will join others in the gallery. Team red seemed to be working systematically, with every person assigned a particular course to work on.
Team green had an emotional meltdown when they forgot to get some important ingredients for the soup but decided to work with what was available. Team blue’s main concern was getting all the things on time, as they had a vast menu to prepare. Fortunately, all the teams were able to complete the challenge on time and present their creations.
In the first-course team red-named their dish – finding the silk route and putting together dishes from Sindh to Bengal in the hummus and pita way. Team green made Bajra vade, filled with feta cheese and pomegranate. Team blue made Banaras ki chaat with tomato chaat disc and was complimented for the presentation. However, in terms of taste and overall, team green won the round.
For the second course, Team red made spinach and almond shorba with a cracker, the judges found it to be very spicy and off-balanced. Team blue made corn soup with sesame lavash and was complimented for its wholesomeness, while team green made tangy coconut soup from the ingredients they had and was thoroughly enjoyed by the judges. However, Team blue took the win in the soups category.
In the third course, the main dishes were served where Team red made a dish from Orissa called Chingudi nadia rasa. It is made from prawns and coconut. Team blue made Assamese cuisine with bagara rice and skewered chicken and team green made majlisi kebab but in a different way, since they lacked one ingredient. The chefs chose team red’s dish for the win, in this round.
Lastly, for desserts team green presented Mishti doi cheesecake with tomato jam, but Chek Vikas found it more like a mousse. Team blue made strawberry rabri entremet with strawberry jelly and crumble for texture but the kevda overpowered their dish. Team red made payesh tres leches with their own twist and definitely won the judges with its flavours.
Final Thoughts: MasterChef India Season 7 Episode 8
Team red consisting of Deepa, Priya, Avinash and Dyuti won the team challenge and was escorted to the gallery with other immune contestants. Compared to the last episode, we got to see each contestant and what they made even though they were part of teams. The judges also explained well about every single dish and it was insightful as well.
In the next episode, the challenges are turning up a notch and with a guest celebrity chef, she will be bringing something new for the remaining contestants, who have to fight for immunity.
MasterChef India Season 7 is currently streaming on SonyLIV and a new episode is released from Monday to Friday at 9 PM.
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