The latest Celebrity MasterChef India Episode 29, aired on 6 March 2025 at 8 PM on Sony TV and streamed on Sony LIV, featured an intense Dosa Reinvention Challenge. With the Black Apron Challenge looming, five celebrity contestants fought hard to secure their spot for another week.
This episode not only tested the contestants’ taste identification skills but also challenged them to create an innovative dish using dosa batter in just 30 minutes. Read on for full written updates, challenge details, and the winner’s big reward!
🔍 Taste Test Challenge – Who Has the Best Palate?
Before the Dosa Reinvention Challenge, the judges—Chef Vikas Khanna, Chef Ranveer Brar, and Farah Khan—conducted a Taste Test Challenge for the five remaining contestants in danger of elimination.
📌 Taste Test Rules:
- A single dish with 50 different ingredients was prepared.
- Contestants had to smell and taste the dish and guess the ingredients one by one.
- A wrong guess meant elimination from the challenge. The last person standing would win an advantage in the Dosa Reinvention Challenge.
🏆 Taste Test Standings:
🥇 Tejasswi Prakash (Winner) – Gets a major advantage
🥈 Rajiv Adatia (2nd place)
🥉 Nikki Tamboli (3rd place)
4️⃣ Kabita Singh (4th place)
5️⃣ Gaurav Khanna (Last place)
🥞 Dosa Reinvention Challenge – A Twist on a Classic!
After the taste test, a massive dosa was brought before the contestants, signalling the start of the much-anticipated Dosa Reinvention Challenge.
📌 Challenge Rules:
✔️ Contestants must reinvent dosa batter into a MasterChef-level dish.
✔️ 30-minute time limit for the challenge.
✔️ MasterChef Pantry remains closed, only the Support Pantry is open.
✔️ All contestants get pre-prepared fermented dosa batter at their cooking stations.
✔️ The winner of this challenge is safe from the Black Apron Challenge and elimination.
✔️ The best dish will be featured at Chef Vikas Khanna’s New York restaurant, “Bungalow,” for one day!
👨🍳 Dishes Created by the Contestants:
🔥 Rajiv Adatia – Dosa Batter Macaron
🔥 Kabita Singh – Paneer Corn Dog
🔥 Gaurav Khanna – Dosa Bun
🔥 Nikki Tamboli – Dosa Cone Stuffed with Mashed Potatoes and Maharashtrian Thecha
🔥 Tejasswi Prakash – Bombolinis Stuffed with Sesame Chutney and Raisins
🎁 Special Advantage for Tejasswi Prakash
As the winner of the Taste Test Challenge, Tejasswi received a huge advantage:
🕐 For 5 minutes, all other contestants had to stop cooking, while Tejasswi continued working.
💡 This meant that Tejasswi had 30 full minutes, while her competitors had only 25 minutes to complete their dishes.
🍽️ Judges’ Tasting & Results
After an intense 30-minute cook-off, the three judges tasted each dish and were impressed by the creativity and innovation displayed.
🏆 Best Dish of the Challenge: Tejasswi Prakash 🎉
✅ Tejasswi is safe from the Black Apron Challenge, meaning she is safe from elimination this week.
✅ Her dish, Bombolinis Stuffed with Sesame Chutney and Raisins, will be featured at Chef Vikas Khanna’s “Bungalow” restaurant in New York for one day.
✅ Tejasswi will receive 10% of the revenue earned from her dish’s sales at Bungalow.
⚠️ Black Apron Challenge – The Battle for Survival Begins!
While Tejasswi secured safety, the remaining five contestants are still at risk and will now compete in the Black Apron Challenge in the next episode.
📌 Contestants facing the Black Apron Challenge on 7 March 2025:
- Dipika Kakkar Ibrahim
- Gaurav Khanna
- Rajiv Adatia
- Kabita Singh
- Nikki Tamboli
💥 One of them will be eliminated next! Stay tuned to see who survives and who gets eliminated.