Chef Sanjeev Kapoor appears as guest judge on MasterChef Australia Season 18

The episode that went live earlier this week, saw contestants prepare different dishes using a mystery box filled with Indian ingredients. Some of the dishes included a moong dal sweet dosa with lassi ice cream, a lamb tart with turmeric and coconut foam, lamb rack with dal, spiced lamb cutlets with sweet potato and coconut puree served with pickled guava, and a choux bhaji.

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Casper Kenworthy won the challenge with his dish featuring sweet potato and spinach curry, pickled mussels, pickled guava, finger millet roti, and a moong dal curry-leaf coconut podi masala.

While tasting the dish, Kapoor first questioned Casper, saying, "You think this is Indian? You think you can do anything and call it Indian?" The contestant replied, "No."

Kapoor then asked if Casper thought that because it was MasterChef Australia, he could get away with doing whatever he wanted. Casper answered, "Yes," drawing laughter from the judges. After the light-hearted exchange, Kapoor praised the dish and called it "outstanding." He added, "This is what India is."

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With the win, Casper earned immunity from Tuesday's elimination challenge and also secured a one-on-one cooking session with Kapoor.

MasterChef Australia is available for streaming in India on JioHotstar. The judging panel this season includes Andy Allen, Poh Ling Yeow, Sofia Levin and Jean-Christophe Novelli.

Kapoor is the second Indian chef to appear as a guest on the cooking competition. He has earlier served as a judge on MasterChef India and is widely known for hosting Khana Khazana, one of Asia's longest-running cooking shows. He also launched FoodFood, India's first 24-hour Hindi-language cooking channel. (ANI)