Masterchef UK Professionals
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Bangladeshi King Prawn Curry
Bangladeshi King Prawn Curry with Heritage Tomato and Tempura Broccoli on Naan Bread, with Garlic Rice
{Ismail}: "Coming up with the dish on the spot — I'm not going to say it's the easiest thing, you know, it's definitely hard, but I've done this before in a professional kitchen, my own kitchen. And I know I can do this."
{Ismail}: "I feel great about the prawns because I grew up eating fresh prawn straight from the river to the fisherman and to our house. My dad used to go to the fish market every morning, and he would bring all the fresh food and fresh prawns. So I'm feeling great about this."
{Ismail}: "I'm making prawn curry. It's a very typical Bangladeshi curry. And then I'm serving with some rice and fresh naan bread."
{Matt}: "You're making naan bread to go with this?"
{Ismail}: "So it's gonna be a little touch of coconut milk and a little touch of yogurt as well."
{Ismail}: "I thought rice was burning there, because that steam coming, but it's not burnt. Thank God."
{Ismail}: "Judges liked the flavor. Yes. I could have done better with the plating up, and I'm going to work on it and I'll do better next round."
Voiceover: "This bench smells incredible. We've got basically a prawn curry, which he's making from the shells, and some coconut milk — the prawn flavor to come into this. I don't want it to be all about just spice."
{Matt}: "Really important, the cooking of these prawns in a curry. Curries are normally stewed down to get all that flavor. And he's doing that with the heads. They won't want them overcooked."
{Marcus}: "I know what a prawn curry tastes like, but I want a prawn curry with a point of difference."
Voiceover: "We've also got a lime yogurt. Bit of freshness to cut through all the spices."
Voiceover: "Ismail is cooking a dish that's just wafted all over this kitchen. Full of spice, and I am excited."
Marcus: "Flavors, fabulous, but really difficult to eat this on top of the naan bread. For me, a naan bread is about tearing it and dipping it around. And it's very difficult to eat the dish. That doesn't say that it's a bad dish. Love your prawn cookery. Your broccoli is crunchy. The naan bread is good. The curry sauce is good. The salad is good, but please don't put them all together on the same plate."
Monica: "The curry with the coconut milk and the prawn head — a slight depth of rich prawn head flavor through that. I don't normally eat a lot of rice, but when someone knows how to make rice that works with dishes like this, I'll eat it by the bowl full. The flavors of the prawn — it's delicious."
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