- I wouldn't even give this to my cat or dog.
This is terrible.
This is a really terrible dish, I'm really sorry.
And it's nowhere near an Aloo Gobi.
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- I think it's a real staple vegetarian dish.
I had a spoonful last night
and it was absolutely delicious.
- What I like about my Aloo Gobi
is that the potatoes are firm.
You haven't got mashed potato
with a, kind of like a limp cauliflower floating around.
It's mouth-watering, it's satisfying,
and it's appetizing 'cause it smells really good.
- I've been cooking for many, many years,
and I think I'm excellent.
The other mums are really, really lucky to try my Aloo Gobi.
It will be a privilege for them.
- I think they're gonna be blown away with the flavor,
and I think they're gonna absolutely love it.
- I am brave enough now to try another
Indian mum's attempt at Aloo Gobi.
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- Let's do this.
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- It doesn't have a lot of sauce.
It looks quite dry,
but it, yeah, I'm not sure. (laughing)
I'm not sure, I'm not quite sure yet.
- It looks okay, but it's pretty separated, the Aloo Gobi.
It should be a bit more saucy.
- I think what's in this Aloo Gobi
she's definitely used kalonji seeds.
And I can tell she's used quite a lot of turmeric
'cause it's quite yellow.
But the potatoes are a nice size.
- I can smell it.
And the smell,
it's okay.
I wouldn't say it's the perfect smell,
but I'm willing to give it a try.
- Hm.
Oh slightly chili.
Yeah.
- Wow.
It's hot.
Hot.
Aah.
- It's slightly sour.
It's got a slight bitter taste to it.
- It's burnt, can you see it?
It's burnt.
You're supposed to cook the Aloo Gobi in a pot,
not in a
frying pan.
- [Producer] Is there anything you like about it?
- Not really.
Oh it's really bad.
I think it's got to be
probably a three.
Yikes!
- The presentation is pretty good.
I'd give it about,
I'd say a three.
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- Not very good.
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- I'm really unhappy.
- [Producer] Why?
- This looks like
what I was hoping I wouldn't find today.
- It's really interesting,
because the Gobi
is mashed.
Potato, fine.
- Flam.
That's firm.
Now this is where my problem is,
like, what is this?
What is that?
I can't tell if it's a vegetable, animal, mineral.
I don't know what this is.
I feel really sad for this dish.
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- Oh my God.
I think she's poured
the whole jar of salt in here.
- God, this is really bad.
I don't even know the flavor,
I wouldn't even call it an Indian dish, sorry.
It tastes like a boiled potato.
That's it.
- I will try the potato, see if it's cooked well.
Potato is fine.
I would advise this mother to use less salt.
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- Never do this to a cauliflower.
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- I'd say I'll give it a three as well,
on par level with the other one.
- [Producer] Do you want to give it a rating out of 10?
- I'm sorry, I have to give it
a half out of 10.
- [Producer] 0.5?
Can you say why a 0.5?
- It's really bad.
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- It's too mashed up.
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- It looks nice.
I love the consistency of it.
Again, it's slightly a little bit too dry for me.
- Now this is what we are talking about.
You know, like it's separate,
you can see, like it's separate.
It's not mashed potato.
- Because mine has sauce in,
and I added a little bit more water,
it's slightly more-
My cauliflower florets are not as separated.
They're slightly meshed and mushed up with the potatoes.
But that's how I like it.
- It looks like Aloo Gobi.
It looks like a traditional Aloo Gobi.
I might be more excited by the look then the taste.
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- Hm!
Pleasantly surprised.
Tastes better than it looks, definitely.
I do like this.
- It's really tasteless.
But the potato is nice.
It tastes more like a boiled potato.
All the favors are on the outside.
- Very flavorsome, nicely balanced flavors.
- This is a very bland dish.
But it's a lot better than I expected.
- I would eat this one again.
I think I would rate this probably
a 7 out of 10.
- If this had salt,
I would probably give it a really high mark.
But this is something I'd eat out of politeness,
not out of enjoyment.
A 5 out of 10.
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(loudly gasping)
oh my God!
Yay!
Would you like my recipe?
Love to give it to you.
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- This is my least favorite food I've tried.
I definitely can't even take another spoonful.
Sorry.
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- Hi, my name is Hannah,
and today I will be trying and rating
other mums' Tarka Daal.
- The secret to making a good daal,
adding that oil on top rather than cooking the oil.
- And this daal took me almost two hours to make.
I didn't just boil it to death
and then fry up some onions and garlic
and throw it in and wish for the best.
No, I stirred it.
And when I do serve it to those lucky Indian mums,
I'm going to put first coriander on it.
- My daal is gonna be rated pretty high.
The tarka that I put on it is very flavorsome
with garlic and red chilies and green chilies.
So I think they're going to be blown away with it.
- I really think they're going to be shocked
at how different it is.
I think my food will go down as different,
and maybe on the spicy side.
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- I always feel embarrassed that I will be showing them up,
but you know, what can you do when you're a great cook?
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- I think it looks terrible, unfortunately.
- Wow.
This is interesting.
Dark.
It's very yellow.
- I'm not really feeling the appearance.
It's very dry.
I don't even want to taste it.
- The daal itself seems to be quite tough looking.
So it might be not cooked fully.
It makes me think, do I really wanna eat it?
- Reluctantly.
Okay,
here it goes.
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Oh, this is really bad.
- As you can see, it's quite stiff,
right?
So, there should be a kind of runny texture to the daal.
And this daal doesn't have it.
- It's really really dry.
No, sorry I can't take another spoonful of that.
No no no no nah.
(throat clearing)
- I wouldn't order it again.
Look at it.
I mean, just look at it.
I don't think I could finish this.
I mean, would you?
- I give it two because she made the effort to cook it.
But this is not how you cook daal.
- I give this daal 2 out of 10.
Sorry.
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- Not very good.
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- Wow.
Yeah, it looks like a standard,
you know, homemade daal to me.
Obviously the taste will tell but,
it's got a nice aroma actually,
it's got a subtle aroma.
I'm liking this one.
- I like the look of this one.
And I think I probably will enjoy eating this one.
- I will say this is more,
as you can see, it's more like a porridge.
This is what we need to see,
a proper dried red chili.
So I'm quite impressed with ingredients.
- When you look at this daal,
I feel like eating.
I'm looking forward to having a try of this daal.
- It's really spicy. (coughing)
- It's not too hot or anything.
- It could do with a little bit more salt.
- It's not salty or anything.
This daal is nice.
- It's definitely above average.
- Well done, mum.
This is one thing I would definitely order
because it's a nice daal.
- I would give this a 6 out of 10
for effort and potential.
- On the whole, this is how the daal should be.
I will give this, 'cause it was good,
yeah, definitely a 7.
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You'd have to invite me to your house to taste it.
Then I'll give you a 10.
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- It looks very good.
And it smells amazing, actually.
No, it actually smells amazing
and it looks very very good.
- First impressions, as you can see,
it's got a beautiful color.
I could see individual separate ingredients,
which I like.
I can see little heads of daal, looks like garlic.
There are bits of mustard seeds.
Some things I can't recognize
but I'm sure it'll be delicious.
This smells very good.
I'm looking forward to trying this particular daal.
- It probably looks better than mine.
Whether it tastes better than mine,
I'm not sure.
I'm gonna have to see.
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Hmm.
- There is a problem.
There's a problem with salt, it's very salty.
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Hm.
- Slightly, I think the lemon is too much.
But otherwise it's very, very nice.
- If this had just the right amount of salt,
this could have been
probably one of the best daals I've ever eaten.
Shame.
It's lovely though, really nice.
I don't want to go back in 'cause
it's so salty, it's unpleasant.
But what a shame, it's a beautiful dish
could have been.
- Overall, the flavors are quite well balanced.
I think if they had not put so much lemon in there,
it would have been perfect.
- If this had been seasoned properly,
I really think I would have given it a 9.
But because of the salt,
even now I'm getting unpleasant salt,
it's actually quite unpleasant.
I would give it a 7.
- I think I would rate this as a 7.
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- Yay yay yay yay yay! (triumphant music)
To the other mums,
all I can say to you, ladies,
practice makes perfect.
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