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Abinas Nayak From Odisha Makes To The Top 10 Of MasterChef India With 'Chicken Besara'
Twenty-seven-year-old old Abinas Nayak from Odisha has become the first Odiya ever to be selected in the Top 10 MasterChef India, a popular cooking reality show. Abinas Nayak had prepared 'Chicken Besara' which helped him in making to the top 10 of the contest.
Nayak is the native of Berhampur and works at Infosys. He has already shown his cooking skills in various cooking contests.
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Besara is a popular and much-loved vegetable dish of Odisha. It is a mix of mustard and a few condiments that add a unique flavour to the dish. Nayak stuffed the chicken breasts with a mustard paste which was blended with some cumin and garlic. He then poached and diced the chicken breasts. The dish was then served with some vegetables and sauce.
This
way
Nayak
gave
a
modern
twist
to
a
traditional
Odiya
dish.
He
said
that
most
of
the
Odiya
dishes
are
slow-cooked.
"But
within
the
limited
time
I
was
permitted
and
the
challenge
I
was
given,
I
could
manage
the
dish
though
added
a
modern
contemporary
touch
and
also
did
some
garnishing," said
Nayak
while
beaming
with
happiness.
After
securing
a
position
in
the
Top
10
of
MasterChef
India,
Abinas
Nayak
has
got
his
apron.
"This
apron
is
going
to
change
my
life,"
he
cried
with
happiness.
Vikas Khanna, Vineet Bhatia and Ranveer Brar, the three judges of the show were quite amazed by the dish served by Abinas Nayak. Vikas Khanna said 'Jai Ho Odisha' after tasting his dish. The judges said that Nayak didn't prepare the food in a hurry and has prepared it with lots of love. "And the taste, the flavour, the cuts. What combination, the modern look," praised the judges.
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It is noteworthy to mention that Abinas Nayak has won several cooking competitions and was under Top 15 in Hungry for Haldiram's cooking earlier this year.
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