Name: Vijay Sadhu's Winning samosas
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp ajwain (carom seeds); 3 tbsp ghee, melted; 1/2 cup warm water; 1.5 lbs russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch dice; 2 tbsp ghee for filling; 1 tbsp minced ginger; 3 green chilies, minced; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1/2 tsp black mustard seeds; 3/4 cup frozen peas; 1 tsp garam masala; 1/2 tsp amchur (dried mango powder); 1 tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped; Salt and black pepper to taste; Oil for deep frying (2-3 cups vegetable or peanut oil)

Vijay Sadhu

samosas

Dallas-based chef. Bobby's downfall? Undercooked dough AND lackluster Indian spices.

Photo: Jaypee · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative — samosas, not the plate from the episode.

Previously executive chef at Cook Hall (W Hotel Dallas) and Fanzo in Frisco, TX. Current restaurant not identified. Also does pop-up dinner series.

● @chefvijaysadhu

The official broadcast diagnosis on Bobby's defeat — and we are quoting — was undercooked dough and lackluster Indian spices. Two failures stacked on one plate. Both fatal.

Vijay Sadhu is a Dallas chef who has run kitchens at Cook Hall in the W Hotel and at Fanzo in Frisco. Samosas are a litmus test. The filling has to be cooked through and properly spiced before it goes into the dough; the dough has to be rolled thin and fried hot enough to blister without burning. Two windows, both narrow, both punitive.

Sadhu hit both. Bobby missed both.