Love Couple India S5: I, Me, and Myself (R3 + R4 Ans + R5 p24) - Page 24

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Originally posted by: Minionite

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Shreya s Waiting for 12 am to post the next round.

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Originally posted by: minakrish

I already sent my answers for this round captain… Its shown me error 400/403 something did you get the PM?

Originally posted by: Rosyme

Shreya s Waiting for 12 am to post the next round.

This time badge s also ready. Results will also be posted immediately after 5th round.

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Rosy, sach batau— are you Shreya’s MID ?

Originally posted by: minakrish

The said log

Sharing the recipes but without the participants' names.

Miss1-Mr1

Smoked Sweet Pepper, Date & Fig Chaat with Yogurt Whisper

Hero Ingredient

Sweet Bell Peppers (Red & Yellow)

Ingredients (15 total)

1. Red bell peppers – 2 large
2. Yellow bell peppers – 2 large
3. Fresh figs – 2, finely chopped
4. Dates (pitted, finely chopped) – 6 pieces
5. Pomegranate pearls – 2 tbsp
6. Greek yogurt – ½ cup
7. Lemon juice – 2 tbsp
8. Olive oil – 2 tbsp
9. Roasted cumin powder – ½ tsp
10. Black salt – ½ tsp
11. Amchur powder – ¼ tsp
12. Pink peppercorns (crushed) – ½ tsp
13. Green chili (very finely chopped) – ½ tsp
14. Fresh coriander leaves – for garnish
15. Honey – 1 tsp if needed

Basic Steps

1. Roast the peppers
   Slice red and yellow peppers into wide strips, toss with olive oil, and roast until softly charred. This builds sweetness and a gentle smokiness.
2. Prepare the yogurt whisper
   Whisk Greek yogurt with lemon juice, roasted cumin, black salt, and amchur. Taste — add honey only if the peppers need balance.
3. Layer the story
   Arrange warm roasted peppers on a platter. Scatter chopped dates, fresh figs, and pomegranate pearls
4. Season gently
   Add crushed pink peppercorns and finely chopped green chili for warmth, not fire.
5. Finish with restraint
   Drizzle yogurt lightly, garnish with fresh coriander, and serve warm or at room temperature.

Miss3-Mr3

🌶️🥭☕ Bell Pepper Mango Latte Modak

A soft, aromatic fusion modak where fruit, warmth, and nostalgia meet a gentle modern note.

Ingredients

Very finely grated red bell pepper

Almond flour

Thick ripe mango pulp (natural sweetener)

Date paste (natural sweetener)

Mild coffee decoction (latte-style, not strong)

Toasted and chopped cashew nuts

A tiny pinch of cardamom (optional)

Method:

Bell pepper is gently cooked until mellow and naturally sweet → almond flour and date paste are mixed in to form a soft dough → mango pulp is folded in for fruit-forward sweetness and the toasted cashews for the nutty flavour → a mild coffee decoction is added just for aroma → the mixture is shaped into modaks and lightly chilled to set.

The idea

The bell pepper acts as a quiet bridge between fruit and warmth. Mango leads with comfort and sweetness, coffee stays subtle and aromatic, and dates round everything off without bitterness.

Miss4-Mr4

Roasted Red Capsicum Phirni (Date-Sweetened)

Ingredients

1. Red capsicum (1 large)

2. Full-fat milk (1 litre)

3. Basmati rice (2 tbsp, soaked & ground)

4. Dates (6, seedless)

5. Ghee (1 tsp)

6. Fresh cream / malai (2 tbsp)

7. Green cardamom (1 pod, OPTIONAL)

8. Saffron strands (optional)

9. Almonds (slivered)

10. Pistachios (chopped)

11. Cashews (chopped)

12. Salt (tiny pinch)

13. Water (as needed)

14. Rose water (few drops, optional)

Method

1. Prep the Capsicum

Roast red capsicum directly on flame or in oven until skin blisters
Peel skin, remove seeds completely.
Blend into a smooth purée.

2. Date Paste

Soak dates in warm water for 10 minutes.
Blend into a smooth paste.

3. Make the Phirni

Bring milk to a gentle boil in a heavy pan.
Add ground rice paste slowly, stirring continuously.
Cook on low until milk thickens.

4. Add Flavour
Stir in capsicum purée and date paste.
Cook on low for 5–7 minutes until well combined.
Add saffron (if using), malai, and a pinch of salt.
Optional: add crushed cardamom

5. Finish

Add chopped nuts. Switch off the stove/induction.
Add rose water (totally optional)

6. Serve

Traditionally served chilled, in earthen bowls.
Garnish with pistachio slivers.

Miss5-Mr5

spicy bell pepper upside down cake with topping of Crème Fraîche.

Ingredients:

• 2 largered bell peppers
• ½ teaspoon saffron
• 1 tablespoon water
• Total 3/4 cup unsalted butter (1/4 +1/2 cups)
• Total 1.1/2 cups gur (3/4 + 1/2 + 1/4 cups)
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup mix of cornmeal and all-purpose flour.
• 1 teaspoon polenta
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

• 2 large-eggs (room temp)
• 1 teaspoon-vanilla extract
• ¼ cups-milk
• Crème Fraiche

Miss6-Mr6

Roasted Bell Pepper Kunafa Cheesecake Hybrid

"The Unexpected Silk Road"

The Concept

A kunafa-crusted cheesecake with bell pepper layers added for unexpected sweetness. The three distinct layers tell a story from the Middle East to modern fusion.

Ingredients (19 ingredients)

Layer 1: Kunafa Crust

• Shredded kunafa dough (kataifi)
• Ghee
• Crushed pistachios
• Pinch of sea salt

Layer 2: Roasted Bell Pepper Cheesecake

• Cream cheese (room temperature)
• Greek yogurt (tanginess cuts richness)
• Roasted red bell pepper purée (concentrated, strained)
• Date syrup (sweetener)
• Eggs
• Vanilla extract
• Cardamom powder
• Lemon zest
• Cornstarch (for stability)

Layer 3: Bell Pepper & Orange Blossom Gel/Jam

• Yellow and red bell peppers (roasted, puréed, reduced)
• Honey
• Orange blossom water
• Agar-agar (to set the gel)

Garnish:

• Whipped mascarpone cream (lightly sweetened with date syrup)
• Candied bell pepper ribbons (extremely thin and slow-roasted)
• Crushed pistachios
• Edible flowers

Method (Streamlined)

1. For the Kunafa crust: Toss the shredded kunafa with melted ghee and crushed pistachios. Press into a springform pan and bake until golden and crispy.
2. For the Bell pepper cheesecake filling: Roast bell peppers, purée, and strain. Beat cream cheese with Greek yogurt until smooth. Add bell pepper purée, date syrup, eggs, vanilla, cardamom, lemon zest, and cornstarch. Pour over kunafa crust. Bake with hot water in baking pan until just set with a slight wobble.
3. For Bell pepper gel layer: Roast yellow and red peppers separately, purée, and reduce into a concentrated jam type of consistency. Sweeten with honey, add orange blossom water. Set with agar-agar into a glossy gel. Once the cheesecake cools, pour the gel layer on top.
4. Decoration: Top with whipped mascarpone, candied bell pepper ribbons, crushed pistachios, and edible flowers.

Miss7-Mr7

🍰✨ RECIPE ENTRY

“Laal Ishq” — Roasted Red Bell Pepper & Coffee Cream Phyllo Rolls (Sugar-Free)

Type: Warm plated dessert

Vibe: Valentine’s Day gourmet but comforting

Hero ingredient: Red bell pepper (sweet pepper)

Sweetness source: dates + stevia/erythritol (no sugar)

✅ INGREDIENTS (20 max — I used 17)

For the bell pepper-date jam

Red bell pepper (2 large)

Dates (8–10, seedless)

Vanilla extract

Lemon juice

Salt (tiny pinch)

Water (as needed)

For the coffee cream

Greek yogurt (or hung curd)

Instant coffee OR espresso shot

Stevia/erythritol (a little)

Cocoa powder (optional, tiny)

Cardamom (1 pinch only — optional)

(no cinnamon)

For assembly

Phyllo sheets (or spring roll sheets)

Butter (or coconut oil)

Pistachios (crushed)

Fresh strawberries (or berries)

Rose petals (optional)

Honey substitute drizzle (optional: date syrup or sugar-free maple)

👩‍🍳 BASIC STEPS (Simple but clear)

1) Roast the bell pepper (the story begins)

Roast red bell peppers on flame/oven until charred.

Peel skin, remove seeds.

You’ll get soft, sweet, smoky pepper flesh.

2) Make the jam (the dessert’s heart)

Blend roasted pepper + dates + vanilla + lemon juice.

Cook 5–7 mins until thick like jam.

This becomes a sweet, fruity, slightly smoky filling.

3) Make coffee cream (Ranveer’s weakness 😌)

Whisk Greek yogurt + coffee + sweetener.

Chill it so it sets like mousse.

4) Assemble the rolls

Take phyllo sheet.

Brush lightly with butter/coconut oil.

Spread pepper-date jam, roll tight.

Bake/air fry until crisp.

5) Plate like a pageant queen

Slice rolls on a bias.

Add a swoosh of coffee cream.

Sprinkle pistachios.

Add strawberries + rose petals.

🌟 OPTIONAL “CHEF WOW” ELEMENT (NOT required)

A micro pinch of pink salt + lemon zest on top right before serving.

It makes the sweetness pop and gives it that “restaurant” finish.

Miss8-Mr8

Bell Pepper & Date Dessert Ravioli (Sugar-Free)

Ingredients (15 total)

Red bell peppers

Dates

Cashews (soaked)

Banana

Rice paper sheets (or thin crepe-style wrapper)

Vanilla extract

Lemon zest

Cashew milk

Olive oil

Pinch of salt

Cocoa butter

Strawberries (light sauce)

Cold-brew coffee essence (aroma only)

Optional: stevia (very minimal)

Water

Basic Method

Roast bell peppers until soft and naturally sweet.

Blend bell pepper with dates, cashews, banana, vanilla, lemon zest, cashew milk, and salt into a smooth cream.

Thinly spread bell pepper purée onto rice paper to form soft dessert ravioli sheets.

Fill with the date–bell pepper cream, fold gently.

Serve with a light strawberry sauce and coffee aroma on the side.

Miss9-Mr9

Title of the dish: Red Alchemy by Miss & Mr

Red Pepper cream & mousse with peach and Cruschi pepper 🌶️

Ingredients

-5 red bell pepper

-Calabrian clementine honey 30 gr

-120 ml of fresh whipping cream

-Olive Oil

-300gr of Citrus-flavored dark chocolate

-3 Cruschi peppers

-Ground cardamom

-3 Peaches in syrup

Preparing the red pepper cream

Wash and clean the red bell peppers, removing the white pith and seeds, then roughly chop. Blanch in boiling water until soft.

Drain thoroughly and transfer to a blender.

Add the Calabrian clementine honey and blend until smooth. Pass the mixture through a sieve to refine the texture, then let it cool.

Preparing the bell pepper mousse

Take half of the cool bell pepper cream .

Whip the fresh cream until soft peaks form.

Gently fold the whipped cream into the bell pepper cream with a spatula, using bottom-up movements to avoid deflating it.

Refrigerate until ready to use.

Preparing the Cruschi Peppers with Chocolate

Take the dry Cruschi Peppers and gently fry them in extra virgin olive oil until perfectly crispy. Let them cool.

Melt the citrus flavoured chocolate in a bain-marie.

Dip the fried peppers in the melted chocolate and let them cool until solid. Crush in flakes.

Plating

Cut the peaches in syrup into even cubes.

Create a design on the plate using the pepper cream as a base.

Using a piping bag, pipe three peaks of pepper mousse over the cream.

Top with the peach cubes.

Dust lightly with ground cardamom for a delicate and refined aromatic contrast.

Finish the plate with chocolate cruschi pepper flakes for a crunchy and aromatic note.

✨Photo thanks to AI✨

Miss10-Mr10

Honeyed Bell Pepper & Coffee-Spiced Stuffed Boats

A warm, soulful stuffed bell pepper dish that balances natural sweetness (honey + fruit), aroma (coffee), and gentle spice. It avoids bitterness, mint, caramel, cinnamon, and heavy spice. The dish tells a story of comfort and intention: sweet peppers roasted until tender, filled with fragrant quinoa, fresh fruit brightness, and a subtle coffee-kissed glaze.

Ingredients:-

1. Bell peppers (red/yellow) – hero ingredient

2. Cooked quinoa

3. Honey (natural sugar)

4. Date paste (natural sweetener)

5. Fresh orange segments

6. Apple (diced)

7. Brewed coffee (a splash)

8. Olive oil

9. Garlic (minced)

10. Onion (finely chopped)

11. Cherry tomatoes

12. Fresh basil

13. Lemon juice

14. Black pepper

15. Mild chili flakes

16. Salt

17. Greek yogurt (unsweetened)

18. Crushed almonds

Basic Steps:-

1. Roast the peppers: Halve bell peppers, brush with olive oil, roast until soft and slightly charred.

2. Make the filling: Sauté onion and garlic. Add quinoa, apple, tomatoes, and orange. Stir in date paste and a splash of coffee for aroma. Season gently.

3. Stuff: Fill roasted peppers with the warm mixture.

4. Glaze: Drizzle honey-lemon glaze and bake briefly to meld flavors.

5. Finish: Top with yogurt, basil, and crushed almonds.

Wasn’t that a rather interesting round? Now see below for the answers!

Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani

Plot - X is studious and quiet, while Y is carefree. X falls in love with Y in college, but keeps quiet when Y decides to focus on their career and leaves town. They meet years later at a common friend's wedding.

Alternate - Y tries to get together with X but X has moved on with someone else and is happy in their career.

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Plot - X and Y are college best friends and X loves Y but Y falls in love with the more conventional Z and they get married. X leaves and the 2 meet years later when Z is dead and X is getting married to A.

Alternate - Y tries to get together with X and A is supportive of this, but X decides to remain friends with both and find someone else who will love X for X.

Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam

Plot - X and Y are childhood friends and share a sibling bond of sorts. X falls in love with and gets married to Z. Z becomes insecure about X and Y's friendship and throws X out.

Alternate - Z tries to get back together with X, but X refuses citing self-respect and divorces Z and starts life all over on their own.

Taal

Plot - X and Y's fathers become good friends while X and Y fall in love. Due to a misunderstanding, both separate and X goes on to build their career with the help of Z, who falls in love with X. At the same time, Y's misunderstanding clears up.

Alternate - Y tried to get back together with X, but X has moved on with Z and the 2 get married after X rebukes Y.

Masti

Plot - A, B, and C are frustrated with their spouses. They all get involved with X. X blackmails them and the 3 are being chased by Z for a crime.

Alternate - A, B, and C find out the plan was to bring them on the right track and they apologize to their spouses, but are rebuked and face divorces.

Shaadi No 1

Plot - A, B, and C are bored with their spouses. They get involved with other people, which X finds out and tries to expose them.

Alternate - A, B, and C try to patch up with their spouses, but their spouses decide to separate from them with X's help.

Hamari Adhuri Kahani

Plot - X and Y meet and fall in love with each other, but X is hesitant due to being married to Z. Z attempts to keep X with them, but finds that X is pulling away. Z makes one last attempt to keep X tied down which Y understands.

Alternate - X realizes Z's reality and leaves Z and happily marries Y.

Barsaat

Plot - X and Y are married. X goes away for work and falls in love with Z. X returns to get a divorce from Y to marry Z.

Alternate - X realizes that they love Y, but Y refuses to have anything to do with X and Z also leaves X.

Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna

Plot - A and B are married to X and Y, respectively, but are unhappy. They get involved with each other but then separate when they realize their folly.

Alternate - A and B get together, but end up separating after a short time together as they cannot live with each other and the guilt.

Judaai

Plot - X and Y are married until Z enters the picture. On Y's insistence, X and Z get married and after some hiccups are happy together until Y realizes their folly.

Alternate - Z wants X and Y to get back together, but X is very happy with Z and cannot forgive Y for what they did so X and Z stay together while Y is left alone.

bacha hai na koi

raha hai na koi

luta har koi yaha aise

kisi ki chali na

na kisi ki chalegi

That’s exactly what’s going to happen to you in this final round!

No beauty pageant is complete without some rather hilarious and mind-numbing tasks or questions. And that’s what is going to happen here.

Below you’ll find 2 types of tasks. You must select any 4 tasks to complete – 2 from each section – and send me the responses. Simple. We aren’t limiting the number of people who can do tasks or anything. The only requirement is you have to do 2 from each category.

BUT...

Your responses cannot be any longer than 5 sentences and must be a minimum of 10 words (except Explain It Task 11 and Creative Minds Task 5 where you can send 7 sentences).

You will lose points for giving a clear answer. The funnier and quirkier your responses are, the better your points!

You will lose points if we find that there are similarities between 2 responses to the same task (for example, the exact same response or same idea).

Each task will be judged out of 50 by each judge on creativity, metaphorical work, and quirkiness. This means that for each task you have the potential to earn 150 points.

Responses are due by Feb 12th 11:59 PM IST.

When you send your responses, please clearly denote which task you completed from which section. Something as simple as “Explain It Task # 6” is enough.

Explain It Tasks

1) You have fingertips, but no toe tips. You can tiptoe, but can’t tipfinger. Explain how this is possible?

2) Explain why we give our 'heart' when we fall in love. Why not brain, kidney, liver, or lungs?

3) Explain how 2+2=4 without using two, four, plus or equals.

4) Explain why the sky is blue without using sky, blue, color, light, or sun.

5) Explain gravity without using fall, pull, earth, down, or force.

6) Explain why a week has seven days without using numbers or time words.

7) Explain why circles are round without using circle, round, shape, or curve.

8) Explain why water is wet without using water, wet, liquid, or touch.

9) Explain why fire is hot without using fire, hot, heat, or burn.

10) Explain World War II like it's a reality TV recap.

11) Describe the colours of the rainbow without mentioning any colours.

Creative Minds Tasks

1) Invent a useless invention and pitch it like it’s revolutionary (e.g., a waterproof towel)

2) Invent 5 specific but bizarre law rules for a country (eg. no walking backwards on Tuesdays)

3) Pick 5 emojis and describe a situation for each one where it would be inappropriate to use them.

4) Describe a normal object (spoon, stapler, pencil) as if it's a dangerous criminal.

5) Rename all the days of the week from Monday-Sunday

6) Write out a dramatic breakup scene with an inanimate object that betrayed you.

7) Create a worst slogan for a serious product.

8) Write a motivational quote which is deeply unhelpful

9) Write a 5 sentence story where each sentence is of a different genre.