Mumbai, April 17 -- Gauri Khan's upscale Mumbai restaurant Torii has addressed allegations of using adulterated paneer, clarifying that the claims are unfounded and based on a misinterpretation of food chemistry.

Controversy erupted after a YouTuber posted a video on his social media, in which he visited several celebrity-owned restaurants in Mumbai to test the quality of paneer using an iodine tincture.

Among the stops were Virat Kohli's One8 Commune, Shilpa Shetty's Bastian, and Bobby Deol's Someplace Else.

At each location, the YouTuber applied iodine to samples of paneer to observe any colour change, which is often considered a sign of starch content.

While no paneer samples reacted at the other restaurants, a dish at Torii turned...