It’s not every day that we get to try a popular chef’s fare. With this in mind, we decided to try out four meal kits from chef Ranveer Brar’s new artisanal line for Haute Chef. Launched today, the line includes contemporary Indian gourmet offerings with Brar’s distinct twist. For instance, a savoury chaat prepared with rasagullas or for that matter, a vegetarian curry that’s an Indian take on the French classic. Here’s looking at the dishes we tried and how they fared on our taste metre:

Rasagulla Chaat with Crispy Roti

What’s in the box: Each box came with an ice pack that helped preserve the contents until we refrigerated. The box included a tin of the ready Bengali sweet, containers of green chutney, imli chutney, flavoured beaten curd, pomegranate, sev, cilantro, cumin powder, chilli powder and crispy roti.
Ease of prep: Though the recipe leaflet mentioned 25 minutes, we were apprehensive about the difficulty levels due to the number of ingredients present in the box. Surprisingly, the dish was easy to assemble. We did hit a hurdle when we had to soak the rasagullas in warm water (after squeezing out excess sugar syrup) and searched for the number of minutes on the leaflet but in vain.
Taste metre: We loved the flavoured curd and the ingredients – especially the crispy roti that we’d prefer any day over tooth-breaking puris – added bagfuls of flavours to the chaat. Though meant for two, the portions could easily suffice for three to four people. However, while the rasagullas lost much of their sweetness when squeezed out of warm water and blended into the chaat, they lost their soft texture too, turning tad chewy. Maybe, a customised version of the Bengali sweet would work better.
Cost: Rs 249