{"id":153393,"date":"2023-01-23T20:00:57","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T14:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oneworldnews.com\/?p=153393"},"modified":"2023-01-24T14:00:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T08:30:41","slug":"chef-ruchit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oneworldnews.com\/recipes\/chef-ruchit\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Chef Ruchit who took Indian flavours to Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chef Ruchit Harneja spearheads \u2018Musaafer by The Spice Route Company\u2019 in Houston, Texas<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Chef Ruchit is a graduate of the Institute of Hotel Management in Bangalore and is currently the executive pastry chef at one of the luxurious Indian restaurants in Houston \u2013 Musaafer<\/a> by the Spice Route Company.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He began his career with the Taj Hotels group as a trainee chef, eventually taking over the pastry operations of the Taj Mahal Hotel in New Delhi, and he also used to look after the pastry operations at Andaz Delhi \u2013 a concept by Hyatt.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chef Ruchit is not only well-known for his flavours, techniques, and expertise in Indian desserts but also for his creative food presentations. He has a unique style of incorporating the unusual Ayurvedic spice blends he invented for Indian desserts.<\/span><\/p>\n

He is probably the only Indian pastry chef to invent desserts that are anti-depressant and fatigue-boosting in nature with the use of his spices.<\/span> For example, using ingredients like fresh green chillies, garlic, ginger, fish and meat in Indian desserts is against the orthodox world of food pairing. You’ll find such ‘not to do’ food pairings in most of his desserts in a fascinating way.<\/span><\/p>\n

He took India’s ethnic cuisines like Kayastha cuisine (courtly cuisines of India) and Rampur cuisine to the global stage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He mastered such atypical desserts like ‘Ande ka Halwa’ (Egg Fudge), Macchi ka Halwa (Fish Pudding), Gosht ka Halwa (Mutton Pudding), Adrak ka Halwa (Ginger Pudding).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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In an exclusive interview with OWN, he talks about his journey. Here are the excerpts:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Can you briefly walk us through your story \u2013 how you started and got to where you are today? You can include as little or as much detail as you’d like.<\/b><\/p>\n

I grew up in Jaipur – the pink city of India, where I learned all about Indian royal food and the delicious royal desserts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since my early childhood, all my hobbies have revolved around food and cooking. I started cooking the day I could reach the stovetop.<\/span><\/p>\n

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