South Indian Vegetarian Cooking Class in Chennai with Meena

5.0
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3 hours (approximately)
Offered in: English

You can expect an authentic vegetarian South Indian cooking class and meal - cooked using family recipes, local spices and vegetables. Your meal will be served the traditional way on banana leaves. A few dishes that you might cook and eat together are kuzhambu (lentil curry), lemon or ginger or garlic rasam (spiced soup), kootu or avial or olan (vegetables cooked in a coconut gravy) and rice. End your meal with an Indian dessert such as payasam (milk pudding) or sakkara pongal (sweet made with jaggery and lentils) or kesari (South Indian dessert made with semolina) and filter coffee.

• Private South Indian cooking class in Chennai
• Learn to cook vegetarian South Indian dishes such as sambar, kootu, rasam or dosa
• Experience South Indian hospitality in a residential neighborhood of Alwarpet
• Vegetarian options available
• If you choose the market tour option, get a guided tour of the Mylapore vegetable and fruit market

Example Menu

Starter

Kuzhambu (lentil curry)

Starter

Lemon or ginger or garlic rasam (spiced soup)

Main

Kootu or avial or olan (vegetables cooked in a coconut gravy)

Main

Rice

Dessert

Payasam or sakkara pongal or kesari

Payasam (milk pudding) or sakkara pongal (sweet made with jaggery and lentils) or kesari (South Indian dessert made with semolina)

Dessert

Filter coffee

What's Included

All taxes, fees and handling charges
Homecooked meal
Private South Indian cooking class with your host Meena
If you select the market tour option, you will visit the Mylapore vegetable and fruit market
Gratuities
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Meet Meena directly at her apartment in Alwarpet, close to Crowne Plaza and Raintree Hotel in Chennai. Please check the 'Before you go' section on your voucher for the exact address, the above only offers neighborhood details, and not the exact address. Exact address can be found in your voucher.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What to expect

In your 2-hour hands-on South Indian cooking class in Chennai learn to make a curry, seasonal vegetable and desert. Start your experience with an introduction to spices used in South Indian cooking and then proceed to roast and grind fresh powders you will need to make the curry like sambar or rasam. Meena will share with you dishes and recipes she learned to cook from her grandmother, which has been passed down through generations. While you cook, she will also share stories, culinary traditions and tips and tricks to cook an authentic South Indian vegetarian meal. After cooking sit down to share the meal you helped prepare.

If you select the optional market tour - Before your cooking class Meena will take you to the Mylapore vegetable and fruit market, by rickshaw or taxi. The market in Mylapore is 2kms away, where they sell vegetables, fruits, flowers, traditional items for pooja (religious ceremony) and decorative items for the house. Walk around this busy, bustling, local market and visit Meena’s favorite shops. You might buy a few ingredients for your cooking class, before returning home to cook and eat.

Additional info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Menu may vary depending on the season
  • If any travelers in your party have any allergies, dietary restrictions or cooking preferences please advise at time of booking
  • Meena offers a vegetarian meal only.
  • Private, personalized experience
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