Private Parsi Cooking Class in Mumbai with a Local Expert

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Mumbai, India

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3 hours (approximately)
Offered in: English

Meet a warm and gracious Parsi hostess in her artfully decorated home and relax over raspberry soda as you learn about her ancestral Parsi culture and cuisine. Enter her kitchen and learn to cook authentic Parsi food - a unique, predominantly meat and seafood based Indian cuisine with Persian influence. You might learn to fry delicious pomfret and prawns (accompanied by icy cold pints of beer) or learn the ancient recipe for akuri (Parsi style spiced scrambled eggs).

After cooking together, sit down with Mahrukh to enjoy the dishes you helped prepare along with a few dishes that she has prepared in advance. Enjoy a Parsi feast that includes Mahrukh's signature such as patra ni macchi (steamed fish topped with chutney and wrapped in a banana leaf), dhansak or chicken pulao and daal (chicken with basmati rice topped with browned onions and lentils) and akuri. Leave with a full stomach and memories to last a lifetime!

Example Menu

Starter

Saria and lagan nu achaar (rice crisps served with homemade date pickle)

Main

Tam tamata prawns (prawns in a spicy, tangy sauce)

or Jardalu na gosht (tender lamb, slow-cooked in an intense apricot gravy topped with crisp salli)

Main

Roast chicken

Dessert

Lagan nu custard

(a dense, luscious baked caramel custard topped with nuts and served with vermicelli and sweet yogurt)

What's Included

Alcoholic Beverages
Private cooking class with your host Mahrukh

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Meet your host at her home in the Nana Chowk neighborhood of Mumbai. Exact address can be found in your ticket upon booking confirmation.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What to expect

Private Parsi cooking class in your host's home in the Nana Chowk neighborhood of Mumbai. Join Mahrukh in her home kitchen for your Mumbai cooking class and learn how to prepare 2 traditional Parsi dishes. You might learn to make some of Mahrukh's signature dishes like akuri (Indian scrambled eggs), patra ni macchi (steamed fish topped with chutney and wrapped in a banana leaf) or chicken pulao and daal (chicken with basmati rice topped with browned onions and lentils). After you've finished cooking sit down together to enjoy the meal you helped prepare.

Your authentic meat-centric Parsi meal might include dishes like saria and lagan nu achaar (rice crisps served with homemade date pickle), tam tamata prawns (prawns in a spicy, tangy sauce), jardalu na gosht (tender lamb, slow-cooked in an intense apricot gravy topped with crisp salli), roast chicken, and finally lagan nu custard (a dense, luscious baked caramel custard topped with nuts and served with vermicelli and sweet yogurt).

Additional info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • The host does not serve vegetarian food
  • The apartment is on the 6th floor; the elevator only operates to the 5th floor, so you'll need to walk up one flight of stairs to the apartment
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Cooking Classes
Food & Drink
Short term availability

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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