Malee Cookery Lessons

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3 hours
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1 - 15 guests
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English
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Experience authentic Sri Lankan cooking with Malee! Learn to create eight traditional curries, including a seafood dish, using age-old methods. Discover the vibrant flavors of Sri Lankan cuisine.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

We do cooking demo of Sri Lankan healthy curries. We do old traditional way of cooking. Eight different curries including one seafood dish as well. You can come and discover about Sri Lankan cuisine.

Sample Menu

MAIN
rice & Curry
DESSERT
fruit salad
MAIN
Fish Ambul Thiyal (sour fish curry)
There are plenty of fish curries but ambul thiyal, or sour fish curry, is one of the best. Cubes of firm fish, cooked in a blend of spices
MAIN
Gotu Kola Kanda
Part soup, part herbal porridge, this traditional nutritious green concoction is Sri Lanka’s age-old natural answer to a sugar
MAIN
Kottu roti
slicing roti flatbread together with meat or vegetables, garlic and spices on a large iron skillet. Another favorite roti is the sweet pol roti,
DESSERT
Watalappam
Watalappam is a coconut custard made with coconut cream or thick
MAIN
Pol Sambola (spicy coconut garnish)
Pol sambol is a traditional Sri Lankan food that is made with grated coconut, red onions, chillies, and a variety of spices.
MAIN
Kiribath (milk rice)
It is made by cooking rice with coconut milk and a small amount of salt until the grains are soft and sticky.

What You Get

Private transportation
Bottled water
Lunch

Good To Know

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries

What You’ll Experience

Learn to cook an authentic Sri Lankan meal inside an authentic village kitchen hosted by a local family. 8 Dishes will be cooked using primitive tools as well as a few modern tools so you can cook these meals when you are at your home. So roll up your sleeves, with the help of us you can start experiencing the cooking process of this rich indigenous selection with distinct differences in taste in the low country, hill country, and northern regions of the island.

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If you need pickup around sigiriya text me. I can pickup all your hotels. within 15 km

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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Decadent food
July 12, 2025
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Malee is super friendly and she makes the whole experience amazing! The food is delicious and is so much we couldn’t finish it all! Highly recommend going you won’t regret it!

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Best Cooking Class in Sri Lanka!
July 12, 2025
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Malee was so so friendly and taught us how to make 6 different curries, 3 different sides and provided us with rice & fruit amongst all the dishes we made. The food was amazing !! Would recommend t...read more

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Amazing, do not look past
June 30, 2025
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Incredible food, amazing host and very good way to spend an afternoon. Highly recommend. You can see how much Malee cares, and she goes above and beyond

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Amazing cooking class
June 25, 2025
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Nous avons fait une leçon de cuisine avec Malee en famille c’était génial ! Elle nous montre les différentes épices et nous fait participer pour réaliser les plats typiques. Nous avons partagé un t...read more

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Amazing, do not miss!
June 24, 2025
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Would definitely recommend, Malee was amazing. Food was incredible I would definitely do again! 100% go if your questioning it

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