Private Authentic Sri Lankan Cooking Class with a Grandmother in Colombo

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What You’ll Experience
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3 hours
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Number of Guests
2 - 15 guests
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English
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Discover Sri Lanka's culinary magic in a private class with a local grandma in Colombo. Learn to cook traditional dishes and enjoy your creations. Option to visit Colpetty market.

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

Experience Details

Enjoy a private and authentic cooking class in a local home with host Mohara, a warm and friendly grandmother incredibly passionate about Sri Lankan cuisine. This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. Your cooking class takes place in a local home kitchen where Mohara will teach you how to make 3-5 traditional Sri Lankan dishes in clay pots from her family recipes. After cooking, enjoy your meal together in your hosts' home.


• Private cooking lesson in a local home

• Introduction to Sri Lankan culture and cuisine

• 100% private activity

• Experience Sri Lankan hospitality in a beautiful Colombo home

• Vegetarian options available


If you choose the market tour grade option, your experience will include a tour of the lively Colpetty market, an indoor market crammed with fresh fruit, vegetables and seafood. Discover regional Sri Lankan produce and be introduced to vegetables you may not have seen before before you begin your cooking class.

Sample Menu

STARTER
Mallung (greens seasoned with coconut)
MAIN
Seasonal vegetable like beetroot stir fried and seasoned with Sri Lankan spices
MAIN
Vegetable such a lotus root in a gravy
MAIN
Chicken curry with rice
MAIN
Lentils
DESSERT
Kiri Pani, a traditional dessert of yoghurt and treacle

What You Get

If you choose the "market + cooking" tour grade option, your experience includes a market tour
Private cooking class with host Mohara
Gratuities
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Good To Know

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed

What You’ll Experience

This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Meet your host Mohara, a Sri Lankan grandmother who is full of life, love and energy. Roll up your sleeves for a three-hour participatory cooking demonstration and lunch designed as a cultural adventure for food lovers. Your cooking experience that takes places outdoors in Mohara's kitchen will give you a rich insight into the islands' culture of cooking. Mohara, along with the assistance of her staff will show you how to make a typical Sri Lankan curry and determine the color of the curry based on the ingredients at hand. You may even pick curry leaves from her tree and use them to season a few vegetable or seafood dishes. Your hands-on cooking class will last about two hours before you enjoy the meal you helped prepare with Mohara at her dining table. You may even learn to scrape fresh coconut and use a grinding stone to make sambol. Your menu may include dishes such as chicken curry, vegetable gravies, sambol, mallung (greens seasoned with coconut), lentils and rices. After cooking, enjoy the authentic Sri Lankan meal you helped prepare with your host Mohara.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Colombo, Colombo Western Province, Sri Lanka, LK

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Please meet your host Mohara at her home in the Rajagiriya neighborhood of Colombo. Exact address can be found in your ticket upon booking confirmation.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

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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Please note: The price varies based on group size. The time is in India Standard Time.
Free cancellation (24 hours notice)
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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
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