Private Market Tour and Vegetarian Cooking Class in Mumbai

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What You’ll Experience
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Duration
3 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 8 guests
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English, Hindi
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Discover Mumbai's flavors with a private market tour and cooking class. Buy fresh produce, then learn to cook delicious vegetarian Punjabi dishes with local guidance. A unique culinary journey.

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

Experience Details

Meet Shilpa in her central Mumbai home and drive to a neighborhood grocery store. Here you will be introduced to local fruits, vegetables, spices and grains. Return to your host's home for a vegetarian Punjabi cooking class. Punjabi cuisine is one of the most popular Indian cuisines centered around rich, creamy flavors. Learn to make roti or paratha (flatbread), a paneer based dish (fresh cheese in a tomato sauce) and dal (lentils).


- Guided 30 minute tour of a local grocery store to buy fresh vegetables or spices

- Private Punjabi cooking class in a local home in Mumbai

- Learn to cook 2-3 Indian dishes from scratch

- Introduction to Indian ingredients, food and culinary traditions

- Shilpa is flexible with her timings

- She offers only vegetarian food and can also do a complete vegan meal, upon request

Sample Menu

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Yellow dal tadka / dal fry /chana masala / rajma
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Achari aloo / aloo gobi
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Paneer makhani / palak paneer
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Roti / lachha paratha

What You Get

Bottled water
Alcoholic beverages
Alcoholic Beverages
Tea and coffee
Coffee and/or Tea

Good To Know

  • Please note that this is not your traditional market tour at an open market; this market tour is of a covered grocery store where Mumbai locals shop for produce on a daily basis.
  • Menu is seasonal and subject to availability, if you wish to learn to cook something specific please reach out to Shilpa in advance
  • Shilpa is also flexible with her start time, so if you wish to start early or later, please inform her in advance via whatsapp.
  • Please inform her in advance if you have any preferences, dietary restrictions or allergies
  • Shilpa offers only vegetarian food and can also do a complete vegan meal, on request
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

What You’ll Experience

Visit a local home in the Matunga Five Gardens neighborhood of Mumbai for your private cooking class and local grocery visit. Meet Shilpa at her home and then drive to a neighborhood grocery store. Here you will be introduced to local fruits, vegetables, spices and grains. You might buy a few ingredients and return to Shilpa's home for your Punjabi cooking class. Your market tour will last for 30 minutes. Learn to make roti or paratha (flatbread), the traditional way in your Mumbai cooking class. She will also demonstrate how to make paneer makhni (fresh cheese in tomato gravy) and dal (lentils) that you will eat along with with rice or Indian breads. Please note that this is not your traditional market tour at an open market; this market tour is of a covered grocery store where Mumbai locals shop for produce on a daily basis.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Indu Villa, Lady Jehangir Road, Mumbai City Konkan Division Maharashtra, India, IN, 400019

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​Meet your host Shilpa at her home which is located opposite Dr. Karnik clinic, near Narvekar hospital in Matunga Five gardens. Exact address details can be found in your ticket in the "Before you go" section.
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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What People Are Saying
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This was a lovely experience whilst visiting Mumbai!
February 27, 2025
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If you would like an insight into local Indian cooking then this cooking class is a great thing todo. A warm welcome from Shilpa, in her home in Mumbai. We observed some prep work using a pressure...read more

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Beautiful experience
February 26, 2025
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Shilpa is a wonderful host that allowed us to prepare and experience home-made Indian cuisine and get a taste of the local culture… Definitely recommend it!

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3 hour cooking class from ex chef!
December 19, 2024
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Very lovely lady and talented cook. The food was simple and delicious. We were taken around the local grocery store and given a thorough education on the local foods. Then back for cooking. Rea...read more

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We didn’t cook but food was tasty
May 04, 2024
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Enjoyed meeting Shilpa, her and her husband were quite friendly. Recipes were simple, healthy, and tasty. For me, this was unfortunately more of a ‘watching’ class than a cooking class. We did not ...read more

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Great Class
February 11, 2024
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Very informative and a great class! The recipes I learned have been staples in my house since the class. I got to meet her family and sat with her daughter for a long time talking about recipes and...read more

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