South Indian Market and Cooking Workshop

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US$159.12 per group

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Earliest available date: January 23, 2027

Free cancellation (24 hours notice)

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

Summary

Experience Details

What You’ll Experience

Where to Meet

Reviews

Location

Mumbai

Duration

4 hours

Number of Guests

1 - 5 guests

Language

English, Spanish, Portuguese

Other

Vegan, Vegetarian, Private Experience

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Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Discover authentic South Indian flavors in this hands-on workshop. Learn to cook traditional vegetarian dishes using unique tools and ingredients. Bring home skills to recreate global flavors.

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

Experience Details

You will get to eat dishes that you can never eat outside a traditional South Indian home. No restaurant serves this kind of food, and most ingredients we use would surprise you! We are a vegetarian household preserving traditional recipes, and the experience can be accommodated to people who are plant-based. You will also get to use unique tools for coconut cutting, coconut shaving, steaming, etc.

Given our global experiences, we will also help you make connections between our cuisine and your own, and help you adapt what you learn to where you live. We want you to learn our recipes and re-create them in your homes!

Sample Menu

MAIN

Banana flower upkari

A stir-fry with garlic, red chilli

MAIN

Jackfruit chakko

A dry gravy of coriander seeds, coconut, jaggery, red chilli

MAIN

Ridge gourd upkari

A stir-fry with mustard seeds, cumin seeds, red chilli

MAIN

Amla saaru

A rasam made with pickled amla and flavoured with garlic

MAIN

Dali thoy

Mangalorean Konkani lentils with a tempering of mustard seeds, asafoetida, red chilli

MAIN

Horsegram and bamboo shoot koddel

A gravy of coconut, red chilli, bimbli, with a tempering of garlic

MAIN

Ridge gourd skin chutney

A thick, zero-waste chutney flavoured with chilli, coconut, pepper, cumin seeds

MAIN

Coriander & tamarind chutney

A perfectly balanced sweet, sour, spicey chutney

DESSERT

Madgane

A sweet porridge of coconut milk, lentils and jaggery

MAIN

Parboiled rice

What You Get

Lunch

Good To Know

Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Not recommended for travelers who have difficulty walking
Public transportation options are available nearby

What You’ll Experience

We will begin with a tour of the Matunga market to learn about unique ingredients from South India. We will then head to our house to learn more about South Indian food and culture. Our house also has a little garden, where we grow traditional ingredients for our cuisine. You will get to experience how we live, hear the stories of our family (our house is a multi-generational one with lots of history), and learn about the traditional instruments we use in our cooking. You will then learn to make a few traditional plant-based dishes, with information about how you can recreate them in your home countries. We will then sit together to enjoy a traditional South Indian meal on a banana leaf.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Ram Ashraya, Laxmi Narayan Lane, Mumbai City Konkan Division Maharashtra, India, IN, 400019

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We will meet you at the entrance of Ramashray hotel, opposite Matunga Central station. This is a very famous restaurant, and if you are confused, every person in that neighborhood will be able to direct you to the entrance.

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.
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Reviews

5.0

based on 1 reviews

(TripAdvisor)

A fun day with the South Indian Kitchen

March 22, 2024

Thanks for the great time together. The food was delicious and the conversations were interesting and meaningful. It is more that just cooking but more a interesting lesson how to mindfully use the...read more

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