Kochi Trip Overview
Learn about traditional Kerala cooking with your host Leela, a member of the Syrian Christian community. Leela will take you to the market and teach you about local fruits, vegetables and spices. Return to her home for a cooking lesson where you will learn to make dishes that are commonly served at festive banquets. Next you will enjoy the meal together at her table and savor the delight of a home-cooked feast.
Additional Info
Duration: 4 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Kochi, India
Trip Category: Food, Wine & Nightlife >> Cooking Classes
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Learn about traditional Kerala cooking with your host Leela, a member of the Syrian Christian community. Leela will take you to the market and teach you about local fruits, vegetables and spices. Return to her home for a cooking lesson where you will learn to make dishes that are commonly served at festive banquets. Next you will enjoy the meal together at her table and savor the delight of a home-cooked feast.
This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Your adventure starts with a local vegetable and spice market tour where Leela will help you choose vegetables and spices from her favorite vendors before returning home to learn to cook a traditional Syrian Christian Kerala meal. After that, Learn to cook a few traditional Syrian Sadhya dishes, a feast typically served only at banquets. In Leela’s kitchen she will teach you about her family’s culinary traditions and how to prepare some of her favorite dishes.
Stop At:
• Traveling Spoon, Kochi (Cochin) 682013 India
Sample Menu
• appam (thin pancakes made with fermented rice and coconut milk)
• chicken stew or fish moilee (a coconut-based fish stew)
• fish or prawn fry
• fresh vegetables
• rice
• yoghurt
• pappad (crispy wafers made from gram flour)
