Cookery courses in India

haritha

For our guests every evening we have three recipe cooking demos

www.harithafarms.com
Organic farm with four ensuite
cottages for rent. Delicious
home-cooked food included in the rates and cooking classes...
Local sightseeing tours available.
Rough Guide to South India - Pg 360
Haritha Farms
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Vijnanalalavedhi in Aranmula is a place where different cultural and art forms are taught

DerekB

Thanksvery much!

indiaguide

I know a guy who done some kind of reserch work for Cooking tour at Kolkata, for BBC. you can get more information from him.You can mail him
subho@subhankar.com

DerekB

Many thanks, I will.

peter ormrod

Does anyone know of any good cookery courses in India will be travelling around India next year and would like to home my curry skills.
Any Ideas?

onlyjoshin

Cooking is one of my passions and the type of cooking i'm most passionate about is Indian Cooking.

I'm off to India for a couple of months over Jan Feb and was hoping to gain some insight into true indian cooking methods.

I was wondering if anyone had any recomendations on how i could experience and learn traditional Indian cooking whilst abroard, eg cooking classes, learning from locals, street vendors.

Cheers

Lily

What places are you visiting?

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haritha

www.harithafarms.com
vijnanakalavedi.org

onlyjoshin

I am thinking of doing the south for a month- Goa, Kerala, Mysore, Bangalore- then the North for a month- Varanasi, Jaipur, Deli, Rajastan.

No real definate plans yet. Was pretty much going to decide when i get over there.

Lily

Would you like to attend a formal class or learn from a family?

When you are in Jaipur (Rajasthan), please feel free to drop in. We'll work out something for you.

onlyjoshin

Id love to learn from a family. To be able to learn to cook authentic style indian food would be fantastic.

I really appreciate your offer of help and would love to drop in whilst in Jaipur.

Digital Drifter

This is going to be a slightly off-tangent reply to your question but
I'd strongly recommend a book if you want to know true blue south
Indian cooking, Brahmin style! This is not to say, you should not
come down to India and learn cooking from different parts of the
country but the book is a small window into South Indian culture.
Even better than the book is of course someone actually teaching you
South Indian cooking!

Samaithu Paar[1] is a classic. For an interesting background into the
genesis of the book, check the newspaper story here[2]. Now, the book
is being reprinted with glossy pictures and silly stuff about pizza,
burgers, chips etc. Ditch that. Go for an older volume which is
printed on cheap paper which you can find in any Indian bookstore.
This will be about the size of a normal paperback. I believe there
are now 2 volumes one for daily food preparation and the other, what
needs to be prepared on special occasions like Pongal, Diwali etc.(I'm
not too sure whether there are 2 vols or 1 vol.) Samaithu Paar is the
Tamil edition while Cook & See is the english one. It should cost you
about Rs 100-120; if you're paying Rs 300+, you know for sure you're
getting the coffee table glossy version of the same.

You don't have to take my word for it; Read the newspaper link below
and you can decide for yourself. Even with the book, you'd need some
help with the ingredients and the measures mentioned. Just think of
the jaws dropping to the floor when you casually tell the southie out
there in Adelaide or Sydney what *they* need to do on a religious
festival day! If you added 'acharam/madi'[3] to the things they need
to do; finito! You got them knackered!

Give it a shot, you won't regret it.

cheers,

Digital Drifter

Footnotes:
[1] Translated into english as "Cook & See" though it
should be more accurately translated as "Try Cooking" in my not so
humble opinion. Samaithu, Samaiyal translates as cook & cooking while
paar translates to see, attempt and/or try.

[2] http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/20...1700190700.htm

[3] Difficult to explain but it roughly means the practices you need
to follow when doing certain activities like praying, cooking etc.
For example the cooking hearth has to be cleaned everyday, fresh water
drawn from the well has to used, things like these...

ikimasho

i went to vinjana kala vedi - i took cooking as an elective course (one hour per day) for two months

i highly recommend it. pm me if you want more info.

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onmejollies

Hi, does anyone know where I can learn some cooking skills in either Delhi or Bombay whilst I am there? Thanks

crvlvr

There must be a cooking channel on TV/cable in India by now. Is there?