Cookery class

I had booked a cookery class and market visit for this morning. Shortly before it was due to start, I got a message from the company saying the start time would be delayed by an hour. There seems to be a pattern here! It wasn't too much of an issue. The meeting point was a seven-minute walk from where I'm staying, so I gave myself enough time to gave a coffee and a croissant before the class.

There was one other participant - Yuka, a Japanese lady living in Denmark. She is in India for just a week to attend a music festival. Dinesh, our guide, met us and took us to the kitchen where we were going to prepare a thali. Because we were late starting, he said we would go to the market later. 

A lady (I forget her name) demonstrated each dish and then we prepared them ourselves. Although there was nothing revolutionary, I picked up some useful tips and I really enjoyed the three-hour session. We made potato bhaji, dahl fry, chicken keema, chicken curry, and chapattis. We ate these dishes with poppadoms, steamed rice, and mango pickle. It was all delicious - even if I say so myself 😂.Read more