Flavours of Sri Lanka
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Meeting Point / Location
- From Kandy :- Head on William Gopallawa Mawatha (Kandy - Colombo main road) 3.2 km towards Peradeniya. Turn left at Asiri Hospital Kandy on to Meda Bowala road. Destination is 50 meters ahead on the left.
Overview
Step into a traditional Kandy home for an authentic hands-on Sri Lankan cooking class led by an award-winning chef, where you'll harvest fresh ingredients, prepare fragrant curries, and share a delicious homemade meal.
Meet Chitra, a government-certified culinary instructor from a traditional Sri Lankan family with decades of teaching experience and recognition as an Inspirational Woman of the Year. She offers an immersive, hands-on cooking experience set in a peaceful location just off the Colombo-Kandy highway within the city limits of Kandy.
Your culinary adventure begins in the home garden, where you'll pick fresh vegetables, herbs, and aromatic ingredients that will soon transform into a vibrant Sri Lankan feast. You'll receive an in-depth introduction to Sri Lankan curries — learning about every spice and ingredient used — along with the closely guarded secrets of preparing authentic homemade curry powder. You'll also crack open fresh coconuts, scrape the flesh, and press out coconut milk, a staple of local cuisine.
With hands-on involvement at every step, you'll cook a classic Sri Lankan meal — rice accompanied by five distinct curries — all prepared in traditional clay pots and tailored to your dietary preferences (vegan, vegetarian, or gluten-free). Chitra will share culinary insights and personal tips that you simply won't find anywhere else. Once the cooking is done, sit down together to enjoy your freshly made meal while exchanging stories about Sri Lankan history, culture, and daily life.
Highlights
- Other
- Dinner
What's Included
Itinerary
Garden Tour & Ingredient Harvesting
- Home Garden Walk: Your host leads you through the home garden to pick fresh vegetables, herbs, and ingredients that will feature in the day's cooking.
- Introduction to Spices: Learn about the curries and spices used in Sri Lankan cuisine, plus the secrets of preparing traditional homemade curry powder.
Hands-On Cooking
- Coconut Preparation: Crack open fresh coconuts, scrape the flesh, and extract coconut milk — an essential ingredient in Sri Lankan cooking.
- Cooking Sri Lankan Curries: With hands-on involvement at every step, cook a traditional meal of rice with five curries in clay pots, adapted to your dietary preference (vegan, vegetarian, or gluten-free).
- Chef Tips: Chitra shares exclusive culinary insights and tips you won't find elsewhere.
Dining & Cultural Exchange
- Starter: A cup of freshly brewed Ceylon Tea.
- Main Meal: Traditional Sri Lankan lunch — rice, lentil curry, fish or chicken curry, seasonal vegetable curry, jackfruit or breadfruit or potato curry, and a fresh green salad.
- Dessert: Sri Lankan dessert and seasonal fruits.
- Conversation: Enjoy your meal while exchanging stories about Sri Lankan history, culture, and daily life.
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