Cooking Class, Udaipur

We decided to try our hand at Indian cooking. We had loved the food so much during our trip that we wanted to be able to bring a little home with us. We found a wonderful cooking class that a woman named Shashi runs out of her home kitchen. We showed up at 5:30 pm and started learning the basics of Indian cooking. Over five hours later, we had a huge meal ready and a thick book full of recipes to try at home. Here are a few of the highlights!

The basic spices of Shashi's Indian food (red chili, tumeric, coriander, fennel seeds, cumin seeds, mustard seeds and garam masala - a secret blend of other spices) easily accessible in a "masala dabba" container:

Shashi showing us how to make chai:

Making pakoras (vegetable and paneer) with two types of homemade chutney:

Making masala (the spice base for curry) and a paneer masala curry:

Rolling out dough for chapati:

And the final results:

If you ever make it to Udaipur, we would HIGHLY recommend you take this class. It was a blast and the food we made was absolutely delicious.  We'll definitely be making some chai and Indian food when we get back to our own kitchen!