Kandy: Flavours of Sri Lanka by Chitra
ID: GYG997570-1545391
Category:
Country: Sri Lanka
Duration:
03:00 hours
Description
Learn to cook a traditional Sri Lankan meal with fresh ingredients from a home garden. Discover the secrets of making curry powder and enjoy a meal of rice and 5 curries.
Begin your culinary experience by heading to a local home garden to pick fresh vegetables and ingredients for your Sri Lankan dishes. Get an introduction to curries, including all the ingredients and spices used, and learn the secrets behind the traditional way of preparing curry powder.
Crack coconuts, scrape them, and extract coconut milk, an important ingredient in Sri Lankan cuisine. Get hands-on involvement with every step of preparation. Cook a typical Sri Lankan meal (rice with 5 curries) according to your dietary preferences. All curries will be cooked in traditional clay pots using homemade curry powder.
Get tips about Sri Lankan cooking that you won’t easily find anywhere else. Once done, enjoy the cooked meal while having a great conversation about the history, culture, and lifestyle of Sri Lankan people.
Highlights
- Savor the flavors of Sri Lanka as you cook a meal with fresh ingredients
- Learn the secrets of traditional Sri Lankan cooking from a local expert
- Pick fresh vegetables and ingredients from a home garden
- Discover the art of making curry powder and crack coconuts for milk
- Enjoy a meal of rice and 5 curries cooked in traditional clay pots
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Experience involves cooking with spices
Coconut milk extraction included
Suitable for all dietary preferences
Green colour parapet wall with a name board "46, Major General Nimal Dembatapitiya"
INCLUDED
- Home garden tour and picking fresh, organic vegetables
- Introduction to Sri Lankan curries
- Cooking tips
- Cracking, scraping and extracting coconut milk
- Hands-on cooking experience
- Cooking in local's own home, using own kitchen supplies
- Traditional clay pot cooking
- Homemade curry powder
- Meal with 5 curries according to your dietary preferences
- Conversation about history, culture & lifestyle of Sri Lankan people while enjoying the cooked meal
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
