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Food

Sri Lankan Cooking Class

Market first, then a clay pot, a grindstone and eight curries you will try to recreate at home.

What to expect

  • A market walk to choose the day's vegetables and fish
  • Grinding your own curry powder and scraping coconut by hand
  • Cooking on a clay hearth as well as gas
  • A written recipe card to take home

Where to do it

  • Galle Fort, a family kitchen inside the ramparts
  • Kandy, a hillside home with a herb garden
  • Sigiriya, a village kitchen with a tank-side lunch
  • Colombo, a chef-led class with a Pettah market run

Best season

Year round.

Good to know

Kitchens are hot, hearths are open and knives are sharp. Children under twelve are welcome but need an adult beside them throughout.

At a glance
4 hours including market
Year round.
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