Indian Cooking Immersion Workshop Experience New York City

Learn how to create an authentic Indian feast from scratch in this immersive cooking class in Queens!


Yamini

Yamini


 
The League of Kitchens

The League of Kitchens

4.5 hours

Class size 1 to 6 (public classes), 6 to 70
$220

NYC
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Queens
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Food and Drink
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Cooking
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Indian Cooking
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Kid Friendly
Curious about the vibrant flavors and techniques of Indian cooking? Join Yamini in her welcoming home in Kew Gardens for an intimate Indian Cooking Taster Class that will transport your taste buds to India.
Yamini’s sunny, spiritual nature will instantly make you feel welcome in her home. Whether she’s teaching you the proper way to handle spices or how to roll a perfectly circular roti, you will be inspired by her passion for cooking and her commitment to making everything from scratch.
When you arrive, Yamini will serve her homemade chai and a selection of delicious, seasonal Indian treats, which may include her uttapam served with homemade cilantro chutney, and her spiced chickpea cakes made with fresh curry leaves and mustard seeds, and served with pomegranate seeds.
Yamini is deeply knowledgeable about cooking from many regions of India, and she will impress you with her encyclopedic knowledge of spices, techniques, tools, recipes, and traditions.
This Immersion Workshop includes a light lunch and beverage, 3 hours of hands-on cooking instruction, a full dinner, a recipe packet, and a shopping guide. Perfect for food lovers, aspiring chefs, or anyone looking for an authentic, hands-on cultural experience in Queens!
Menu
  • Mixed Dal (Mixed Lentils): Yellow split peas, red lentils, and urad dal simmered with green chiles, garlic, coriander, and cumin, and then mixed with a quickly cooked sauce of tomatoes, fresh curry leaves, toasted mustard seeds, and red chili powder.
  • Sambhariya (Stuffed Eggplants, Potatoes, Shallots, and Tomatoes): Baby eggplants, tomatoes, potatoes, and shallots, carefully split and filled with a mixture of toasted chickpea flour, red chili powder, turmeric, garam masala, and fresh cilantro, and then steamed, creating a thick gravy.
  • Roti (Whole Wheat Flat Bread): Flat breads made from scratch, lightly browned in a dry skillet, and then puffed over an open flame.
  • Ghee: Homemade clarified butter.
  • Basmati Rice: Aromatic long grain rice mixed with homemade ghee.
Food allergies: This menu includes dairy and wheat.
Accessibility: Elevator available.
Please Note
For large groups, we offer private bookings for both a cooking demo class and a hands-on cooking party.
Knowledge required
Beginner-friendly!
 
What you'll get
  • Light lunch and beverage
  • Hands-on cooking instruction
  • Full dinner
  • Recipe packet
  • Shopping guide
Suitable for

This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a date idea, team building activity or bachelorette party.

Suitable for adults, and kids (minimum 11 years old).

An adult must accompany any attending kids, and must pay for a separate ticket.

This experience would also be a fun gift for her, gift for mom or gift for couples.

Location

Queens, NY

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Indian Cooking Immersion Workshop location
More about this class

This class is new, and is covered by ClassBento's money-back guarantee.

Your teacher

Yamini

Yamini


From India. Lives in Kew Gardens, Queens.

Whether she’s teaching you the proper way to handle spices or how to roll a perfectly circular roti, Yamini is committed to making everything from scratch using the freshest ingredients.
She was born and raised in Mumbai, but her family was originally from Rajasthan. She grew up in a multi-family apartment building that she shared with around fifty family members. Yamini was interested in cooking from a young age and learned to cook from her mother, grandmothers, and aunts, taking on some of the family cooking responsibility starting at age ten.
Yamini’s father was a lawyer who was friends with people from many different cultural backgrounds, and he took her to eat in their homes, introducing her to many different cuisines. Her father was also a good cook, and she would watch him cook for large community religious festivals. At home, her family cooked mostly Rajasthani food, but she had a lot of neighbors and friends who were from other regions, and she learned to cook food from all of them. After Yamini married, she learned how to cook the cuisines of southern India, too. She soon became known as one of the best cooks in her entire extended family.
Yamini moved to New York City with her husband and three daughters in 1999. After years of bringing lunch to share with her coworkers at a jewelry company in Manhattan, she started a small catering business in 2009. She now has four grandchildren and lives in Queens.
Yamini and her cooking have been featured by Saveur, Food & Wine, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Travel + Leisure, Oprah Magazine, MSNBC “Your Business”, WNYC, CBS New York, and more.




Your host

The League of Kitchens
The League of Kitchens


The League of Kitchens is a culinary dream-team of women from around the world who will welcome you into their homes, teach you their family recipes, and inspire you with their personal stories.
Each experience offers opportunities for meaningful connection and social interaction, cultural engagement and exchange, culinary learning and discovery, and exceptional eating and drinking. Through this experience, the League of Kitchens seeks to build cross-cultural connection and understanding, to increase access to traditional cooking knowledge, and to provide meaningful, well-paid employment and training for immigrants.

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