Hounslow Indian Cooking Class Experience

With the help of your cooking instructor Monisha Bharadwaj, an award winning author and professional chef (Iron Chef America judge and winner of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards for the Best Indian Cookbook in the Word UK), you will discover the unique flavours of Indian cooking while learning about the history of how Indian food came to be so popular in the UK. As part of this class, you will visit a local Indian food shop to learn how to choose the best exotic ingredients and cook 4 typical dishes as part of a group, in our welcoming home kitchen. The recipes will be easy enough to recreate at home with just a few ingredients and the tips you will learn in this class. Vegetarians are welcome, please let us know of any dietary restrictions.

Meeting Point

Hounslow West Station (Stop A)

Hounslow TW3 3DH, UK

Exit through the ticket barrier at Hounslow West underground station (it has only one exit) and meet Monisha in the foyer of the station at the class start time.

What's included:

• Cooking Instructor

What to expect:

75 Cranston Cl

You will be met at Hounslow West Underground station and taken to the local Indian shop to learn how to buy the ingredients that we will use in the cooking class. We will then walk to the Cooking With Monisha kitchen, a 5 minute walk away (no steps) to begin the class. You will be offered Masala Chai as I talk you through the recipes. We will then cook a full Indian meal to include Pulao Rice, a curry (chicken or chickpea), a smoked cumin raita (a dish made with salad vegetables and yoghurt) and a vegetable side dish. We will cook as a group but there will be lots of hands on activity as we want our guests to do the cooking! We will eat what we cook at the end. We will provide recipe sheets and all the ingredients.

Sample Menu

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Murgh Masala or Channa Masala- Home style chicken or chickpea curry
This dish is a north Indian curry that uses just a few spices but has a great depth of flavour due to the way the ingredients are layered and cooked.

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Pulao Rice
Perfectly cooked and lightly spiced basmati rice.

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Subzi
Family style every day Indian vegetable dish with spices to complement the curry of the day.

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Smoked cumin raita
Salad vegetables such as cucumber combined with yoghurt and finished with a sprinkle of smoked cumin