Meet Shilpa in her central Mumbai home and share a cup of tea before departing to the Wadala Church Market for your market tour. Here you see a traditional open neighborhood market and learn about the regional fruits, vegetables, spices and grains on sale. Return to your host's home for a vegetarian Punjabi cooking class. Punjabi cuisine is one of the most popular Indian cuisines centered around rich, creamy flavors. Learn to make roti/paratha (flatbread) and 2-3 traditional Punjabi dishes such as paneer makhanwala (fresh cheese in a buttery tomato sauce) and rajma (kidney beans in a silky gravy).
Share the meal with Shilpa who explains how to eat each dish for maximum taste and flavor - laccha paratha (layered flatbread) should be eaten with the mint-flavored chickpea dish! Your meal will include additional dishes that Shilpa has prepared in advance like vegetable masala, malai kofta, dal makhni (slow cooked creamy black lentils), and for dessert, kheer (sweet rice pudding).
