KANDY
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Kandy's 10 most popular cooking classes. Prices, the operators behind each one, and what the day actually feels like on the ground.
Hands-on Sri Lankan rice and curry cooking in Kandy with Granny. Hotel pickup, optional market visit, and a full home-style feast.
“Amazing experience, lovely family who are so welcoming and teach you lots about traditional Sri Lankan meals and cooking techniques. Highly recommend!”
A hands-on Sri Lankan cooking class in Kandy with a market ingredient hunt, village-kitchen lessons with Shyama, and a full meal tasting.
“We enjoyed our cooking class very much and the recipes and food we cooked were really good and tasty. Also we liked that we went to the local market before and were able to chose what curries we wanted to cook and got the special vegetables and spices explained. We can highly recommend the class…”
Private Sri Lankan cooking class in Kandy with hotel transfers. Choose your curry with Chitra, learn spices, then eat your meal.
“It was fantastic! The market tour was an awesome start, and the hotel transfers made it really easy. The couple who run the class are wonderful people - knowledgeable, kind, and able to answer every question. I'm so glad to have experienced it and gained a deeper understanding of Sri Lankan culture and cooking. Highly…”
A private Kandy village cooking workshop where you choose ingredients, cook lunch or dinner from scratch, and learn Sri Lankan basics like coconut milk.
“Charming family in a village just outside Kandy.Matriarch Nandi was kind and assiduous in showing me how to make coconut milk, rice, daal and various kinds of vegetable curry. I was the only customer but Sudesh picked me up on the dRead more”
Cook Sri Lankan classics with Granny in Kandy’s village homes, shop ingredients at the market, and leave with recipes plus a full meal for $25.
“Great class and very good guidance from the Granny! Made 7 different curries using some veg I've not seen or tried before. Nice location out of the city for that special homely feel”
Cook 8 Sri Lankan dishes in a Kandy village kitchen with hotel pickup, welcome drinks, and an outdoor dinner hut meal for $25.
“Firstly, the activity did not start off with a choice of drink. The options are listed as either cocktail, mocktail, coconut water, beer, etc. but all we got offered was a tea. Secondly, I chose the menu that I wanted and had arranged it on whatRead more”
Hands-on Sri Lankan cooking in Kandy at Forest Face Lodge: grind spices, make curries and rice, plus key Kandy stops. Pickup.
“An amazing authentic experience! We cooked a variety of delicious curries and rice and so much effort was put into teaching me about the dishes and the typical Sri Lankan methods. Would highly recommend to anyone”
Hands-on Sri Lankan cooking class in Kandy with free pickup and drop, small group size, and simple curry skills you can repeat at home.
“Fantastic cooking course, ended up making the best Sri lankan food we have had so far. Really lovely family, would recommend to anyone in a heartbeat, cheap as chips too”
A 3-hour Sri Lankan cooking class in Kandy with a local family near the Bahirawakanda Buddha, includes pickup and take-home recipes.
“Thank you so much for a brilliant cooking class! We loved meeting your family and learning so much from you about traditional cooking.”
Family-run Sri Lankan cooking class in Kandy with calm garden surroundings, market shopping, coconut sambol and roti, and 10 dishes.
“The family were very wonderful and the food delicious. We couldn't ask for anything better for a cooking class. the 100 year old sambol making stone board a highlight.”
