Indian Cookin Classes?

[bobobb.livejournal.com]

My friend from Chennai India is thinking about teaching cooking classes on healthy, vegetarian Southern Indian Cuisine out of her home. She lives just outside of Davis Square, near Tufts. I wanted to help her gauge interest from the community. She'd offer a four hour class for $50/person ($80/couple), food/materials included and of course you get to eat everything at the end!

If people are interested or have questions they can e-mail me at mberbeco at hotmail.com or respond to this posting.

Comments

[ifotismeni]

me! i'd definitely love to take a class like that.

[jenskot.livejournal.com]

If she can teach me how to properly make samosas, I'm definitely in - I swear being able to make that dough is genetic!

[belladonna.livejournal.com]

DITTO this. Also, thumbs up to the entire idea. Mmmm.

[slinkr.livejournal.com]

That sounds like fun. I would definitely think about signing up. What kind of dishes would she include?

[drever.livejournal.com]

My partner and I would totally love to do this!

[roll.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty interested!

[haptotrope.livejournal.com]

I'm totally in. And fwiw, South Indian Cuisine is way different than Indian restaurant food (typically northern-style)

If you want some South Indian food, check out: http://www.thepongal.com/
Really tasty and covers a more wide range of food options in India.

[priya-cooks.livejournal.com]

You are absolutely correct!
The regional cuisine of India (North vs South) are way different from each other, and what you see in the Boston area is predominantly North- Northwest Indian cuisine.

[mihmo.livejournal.com]

My boyfriend and I would be very interested... and I third the samosas, we've tried multiple times and they just never come out right.

[cynickalone.livejournal.com]

I'm game!

[eclectician.livejournal.com]

I'd point to Helen Rennie's classes (http://www.helenrennie.com) as a good example of what the market looks like in Boston. Disclaimer: Helen's a good friend of mine.

Her classes are consistently well filled, and she's been making a living doing it for a good few years now.

Take from this what you will.

[wheeiminvisible.livejournal.com]

I'd definitely consider it.

[noire.livejournal.com]

My husband would definitely be interested if the schedule works!

[kelkyag]

Interested, but scheduling might be tricky.

Interested.

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

But not during flu season.

[antimony.livejournal.com]

I might be interested -- my schedule sucks so it might be unlikely to work out, but it sounds like fun. As a vegetarian, cooking classes that aren't mostly-irrelevant are few and far between.

[ericjay.livejournal.com]

My girlfriend and I would be interested.

[saraheeyore.livejournal.com]

I'd be interested!

[snoopymel.livejournal.com]

Yes please! We'd sign up as a couple. Please post here or email me at snoopymel@yahoo.com. When would it be? I'd love to give it to him as an anniversary gift (which is next month!)

[priya-cooks.livejournal.com]

Hi,

My friend Minda (userid “bobobb” on livejournal) posted last week about a South Indian cooking class. Thanks for expressing interest! I am putting together some classes for the coming weeks and wanted to let you know what I was thinking.

Menu items could include:

Sambhar: a savory lentil dish served over rice using tamarind, red chili and coconut.
Keerai Curry: a spinach and tomato curry with coconut oil, cumin and mustard seeds.
Vazhakai Curry: a raw banana curry with coconut, coriander and ground chili.
Poori: puffed Indian bread served with milk and honey.

These are the times available, please let me know which one works for you.
Sunday, November 8th: 3-6pm
Tuesday, November 10th: 6.30-9:30pm
Thursday, November 12th: 6:30-9:30pm
Sunday, November 15th: 3-6pm

To reserve a place in my class, please e-mail me: pri.sun21@gmail.com. I do ask for a deposit in advance.

Classes will be $50/person or $80/couple. Materials/food are all included and of course we will all sit down to share what we have cooked at the end.

Classes will be taught out of my kitchen. I am located by Tufts.

I look forward to hearing from you.
Priya Sundararajan
Pri.sun21@gmail.com

[simianpower.livejournal.com]

My gf and I are interested.

[tamalinn.livejournal.com]

my boyfriend and i could be interested!

[bobobb.livejournal.com]

Wow, so much interest! We'll figure out details (dates/menu ideas) this week and e-mail people by next weekend.

:)