TOP 10 INDIAN COOKING CLASSES IN NEW ZEALAND

Learn how Goan cuisine is a careful balance between Indian flavours and the heavy influence of the Portuguese in the area. In this hands-on class, you will create dishes that use divine Indian spices and pair them with perfect Indian rice.

This course covers an introduction to various spices used in Indian Cooking as well as basic recipes. 

This hands on course will teach you practical, easy and budget friendly recipes, techniques and tips that will help develop your skills, instincts and palate to enable you to cook  Indian food in your own kitchen.  

We will cook and taste around 10 dishes then sit down and have a shared lunch, and finish off with something sweet from her brand new cookbook SAFFRON SWIRLS & CARDAMOM DUST. 

Breaking a few rules (!!), we’ll explore taking classic Indian flavours and using them in a modern context, to give a fresher, lighter, approach. The focus is on finding bold, lively tastes – as always.

Chana Masala is one of the most popular Punjabi curry dishes in the Indian cuisine and mainly uses Chana (means Chickpea), Tomato, Coriander and a myriad of local spices.  

The main spices used in Indian cooking will be introduced.   The class will include a meat dish, vegetarian dish, dhal or soup, condiments and a dessert.  The dishes selected will be from different regions of the Indian sub-continent to showcase the variations in the cuisine.

Traditional New Zealand and European Style food, prepared with beauty and simplicity. Learn how to master, savour and enjoy remarkable meals.

In this class you will learn to make our special caramel choux. A crisp and airy choux pastry filled with a speculaas cremeux, whipped caramel, speculaas spread and topped with speculaas biscuit crumbs. 

Take your taste buds on a trip to Greece with me at The Veggie Tree. Together we will make a delicious Greek meal starting with crisp tomato domatokeftedes followed by Moussaka with a traditional Greek style salad and to finish we will make Bougatsa a delicious custard filled filo pastry dessert th...