Learn about Indian Cooking

In 2010 SMVL & Annalakshmi offers two distinct style of learning for your cooking enjoyment in Indian and Asian Vegetarian Cuisine:

Cooking Courses

1. Paachaka Prathimik- Beginners Course in Indian Vegetarian

This course is suitable for participants with minimal or no exposure to Indian or Asian Vegetarian cooking. The course is run as a hands-on teaching format, where participants are taught to cook recipes, under instruction. The course spans over 10 weeks and attendance in all sessions is strongly advised as knowledge from previous sessions is used in subsequent sessions. We will run 3 cycles of Paachaka Prathimik in 2010.

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2. Videsha Paachaaka- Beginners Course in Asian Vegetarian

This course is suitable for participants who would like to explore Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Cambodian, Vietnamese, Thai, Malaysian and Indonesian cuisine. The course is run as a hands- on teaching format, where participants are taught to cook recipes under instruction. The course spans over 3 sessions. We will run 1 cycle of Videsha Paachaka in 2010.

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All courses will cover relevant information, related to:

• Ayurvedic principals for healthy eating
• Recognition, preparation and medicinal values of ingredients used.
• Make your spices shelf -your medicine cupboard
• Cooking for health
• All about utensils
• Cooking practicum (regional variations - Indian/Asian as relevant)
• Menu planning

Cooking Demonstrations

Bojan Ultsav- Food For a Special Occasion

The cooking demonstrations will meet the requirements of all who are interested in Indian Vegetarian Food. These are stand alone sessions in Annalakshmi that show case Regional Indian Vegetarian Cuisine, from South Asia. Patrons are invited to watch a cooking demonstration of the dishes they have just feasted on and gain a deeper understanding of Indian Vegetarian cuisine.

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