Mumbai Traditional Gujarati Thali or Street-Style High Tea

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Noopur is a baker and chef, who runs a culinary studio called Eat.Sleep.Bake.Repeat from her home in Santacruz in North Mumbai. She lives with her mother, who is the principal of a nearby school, and her sister, who is studying fashion design. After a 7-year stint in advertising, she gave up her corporate life to play entrepreneur and live her hot-out-of-an-oven dream of creating memorable experiences through her magical baking. She has a fast-growing clientele which ranges from Bollywood celebrities to fitness experts and various corporate houses. Noopur has always been known for her cooking skills and has been hosting parties for friends and families for as long as she can remember.

What to expect:

Cooking Experience:

Join Noopur in her kitchen, where you will learn how to prepare 1-2 authentic vegetarian Gujarati dishes with the same spices, ingredients and cooking techniques that have been handed down for generations. A Gujarati meal is incomplete without accompaniments, so you will help her make the chutney and banana raita, fry the papad and arrange them with a variety of pickles on the dining table where you will share the meal.

Meal:

Noopur will welcome you with a big smile into her cute and cozy apartment that overlooks the bustling shopping street of Santacruz. She will give you a low-down on Gujarati food and culture while you enjoy your appetizer called jaljeera, a tangy, spicy, aromatic drink made with cumin seeds and is served with boondi (crisp, fried gram flour balls). Gujarati food is more often served on a silver platter called thali, so you can either sit on the floor in the traditional Indian way or at the table. Your meal will be vegetarian and might include sambharo (stir fried vegetables), duma aloo (potato), accompanied by roti (flat bread), sweet dal (lentils), rice, and to finish, no meal is complete without paan (betel leaf) and mukhwas (a colorful Indian after-meal snack or digestive aid). Choose a starting time, either: 11:00am or 6:00pm.

Note:

Noopur serves only vegetarian food