Types of Cooking Classes

Basic Cooking Class 1:

Students participate in making all the dishes. A completely hands-on class. This includes making the dough, cutting vegetables, preparing two sabjis, washing the daal, washing the rice, using the pressure cooker to cook the daal, cooking the rice and finally cooking kheer.

Cooking class duration: 3 hours
Level of participation: Fully participatory

Basic Cooking Class 2

Students participate in making all dishes. The class includes preparing some daily dishes – roti/paratha, two sabjis, kadhi, rice (ghee rice, matar pulao or a simple pulao) and rawa sheera.

Students will be expected to making the dough for the rotis/parathas, washing and cooking rice, washing and cutting vegetables, and preparting two sabjis and the kadhi.

Cooking class duration: 3 hours
Level of participation: Fully participatory

Parathas Cooking Class

Types of parathas and pickles prepared:

  1. All in one muli paratha
  2. Aloo-methi paratha
  3. Aloo paratha
  4. Palak-paneer-cauliflower paratha
  5. Paneer-cheese paratha
  6. Theplas
  7. Mixed vegetable paratha
  8. Bajri ki roti
  9. Jawar nachni ki roti
  10. Instant carrot pickle
  11. Instant green chili pickle

Students participate to make the dough and prepare different types of paratha stuffing. Each student rolls out atleast one paratha, cooks them and can take that paratha home.

Cooking class duration: 3 hours
Level of participation: Partial participation

Indian Fast Food Cooking Class

Students participate in making following items:

  1. Poha
  2. Upma
  3. Sabudana khichadi
  4. Pav wada
  5. Bhel
  6. Green chutney
  7. Garlic chutney
  8. Khajur imli ki chutney
  9. Pani puri ka pani
  10. Samosa
  11. Pav bhaji
  12. Kanda bhajia

Cooking class duration: 3.5 hours
Level of participation: Partial participation

Rice Pulao Cooking Class

Students participate in making following items:

  1. Biryani
  2. Palak pulao
  3. Mexican pulao
  4. Tawa pulao
  5. Pineapple Thai pulao
  6. Palak pulao
  7. Raita

Cooking class duration: 3 hours
Level of participation: Partial participation

South Indian Cooking Class

Students participate in making following items:

  1. Idli
  2. Instant rawa idli
  3. Rawa dosa
  4. Dosa
  5. Dosa filling
  6. Red tomato chutney
  7. White chutney
  8. Mysore chutney
  9. Medu wada
  10. Sambhar masala
  11. Dahi wada

Each student will prepare one dosa.
Cooking class duration: 3 hours

Level of participation: Partial participation

Pizza-Burger-Pasta Cooking Class

Students participate in making following items:

  1. Pizza sauce
  2. Pizza base
  3. Pizza
  4. Burger-cutlet,burger
  5. Coleslaw for burger
  6. Frankie
  7. Finger chips

Cooking class duration: 4 hours
Level of participation: Partial participation

Punjabi Food Cooking Class

Students participate and learn to make:

  1. Paneer at home
  2. Paneer Makhanwala
  3. Methi matar malai
  4. Dum aloo
  5. White gravy
  6. Malai kofta or Navratan Korma
  7. Red gravy
  8. Palak Paneer
  9. Naan
  10. Dal Makhani

Cooking class duration: 4 hours
Level of participation: Partial participation

Indian-Chinese Cooking Class

Students learn to make:

  1. Fried Rice
  2. Manchurian
  3. Hakka Noodles
  4. Chilli Paneer
  5. Schezwan sauce and Schezwan rice
  6. Chinese Bhel
  7. Manchow soup
  8. Honey noodles with vanilla ice cream

Cooking class duration: 3 hours
Level of participation: Demonstration only

Cakes & Icing Demonstration Class

Students learn to make:

  1. Chocolate cake / Black Forest
  2. Pineapple cake
  3. Brownie
  4. Lemon or pineapple flavoured curd cake with feather icing
  5. Date and walnut cake
  6. Fresh cream icing, chocolate fudge icing, butter icing, and chocolate patterns

Cooking class duration: 4 hours
Level of participation: Demonstration only

Cup Cakes Demonstration Class

Students learn to make:

  1. Vanilla Cup Cake
  2. Chocolate Cup Cake
  3. Carrot Cup Cake
  4. Red Velvet Cup Cake
  5. Butter icing
  6. Chocolate icing, Fresh Cream icing

Cooking class duration: 4 hours
Level of participation: Demonstration only

Mexican Food Demonstration Class

Students learn to make:

  1. Mexican Rice
  2. Huancian papas (Spinach and Potato Bake )
  3. Corn Chips
  4. Nachos
  5. Tacos
  6. Refried Beans
  7. Green Sauce
  8. Enchiladas

Cooking class duration: 4 hours
Level of participation: Demonstration only

Italian Food Demonstration Class

Students learn to make:

  1. Basic tomato sauce
  2. Basic cheese sauce
  3. Basic marinara sauce
  4. Lasania
  5. Cannelloni
  6. Spaghetti
  7. Garlic & Herb Bread
  8. Brucschetta
  9. Stuffed Potatoes
  10. Layered Pizza Dip– Casear Dip with raw vegetables or bread sticks
  11. Pasta soup

Cooking class duration: 4 hours
Level of participation: Demonstration only

Thai Food Demonstration Class

Students learn to make:

  1. Thai Red Curry Paste and Red Curry
  2. Green Curry Paste – Vegetables in Green Thai curry paste
  3. Papaya Salad
  4. Satey Peanut Sauce
  5. Pad Thai
  6. Lemon Coriander Soup

Cooking class duration: 4 hours
Level of participation: Demonstration only

Mocktails Demonstration Class

Students learn to make:

  1. Raw Mango Panna
  2. Iced Tea
  3. Fruit Punch
  4. Pina Colada
  5. Green Lady
  6. Blue Lagoon
  7. Strawberry Surprise
  8. Thirst Quencher
  9. Mandarin Shake
  10. African Safari
  11. Virgin Mary
  12. Mojito
  13. Masala Mantra
  14. Rose Syrup
  15. Kesar Syrup

Cooking class duration: 4 hours
Level of participation: Demonstration only 

Eggless Desserts Demonstration Class

Students learn to make:

  1. Strawberry Cheese Cake
  2. Chocolate Mousse
  3. Mango Mousse (in season)
  4. Strawberry Soufflé
  5. Tiramisu
  6. Eggless Caramel Custard
  7. Bread & Butter Pudding

Cooking class duration: 4 hours
Level of participation: Demonstration only

Simple Mithai Cooking Class 1

Students will learn to make 6 or 7 of the following:

  1. Rawa / atta ka sheera / fada lapasi
  2. Rice OR Vermicelli kheer
  3. Milk powder Gulab Jamun (not Gits type)
  4. Coconut Barfi
  5. Besan Ladoo
  6. Gur ki Papdi
  7. Til chikki / mixed nuts chikki
  8. Churma ke laddu
  9. Instant Jalebi
  10. Moong ki dal ka sheera
  11. Halwasan
  12. Malai peda
  13. Kaju katli

Cooking class duration: 4 hours
Level of participation: Partial Participation Class

Simple Mithai Cooking Class 2

Students will learn to make 6 or 7 of the following:

  1. Rawa / atta ka sheera / fada lapasi
  2. Rice OR Vermicelli kheer
  3. Milk powder Gulab Jamun (not Gits type)
  4. Coconut Barfi
  5. Besan Ladoo
  6. Gur ki Papdi
  7. Til chikki / mixed nuts chikki
  8. Churma ke laddu
  9. Instant Jalebi
  10. Moong ki dal ka sheera
  11. Halwasan
  12. Malai peda
  13. Kaju katli
  14. Mawa sweets : peda mawa / kaju roll
  15. Various barfis

Cooking class duration: 4 hours
Level of participation: Partial Participation Class

Bengali Sweets Cooking Class

Students will learn to make:

  1. Making paneer for Bengali sweets
  2. Rasgulla
  3. Malai sandwich
  4. Rajbhog
  5. Chum Chum
  6. Ras Malai ,Malai Roll
  7. Sweet mawa
  8. All dishes will be decorated with home-made Rabdi

Cooking class duration: 4 hours
Level of participation: Partial Participation Class

Gujarati Thali Cooking Class

Students will learn to make 6 or 7 of the following items:

  1. Gujarati sweet & sour dal
  2. Gujarati kadhi
  3. Undhiyu
  4. Patra Khaman Knadvi
  5. Muthia
  6. Handvo
  7. Daldhokli
  8. Thepla
  9. Gur papadi
  10. Shrikhand
  11. Basundi
  12. Puranpoli
  13. Churma ke laddu

Cooking class duration: 4 hours
Level of participation: Partial Participation Class

Soups Cooking Class

Students will learn to make:

  1. Carrot Soup
  2. Tomato Soup
  3. Mushroom Soup
  4. Palak Soup
  5. Hot & Sour Soup
  6. Sweet Corn Soup
  7. Machow Soup
    Lentil Soup
  8. Lentil Shorba
  9. Croutons

Cooking class duration: 4 hours
Level of participation: Partial Participation Class

Salads Cooking Class

Students will learn to make:

  1. French Dressing
  2. Vinaigrette Dressing
  3. Italian Dressing
  4. Eggless Mayo
  5. Russian Salad
  6. 1000 Island Dressing
  7. Cream Cheese Dressing
  8. Waldorf Salad
  9. Italian Sour Cream Salad
  10. Khimchi

Cooking class duration: 4 hours
Level of participation: Partial Participation Class

Ice Creams Cooking Class

Students will learn to make:

  1. Chemical base
  2. Natural base
  3. Kulfi
  4. Mawa For Kulfi
  5. Vanilla, Butterscotch, Chocolate, Honey Dew
  6. Ice Cream Cake, Mango
  7. Kesar Pista, Strawberry etc.

Cooking class duration: 4 hours
Level of participation: Partial Participation Class

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