Vegetarian Cooking Class in Delhi: Learn 7 Dishes at Home

Cook dal, paneer curry, roti and a sweet dish in a Delhi home kitchen

A vegetarian cooking class in Delhi where you learn to make seven dishes (snacks, main courses, bread and a sweet) in a home kitchen with an Indian family. The class runs three hours in English, includes all ingredients and the meal you cook, and starts with pickup at Uttam Nagar West Metro station. You arrive 15 minutes early and wear casual clothes.

The experience

You meet your host at Uttam Nagar West Metro station (gate 4) and head to their home in Delhi. The class opens with an explanation of Indian spices (what they are, how they work, why they matter), then moves straight into making snacks: two or three types, served with Indian masala tea and mint sauce. After you eat those, you move to the main course: yellow lentils (dal), potato with cauliflower (aloo gobi), paneer in cream and tomato sauce (shahi paneer), roti flatbread made on a griddle, cumin rice, and a sweet dish made with semolina and ghee. Everything you cook, you eat.

The three-hour session is hands-on: you are making these dishes, not watching a demonstration. Your host walks you through the techniques (how to knead and roll roti, how long dal takes to turn creamy, how the spices layer into the paneer sauce), and talks about daily life in Delhi while you cook and eat together. The class is in English and runs in their home kitchen, so the setup is intimate and the pace is set around what you are actually making, not a schedule.

You can book the cooking class alone, or add a vegetable market tour before or after the class to see where the ingredients come from. A vegan version is also available if you want to skip the paneer and dairy. Arrive 15 minutes early at the metro station, and wear casual clothes you don't mind getting flour or spice on.

What’s included

• All ingredients for the seven dishes.
• Indian masala tea or lassi.
• the full vegetarian meal you cook.
• and instruction in English from your host.

Options for this experience

2 options

Cooking class and vegetable market tourGuide in English · 11:30 and 16:00Starters, drinks, and lunch or dinner

Vegan cooking class and vegetable marketGuide in English · 11:30 and 16:00Includes drinks, lunch or dinner, and a sweet vegan cooking class with a vegetable market tour only

You'll see the exact price of each option when you check availability.See dates and prices

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDepartures at 11:30 and 16:00

Book up to4h before

AgesUp to age 80

GroupPrivate

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

Prices and times updated 9 days ago

Operated by Indian Food Cooking Class

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to learn how Indian home cooking actually works, not restaurant techniques, but the way a Delhi family cooks for themselves. The class is in a home kitchen with a local family, which means the pace follows what you are making and the conversation is about daily life, not a tour script.

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Top questions

What dishes do I actually make in the three hours?

You make snacks (two or three types), yellow lentil dal, aloo gobi (potato and cauliflower), shahi paneer (paneer in cream sauce), roti flatbread, cumin rice, and a sweet dish with semolina and ghee. All of it is vegetarian.

Do I eat what I cook, or is it just a lesson?

You eat everything you make. After the snacks and tea, you sit down to the full meal of curries, bread, rice and sweet dish together with your host family.

Where exactly do I meet, and how do I get there?

You meet outside gate 4 of Uttam Nagar West Metro station in Delhi. Arrive 15 minutes early so your host can pick you up from there and take you to their home.

Can I book this class if I'm vegan?

Yes, a vegan version is available as a separate option at checkout. It skips the paneer and dairy and uses plant-based alternatives instead.

Is there a market tour option, or is it just the cooking class?

You can book the cooking class alone, or add a vegetable market tour to see where the ingredients come from. That's a separate choice at checkout.