Jodhpur Private Cooking Class: Learn Family Recipes at Home

Cook Rajasthani recipes you'll make again at home

A private cooking class in Jodhpur where you learn five traditional vegetarian dishes from a family cook in their home kitchen, with an English-speaking guide. The session runs about two and a half hours and includes all the ingredients, instruction, and a meal of everything you've prepared. No cooking experience needed.

The experience

You arrive at a home kitchen in Jodhpur and spend the afternoon learning the recipes a family has cooked for generations. The class covers five dishes: masala chai brewed with hand-ground spices and fresh ginger; roasted papadum made from lentil flour; Jodhpuri jeera rice, the traditional cumin-flavored version; two vegetable curries. One of the family's grandmother's recipes (malai pyaaz, onions with fresh cream) and one of the mother's (aloo pudina, potatoes with mint); and Indian roti, the whole wheat flatbread. You make each one from scratch, learning how the spices work and why the family cooks this way.

The guide teaches in English and works at your pace. If you've never cooked before, they help you through each step. The focus is on the recipes themselves (how to grind the spices, how to get the rice right, how to roll and cook the roti), so you can make these dishes in your own kitchen when you're home. The family is vegetarian, so every recipe is plant-based.

When everything is cooked, you sit down and eat the meal you've made. Tea, coffee and snacks are included throughout the class. The whole session takes about two and a half hours from start to finish.

What’s included

• Instruction in five traditional Rajasthani vegetarian dishes.
• all ingredients and use of the home kitchen.
• tea, coffee and snacks throughout the class.
• the full meal you cook.
• an English-speaking guide.

Options for this experience

2 options

Private cooking class with family in JodhpurGuide in English · 18:00Dinner

Lunch is part of the cooking classGuide in English · 13:00Lunch: the dishes you learn and prepare in the cooking class become your lunch

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Days and timesEvery dayDepartures at 13:00 and 18:00

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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.It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

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Is this one for you?Book this if you want to leave with recipes you can actually cook at home, not just watch someone else make. The family teaches their own dishes, so you're learning what they actually eat, and the small group size means the guide can work at your speed whether you've cooked before or never have.

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Top questions

What happens if it rains?

It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.

What exactly do I learn to cook in this class?

You prepare masala chai, roasted papadum, Jodhpuri jeera rice, two vegetable curries (malai pyaaz and aloo pudina), and Indian roti. All five dishes are vegetarian and come from the family's own recipes.

Do I need cooking experience to join?

No. The guide helps you through every step if you're starting from scratch. The class is built around learning the technique, not assuming you already know it.

What happens after we cook? Do we eat the food?

Yes. Once everything is prepared, you sit down and eat the meal you've made. Tea, coffee and snacks are served throughout the class as well.

Is the guide fluent in English?

Yes. The guide teaches the entire class in English so you can understand the recipes and the reasoning behind how the family cooks.

How long does the class take?

The session runs about two and a half hours, from arrival through cooking and eating the meal you've prepared.