Nepalese Cooking Class in Pokhara: Learn Momos or Dal Bhat

You leave with a printed recipe and the muscle memory to make it again at home.

A two-hour cooking class in Pokhara where you learn to make either momos or dal bhat from a local chef in a home kitchen. You follow a printed recipe, cook alongside the instructor through each step, and eat the dish you've prepared. Children from age 12 are welcome, and the class is taught in English or Hindi.

The experience

The class starts at the ground floor of Hotel Diplomat in Pokhara with a printed recipe in your hand. The chef takes you through all the steps to make either momos or the Nepali dal bhat set: whichever you choose at checkout. You're cooking the actual dish, not watching a demonstration: you handle the ingredients, learn the technique, and build the muscle memory that lets you remake it when you're home.

It's a two-hour session, and the setup is casual enough that beer or wine fits into the rhythm if you want it. Soda and bottled water are included. The aim is not to turn you into a chef but to give you one dish you can actually cook, with the tricks that make it taste right. You finish by eating what you've made.

What’s included

• Printed recipe.
• soda and bottled water.
• instruction in English or Hindi.
• the meal you've cooked.

Options for this experience

2 options

Mo:mos cooking courseGuide in English or Hindi · 17:15You take home the food you cooked yourself.

Nepali Dal Bhat cooking courseGuide in English or Hindi · 10:15Once you've made the food, you get to take it with you.

You pick the guide language when booking.

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 10:15 and 17:15

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AgesAdult (19 to 49 years) · Senior (50 to 70 years) · Youth (12 to 18 years) · Under 12: can't be booked

GroupUp to 5

Live guideEnglish and Hindi

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.

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Good to know

Stroller-friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Cook With Delight

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to learn one dish well enough to cook it at home, not just taste it once. The two-hour format and home-kitchen setting mean you're learning from someone who cooks this food daily, and you leave with a recipe and the steps written down.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and Hindi.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Youth (12 to 18 years). Children under 12 can't be included in the booking.

What's the difference between the momos class and the dal bhat class?

Both classes follow the same two-hour format and take place in the same home kitchen. Momos are Nepali dumplings. Dal bhat is the rice-and-lentil set that forms the backbone of everyday Nepali meals. You pick one at checkout based on which dish you want to take home.

Do I need cooking experience to join the class?

No. The chef walks you through every step from the start, and the printed recipe stays in your hand the whole time. The class is built for people who want to learn, not for people who already know how.

Where does the class take place?

The class meets at the ground floor of Hotel Diplomat in Pokhara. It's a home-based kitchen, not a commercial cooking school, so the setting is intimate and the chef is a local who cooks this food every day.

What happens at the end of the class?

You eat the dish you've cooked. The class ends with the meal, so you get to taste your work and see how it turned out.