Sri Lankan Cooking Class in Mirissa: Learn Four Curries

Shop for ingredients, cook four curries, eat what you've made

A three-hour cooking class in Mirissa where you shop for fresh local ingredients with your instructors, then prepare four Sri Lankan curry dishes in their kitchen and garden. You choose which curries to make from options including chicken or fish curry, dhal, pumpkin, green beans, aubergine fry, and others, all served with rice and crispy papadams. The class ends with you eating the food you've cooked.

What’s included

• Shopping for fresh local ingredients at the market.
• instruction in cooking four Sri Lankan curry dishes in the kitchen and garden.
• rice and crispy papadams with each dish.
• dinner of the food you've prepared.

Times

• Every day 16:00

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Before you book

Group Up to 6 2 private ›

Live guide English

Meeting point and pickup No hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point. 1 with pickup ›

Ages Adult (16 to 80 years) · Under 16: can't be booked

Cancellation and refunds Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund. It may be canceled if the minimum number of travelers isn't reached. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

Good to know

Pets welcome Public transport nearby

Operated by Prabodi

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The experience

The class starts at the market, not the kitchen. Nona and Indra take you to pick fresh local ingredients and explain where each one comes from and how it tastes. This isn't a lecture on Sri Lankan food. It's a walk through what's actually available that day, so you understand the building blocks before you start cooking. Then you move into their kitchen and garden to prepare four dishes of your choice.

You pick which curries to make from a list that includes chicken or fish curry, dhal, pumpkin, green beans, aubergine fry, green leaf stir fry, mushrooms, potato, okra, and coconut sambol. All of them come with a generous portion of rice and crispy papadams. The instructors teach you the technique for perfect rice and curry: the details that separate a flat dish from one with depth. You're cooking alongside them, not watching a demonstration, and you're making enough to eat.

Dinner is what you've cooked. You sit down to the four curries you prepared, the rice you got right, and the papadams. It's the only way to know if you've learned it.

Top questions

What curries can I choose to cook in the class?

You pick four dishes from a menu that includes chicken or fish curry, dhal, pumpkin, green beans, aubergine fry, green leaf stir fry, mushrooms, potato, okra, and coconut sambol. If another vegetable is available that day, you can choose that instead. All dishes come with rice and crispy papadams.

Do I need cooking experience to join?

No prior experience is required. Nona and Indra teach the techniques as you cook, and the class is built around learning the secrets to making perfect rice and curry.

What happens at the market part of the class?

You shop for fresh local ingredients with Nona and Indra, who explain the flavors and origins of each one. This part teaches you what to look for and how the ingredients work before you start cooking.

Is the food I cook included, or do I have to pay extra?

The food you prepare is your dinner and is included in the class. You eat what you've made at the end.