Sri Lankan Cooking Class Nuwara Eliya: Traditional Recipes

Pick fresh garden spices and cook your own coconut rotti and curry feast

A three-hour cooking class in Nuwara Eliya where you pick fresh vegetables and spices from the garden, then prepare rice and curry, dhall and coconut rotti in the kitchen with a live guide in English. You taste everything you cook in the restaurant afterward. Pickup is included in the booking.

The experience

The class starts in the garden. You walk through and select the vegetables and spices you'll cook with, learning what grows there and how each ingredient works in traditional Sri Lankan cooking. Then you move to the kitchen and prepare rice and curry, dhall curry and coconut rotti from scratch, picking up the techniques as you go: the easy tips that make the cooking work. A guide in English walks you through each step.

When everything is ready, you sit in the restaurant and eat what you made. The meal is the payoff: rice and curry, dhall, coconut rotti and the traditional curries you just learned to build. You taste the food while it's still hot and see how the pieces fit together on the plate.

What’s included

• Garden access to pick fresh vegetables and spices.
• instruction from a live English-speaking guide.
• preparation of rice and curry, dhall curry and coconut rotti.
• tasting of all the food you cook in the restaurant.

Before you book

Days and timesMonday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday

GroupPrivate

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup is optional; you can also go straight 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 14 days ago

Good to know

Wheelchair accessibleAccessible transportPublic transport nearby

Operated by Chinthaka

Is this one for you?The three-hour window fits a morning or early afternoon in Nuwara Eliya without eating into the rest of your day, and the pickup means you don't need to arrange transport or find the location on your own.

Top questions

What vegetables and spices will I pick from the garden?

The garden grows the fresh vegetables and spices used in traditional Sri Lankan cooking. You select what you'll use for the day's recipes (rice and curry, dhall and coconut rotti), so the ingredients are yours to choose from what's in season.

Do I need cooking experience to join this class?

No. The guide teaches all the easy tips about traditional cooking as you work, so you learn the techniques while you cook. The class is built around learning, not experience.

Will I eat the food I cook?

Yes. After you finish cooking, you sit in the restaurant and taste everything you made (the rice and curry, dhall curry and coconut rotti), while it's still hot.

How long does the whole class take?

The class runs three hours from start to finish: garden, kitchen and the meal in the restaurant.

Is transportation included?

Pickup is included in the booking, so you don't arrange your own transport to the class.