Since Rachana can’t physically welcome you into her home, she wants to do so virtually!
Our online classes are designed to be special, meaningful opportunities to share cooking, culture, and connection--just like our real life experiences. We want you to cook along, and we promise there will be plenty of time for questions, conversation, and stories. It will all end with a virtual dinner party where you'll get to share in the fruits of your labor, apart, but together!
In this 2.5 hour interactive online experience Rachana will guide you through making three of her family recipes. During your class, you'll prepare Rachana's saag ko momo (dumplings filled with spinach and paneer cheese). Then, you'll learn how to make pakako golbhenda ko achar (tomato dipping sauce) and sikarni (yogurt pudding with nuts flavored with saffron).
Shopping List for This Class
- 2 tablespoons mustard oil
- 8 cloves garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorns
- 1 1/3 pound plum tomatoes
- 1/4 cup toasted soybeans
- 3 tablespoons toasted ground sesame seeds
- 2 large bunches fresh cilantro
- 2 bunches (3/4 pound) leaf spinach
- 1 lime
- 2 -inch coin fresh ginger
- 3 Indian green chiles
- 2 dried red chiles
- 1/8 teaspoon hing
- 2 3/4 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons neutral oil
- 1 teaspoon ghee
- One 32-ounce container Greek yogurt
- 1 cup milk or cream
- 7 ounces paneer
- 1/4 cup cream cheese
- 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan
- ½ cup whole blanched almonds
- ½ cup whole cashews
- 4 teaspoons cardamom pods
- 1 black cardamom pod
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- ¼ teaspoon black peppercorns
- 3 sticks cinnamon
- Pinch saffron threads
- 8 whole cloves
- 1 Indian bay leaf
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon whole fenugreek
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds
- salt
- 1 tablespoon momo masala (optional)
- 1 teaspoon jimbu (optional)
All Online cooking classes include interactive cooking instruction, a virtual dinner party, a packet with the instructor's family recipes, and a video recording of the class. Since the price is per device, feel free to invite your partner, kids, or roommates to join!
This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.
Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.