Mumbai Market Tour & Maharashtrian Cooking Class with Chef Reshma

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Host Bio: Reshma lives with her father in a beautifully decorated apartment in Santacruz in North Mumbai. As a child, Reshma’s love for poha (beaten rice with masala) made her curious about cooking and so Reshma spent all of her time watching her mother cook in the kitchen, fixing dishes for loved ones. Like every Indian family, her parents hoped she would become a doctor, or engineer or earn an MBA, but she had only one dream: starting her own restaurant. As destiny would have it, she went on to study at the Dadar Catering College. Her passion for food and cooking has translated into a business venture called Every Aroma Caterers and she now offers catering services for parties and conducts cooking classes. When she’s not cooking and feeding people, Reshma enjoys photography and playing squash. Meal Description: Your meal will be served in a thali and will feature a masala (spice mix) called ‘tikkat’, which comes from Reshma’s ancestral place in Kolhapur. Since they cannot be sourced locally, Reshma makes them in her own kitchen to ensure her cooking has just the right flavor. You might be served dishes such as chicken masala, tambda rassa (a spicy mutton broth), pandhra rassa (mutton broth with coconut milk), masala bhat (masala rice), and shrikhand (a sweet dish made from strained yogurt). Cooking Description: During your cooking class with Reshma in her small kitchen, you can expect to learn to make 2 3 of the regional Maharashtrian dishes you will be eating. You may learn to prepare authentic dishes such as junka (gram flour), chicken masala, or a seasonal vegetable, typical of what the family eats every day. Market Tour Description: Reshma will welcome you into her apartment with a refreshing drink. You’ll then head to the Santacruz market (perhaps by rickshaw!) and may pick up some fresh ingredients for the meal that you will prepare together. Reshma will show you the different fruits, vegetables, and spices available and explain how to select the best ones.