It took me a while before attending my first cooking
class in Myanmar. And it was not even a Myanmar cooking class. This
Saturday I attended an Indian vegetarian cooking class which included
several dishes out of which one was Myanmar.
Before the cooking class a visit to the downtown Indian
market and shops was necessary. I met my lovely teacher Ms Beena at the
Indian Kali Temple Gate in downtown. She showed me some Indian shops
from where to buy the spices, the yoghurt, the vegetables or the
required Indian products before cooking. It was a very useful visit in
which I additionally learnt from where to buy fresh noodles and the shop
where I can buy fresh coconuts and have the milk and the pulp prepared
for me.
Back to Ms Beena's kitchen with excellent views of Shwedagon Pagoda she
explained to us the recipes and the ingredients needed. The vegetables
were already cut or transformed in a paste (onion, green chilies,
ginger) and prepared in small bowls which helped us hugely during the
cooking process.
In a pleasant and natural way Ms Beena showed us how to prepare the
dishes having sometimes three pans simultaneously on the fire.
Everything seemed easy. The smell and the various colours of the dishes
were making us hungry. Indian kitchen is very rich in spices and
flavours. For the dishes prepared we were using ginger, garlic, onion,
chilly, chestnuts paste, turmeric, coriander, garam masala, mustard, cumin seeds and lemon.
Once everything ready we tasted the food and it was incredibly good. Ah, and I learnt how to bake roti bread!
Contact details of Ms Beena:
beena.shah.1993@gmail.com
Contact details of Ms Beena:
beena.shah.1993@gmail.com
Mobile: 09253103023
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