Enjoyed meeting Shilpa, her and her husband were quite friendly. Recipes were simple, healthy, and tasty. For me, this was unfortunately more of a ‘watching’ class than a cooking class. We did not participate in cooking: her cook did the chopping and she did all the sauteeing. The extent of our participation was rolling out roti dough balls prepared by the household cook which was interrupted after the dough got a bit sticky. Additionally, we did not go to an outdoor market but to a neighborhood supermarket for 10 minutes and did not buy anything. If you prefer to actively cook and learn by trial and error as part of your experience, this class may not be for you. In previous cooking classes I’ve been to, each group has their own small cooking station to prepare their own meal as instructed by the teacher. As Shilpa’s recipes were quite tasty and she was receptive to feedback, I’m looking forward to hearing how this class develops in the future.

Very informative and a great class! The recipes I learned have been staples in my house since the class. I got to meet her family and sat with her daughter for a long time talking about recipes and learning new tricks. I would absolutely do another class, her food was really amazing!

Great experience for me and my foodie friends. Market visit was informative and cooking was great. Thank you Shilpa!

Wonderful experience. Very nice to see how you can cook a proper indian meal. With the recipes i think we can make this at home!

Fantastic cooking class with Shilpa! Really great experience learning the basics of some simple Indian dishes and roti that were quick to put together but had wonderfully different flavors. She explained everything the was doing and the reasoning behind it all. I can't recommend her class enough to those looking to get into Indian cooking.

Shilpa was so welcoming made you feel like part of her family The food was beautiful so tasty the trip to the market was great would highly recommend this for anyone one wanting traditional Indian family experience

Shilpa was so kind to welcome us into her home and give us an authentic Indian cooking experience. She walked us through every recipe, step by step and showed us how to cook the meals properly. Afterwards, she took the time to go through all the written recipes with us and took us to the market to make sure we had all the ingredients and knew what to do/practice when we’re back home. I would highly recommend to anyone interested in learning how to prepare Indian dishes in a healthy, authentic way with a great host

We had a fantastic time with Shilpa on our vegan cooking class. Shilpa was extremely genuine, enthusiastic and patient as she showed us around her kitchen and local neighbourhood market. She showed us the best ingredients and helped us identify spices and produce. For our meal, we made a delicious dahl, aloo sabji, tofu/paneer sabji and rotis as well as paratha. Shilpa ensured we understood every step of the process before moving on, and also gave us print outs of the recipes to annotate as we went. We learnt a lot about cooking in general as well as short cuts for busy households, like ours. We very much enjoyed our time with Shilpa and will definitely enroll in another cooking class with her when we are next in Mumbai

She was kindly and easy to understand. It’s also yummy. It will be satisfactory even if you are non veg.

First of all thanks to the Traveling Spoon team. It was the first time I used your service and so I had a lot of questions. You always answered fast und precise and that‘s really seldom with online services. A lot of thanks to Pallavi. She is a wonderful and warm host. We came with a cruise ship. So she picked as up at the Green Gate (where everybody had to leave the Harbour) and organized the transport first to the market then to her home and back to the ship as good as possible concerning the (sometimes bad) traffic at Mumbai. (For other cruisers: we never had the fear to not be back on the ship in time! The timing was well done.) On the market Pallavi showed and explained us a lot of goods and answered our question. And she helped us to buy some spices (vanilla, saffron, ...) that are much more expensive in our country than here. Then we arrived at her luxury flat as described in the announcement. (It‘s of course we’ll air conditioned.) She welcomed us with a cooling drink, some appetizers and the menu card of dishes we will cook and then eat. Later in the kitchen first she showed how to prepare the vegetables, spices and herbs and who to prepare the dishes. After that we were invited to do by ourselves. You will be astonished how easy and fast the preparations are if you follow Pallavi‘s tips. (For other guests: don‘t be afraid, Pallavi’s cooking isn‘t really hot. It‘s spicy, yes, but not hot, and while preparing the dishes you can decide how much chili will be used.) Back to the eating room to the well prepared table two Pallavi’s attendants served us and herself the lunch. Pallavi explained how to eat the different things in the Indian style, why to combine some of them. And I can tell you, if you follow her advice, her served food is great. (For others: if you never tried south Asian food or have only the experience of some restaurants in Europe, the taste not comparable, it’s different, it‘s originally and much better!) Beside eating and later we had warm and nice talks about us, our families, about living in Mumbai... Last but not least Pallavi sent us back to the ship with her driver well in time. We had a great day in Mumbai full of new and best experiences and tastes (and ideas to cook by myself at home). Again Pallavi, thank you a lot!

THe host is a passionate chef with extensive knowledge about indian north and south cuisine. Sometimes she went through cooking steps too fast but always willing to instruct me again. The market tour was awesome with all explanations in details about what each ingredient is used for. More than that, she also helped me to search for good hotels around her area and gave some tips about what places I should visit. Highly recommend to anyone interested in indian cuisine.