Chennai Dosa Making Class & Home-Dining Experience with Jyashree

Incredible experience ♡

Jyashree was a very sophisticated, elegant Indian lady, and her home was located in a nice, clean residential area. I was welcomed by her family (including her dog), and felt like I was a honored guest. We started with getting to know the basic indian ingredients (spicies), and made several dishes together. My favorite Dosa was included!! She already prepared a lot in advance, and offered me a feast!! I was a honored guest, and just enjoyed the excellent cuisine. Her food was so healthy, tasty and beautifully presented. I had a such a wonderful time, and next time in Chennai I will definitely visit Jyashree again. Can't thank you enough for the incredible experience. Thank you so much, Jyashree!

Response from the operator: Dear Guest, Thank you so much for your heartfelt and thoughtful review! We're delighted to hear that your experience with Jyashree was so memorable and special. Jyashree is indeed a gracious and elegant host, and we're thrilled that you felt welcomed not only by her but also by her family (including the dog!). It's wonderful to know you enjoyed learning about Indian spices and cooking some of your favorite dishes, especially dosa, a personal favorite of ours! We’re so glad the meal felt like a feast and that you appreciated the love and care Jyashree puts into her healthy, flavorful, and beautifully presented food. Knowing you'd return on your next trip to Chennai means the world to us. Thank you again for choosing Traveling Spoon. We look forward to helping you create more meaningful culinary experiences in the future! Warm regards, The Traveling Spoon Team

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A winning choice for both heart and taste

If you want to have fun and be in good hands in the kitchen, Jyashree Rajagopal is the best choice. Her experience and expertise is impeccable and her knowledge and confidence in Indian food is amazing. She pays attention to your favourites and can very clearly explain the specifics of each local dish. Her family and home are heartwarming, as is the environment in which she lives. She teaches and encourages excellently while you cook. In addition to the food prepared together, she also serves a full set of lunch with a variety of vegan dishes. Moreover, she and her husband are excellent conversation partners. Making korma, dosa and coconut rice are learned and practiced with a playful ease.

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Awesome experience

It was awesome experience with Mrs Jyashree. I learned basic southern indian dishes (making dosa was so fun), and enjoyed her amazing meals. Also she gave me the recipes and mixed spices for first time, so my family could enjoy the dishes which I made after back from India.

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Beautiful experience and so tasty

It was a beautiful experience. I can recommend it to everyone who visits Chennai. The hospitality was so kind and food better than in the restaurants I went. You'll learn about south Indian (Tamil) food and spices and you can do it on your own at home. I will definitely will book it again when I visit Chennai resp. South India. Thank you.

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A fantastic insight in to south Indian life, culture and food with the wonderful Kamala

Our experience with Kamala started with her collecting us from our hotel in Chennai which was a lovely touch of hospitality. She then spoke with us openly and in such a friendly, familiar manner as her driver took us out of the city and dropped us off at a local fruits and vegetables market where we collected items for our meal at lunchtime. We asked Kamala lots of questions and she introduced us to many new items. It was an excellent opportunity to wander through a local market that we would never have stumbled across without a local and a driver! We stopped off at a fishmongers and a convenience store to collect some bottled water before heading back to Kamala's beautiful home next to the seashore. It is here where she explained her way through many delicious dishes - always going the extra mile to accommodate us (I had shown interest in cooking a jackfruit masala curry in our emails beforehand and as it was out of season, she managed to fetch us one from her local village outside of the city!) We helped Kamala cook some delicious and previously unknown dishes, exploring new ingredients and cooking methods and utensils along the way. We enjoyed a lunchtime feast of jackfruit masala, red snapper curry in the tangiest tamarind-infused sauce, dosa (plain, masala and egg), coriander chutney and a ‘drumstick’ veg dhal – all on banana leaves. We enjoyed all of these delicious foods with Kamala, chatting about life in south India. My partner, sister and I can't rate this experience more highly – if in Chennai, this is a must and Kamala is simply wonderful.

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