Overview: According to your interest, available time and how comfortable you feel in the kitchen, this class can last from two to eight hours (four hours in the morning and four hours in the evening). You will be working in a real restaurant kitchen — cooking, eating and experiencing it all! The Cozy Cafe is conveniently located in the Thamel neighborhood of Kathmandu and is where we take our trekking groups for special dinners. The owner Ambar "Saila" Tamang is a long time member of our staff.

In the minimum time of two hours you'll have enough time to learn two items. If you can come for four hours in the morning and return again in the afternoon, you should master at least four items. All the food you cook can be eaten for your lunch and dinner too!

Please bring a note book, a small first aid kit and some oven mitts (or pot holders). These items are not commonly used in Nepal, so they won't be provided to you. An apron will be provided by the restaurant. Remember you must be very careful and be prepared to treat yourself for any small burns or cuts.

This course is offered at a working restaurant, not an institute — so there won't be any theory class. You will go directly into the kitchen and work along with the friendly, English–speaking staff. You will also receive a handout before you start cooking showing some step–by–step instructions. In peak season (October and November) the staff will be especially busy so it is necessary to be flexible and yield to the Cafe's operations if things get too busy during peak times!

Learn From The Nepalese Natives

Learn To Make Any Of These Dishes:

Dal Bhat: Traditional Nepali food; plain rice, vegetable curry, optional meat curry (usually chicken or lamb), spinach, dal (lentil) soup, pickle, papad, yogurt and green salad.

Dhido: Traditional food from the hilly region of Nepal. Millet or Buckwheat flour is cooked in plain water. It is served with Gundruk (fermented vegetable) soup, optional meat curry, spinach, pickle, papad, yogurt and green salad.

Roti: A non-fried bread made from local non-refined wheat flour, served with lentil soup and vegetable curry or meat curry, green salad, pickle and yogurt.

Syabale: Mixed chopped vegetable or any meat with Tibetan spice, rolled into dough and fried in oil. Served with side salad and home-made tomato sauce.

Thukpa: Cut mixed vegetables and optional choice of meat and noodle cooked with Tibetan style soup.

Thenthuk: Mixed sliced vegetable and optional choice of meat fresh flat pasta cooked with Tibetan style soup.

Momo: Mixed chopped vegetables or any meat with Tibetan spice and folded into dumpling. Served with soup and home-made tomato sauce (this is the most popular Tibetan food).

Aloo Sadeko: Boiled Potato with Nepali spice.

Pakoda: Chopped mixed vegetables mashed with Indian spices and fried in oil.