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Jaffna Style Traditional Cooking Class

By Explore YARL Tours
Free cancellation available
The previous price was NZ$60 and current price is NZ$50 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Experience the true taste of Jaffna in a 150-year-old Tamil home, cooking with traditional clay pots, fresh local ingredients, and family recipes passed down through generations. Prepare authentic Jaffna-style seafood curries, vegetable dishes, and traditional Tamil desserts while learning spices, techniques, and flavours in a hands-on, village-style culinary adventure

All with a lovely family

Activity location
  • Traditional Jaffna Cooking Class by exploreyarl
    • Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • Traditional Jaffna Cooking Class by exploreyarl
    • Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka

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Jaffna style traditional cooking class
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English
Price details
NZ$59.35
NZ$50.45 x 1 AdultNZ$50.45

Total
The previous price was NZ$59.35 and current price is NZ$50.45
15% off

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Hotel pick-up and drop-off available upon request
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Bottled water
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Lunch or dinner will be served after the cooking session, depending on the time selected by the guest
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Dinner or Lunch will be served after the cooking session, depending on the time selected by the guest.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Welcome Drink - handmade masala tea
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Jaffna’s unique Palmyra toddy (palm wine)

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Activity itinerary

Immerse yourself in the rich flavours of Sri Lanka with an authentic cooking class in Jaffna. The class takes place in a beautiful traditional Tamil home that is over 150 years old and Surrounded by a small vegetable garden, country chickens, and friendly goats, you will experience true village life. You will cook in a traditional home kitchen using clay pots and fresh local ingredients. The experience begins with a warm welcome and a refreshing homemade masala herbal tea. After a short introduction, you will start your hands-on cooking journey. Prepare rice or pittu (depending on time), Jaffna-style seafood curry, seafood fry, a selection of vegetable curries, fresh homemade sambal, and a traditional Tamil dessert. Along the way, you will learn about Sri Lankan spices and how they are used in everyday Tamil cooking. Then sit and enjoy the meal you prepared, traditionally served on banana leaves, in a warm and homely atmosphere. At the end of the class, you will receive a PDF recipe guide so you can recreate these delicious dishes at home for your family and friends. Please view sample photos taken by our guests to see the experience from a real traveler’s perspective.

Location

Activity location
  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    Traditional Jaffna Cooking Class by exploreyarl
    • Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Traditional Jaffna Cooking Class by exploreyarl
    • Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka

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