Cooking Classes

Saturday, March 06 2010, 3:00pm - 5:30pm@ Sacramento Natural Foods Global Vegetarian Soups

Taste four delicious internationally-inspired soups that are perfect for chilly nights. The menu includes velvety pumpkin soup with rice and cinnamon, tomato soup with Israeli couscous, Lebanese all-in-one soup, and Mexican black bean soup.

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Monday, March 8th 2010, 6:00 pm @ Whole foods, Sacramento

Indian Food Made Easy

Naan – We will teach you how to make Naan at home without the traditional clay oven. Carrot Salad – Grated carrots, roasted walnuts and raisins with yogurt.  Chicken  in Cashew Nut Sauce. Spicy Eggplant with tomatoes.  Shrikand- yogurt cheese infused with saffron, cardamom and topped with pistachios.

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Thursday, March 18 2010, 6:00pm - 8:30pm@ Sacramento Natural Foods Dosa Party

Dosas are Indian-style crepes that are fun to make and even more fun to eat. This workshop promises to transport you on an epicurean adventure. Our menu includes: dosas made with rice and lentils with a potato
filling; utappam: a pancake style variation of the dosa; rava dosa: paper thin, lacy crisp dosa; and healthy whole mung bean dosa. A variety of chutneys will be served to accompany our dosas.

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Monday, March 22nd, 2010, 6:00 pm @Whole Foods, Sacramento

Introduction to Indian Curries

A true Indian curry is not made with yellow curry powder.  Freshly ground spice mixtures called masalas are the secrets to an authentic Indian curry.  Curry is not added to a dish, it just is. Each dish will focus on how spices are blended to make a curry.  We will learn to make 1. Saag Chicken- Chicken and spinach cooked in fresh spices. 2. Split Chickpeas cooked with ground spices like mustard and fennel.  3.  Potatoes roasted on a stove top with fresh cumin, cayenne and curry leaves.  4.  Paneer (Indian cheese) in a ground cashew nut and bell pepper sauce.  5.  Spicy Pineapple Curry.