If like us you travel the world and love experiencing the local cuisine on offer, you’ll know how frustrating it is when you are between trips and how easy it is to fall into a boring/easy food rut. There are so many ways to replicate authentic cuisines and experience the taste of travel at home, barring ordering one in from a local takeaway. In fact, we often attempt to recreate dishes while at home. We really enjoy cooking, especially together. Therefore, we often have nights where we choose a particular cuisine, pick our favourite dishes and cook up a storm. We even try to recreate the atmosphere including music and local beer or wine. Unfortunately, as we live in Britain we more often than not lack the sunshine that normally accompanies some of the dishes we enjoy.
Most major supermarkets now have World Food sections which stock ingredients from across the world that were maybe previously difficult to get your hands on. This means creating great tasting and authentic dishes from many places across the globe is now a lot easier than it used to be. However, some cuisines we still struggle with and need extra help to get them just right, even when we follow the recipe to a tee. Therefore cookery classes are a great way of learning traditional ways of cooking. Here is a great one to consider if you, like us, are struggling to master Indian/Bangladeshi dishes.
My Curry Club
My Curry Club which is based in Northwich, Cheshire, England has been designed as an expert masterclass which skillfully teaches you how ‘real’ Indian & Bangladeshi homemade food is made. It allows you to create a menu specific to your palate & dietary requirements including meat-based, gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan dishes.
Habiba Chowdhury
The founder of My Curry Club is Habiba Chowdhury and her concept is taking the cooking world by storm. She is passionate about food and has been since she was young. Habiba has been cooking for twenty years and enjoys sharing her passion with others. Together with introducing classic food from across the Indian Subcontinent to people who have never tried it, let alone cooked it for themselves before. She states ‘I feel blessed to have such a multidimensional identity; being a British Bangladeshi Muslim Woman allows me to take advantage of flavours, techniques, culture and heritage all linking back to delicious food!’
Food is a massive aspect of Habiba’s life. She loves inspiring others and that is why My Curry Club is driven by passion both to feed and teach. She also explains ‘for Bangladeshis food is a vital part of everything! The best way I can explain it ….”food is love and love is food!”
Group Cookery Classes
My Curry Club run small group classes of between 6 and 8 people in the North West of England. It is an affordable option for everyone, regardless of your cooking skills, from beginners to seasoned cooking pros. Each class has a set menu of two dishes which is a great way of sampling dishes which you may never have had the opportunity to sample before. And the best part – all the equipment and ingredients that you need to create your dishes are included.
Private Cookery Classes
But if like us, you prefer cooking in your own kitchen, private cookery classes are also offered. You can choose the dishes you would like to cook from an extensive list. This gives you the opportunity to learn about each ingredient you use, especially the spices. Also, it allows you to ask all the questions you need to without having to do it in an open forum. Again all ingredients are provided. So you just need to put on your apron and prepare your cooking area, all in the comfort of your own home.
Why Take A Cookery Class
There are so many reasons to take a cookery class. Here are just a few reasons why:
- To learn how to cook. Having the knowledge and guidance offered by the chef who leads the class is a great way of developing your skills. This is because they are there to learn from and answer any questions or queries you may have.
- Learn to cook cuisines or dishes that you have never even considered before. This also gives you the opportunity to find out how the ingredients fuse together to create taste sensations.
- Cook dishes that remind you of your travels. If you have visited somewhere and want to recreate that dish but don’t know how to cook it authentically a cooking class specialising in that cuisine is a great option.
- Make new friends. Apart from developing your cooking skills, by taking a cookery class you can also develop your friendship circle. It gives you the opportunity to meet like-minded people and share your experiences with them.
Have you ever taken a cookery class or even considered it. We’d love to know how you found it – did you enjoy it and what did you learn to cook?
- Written in collaboration with My Curry Club
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