Local Cooking Experience from Jaffna

Jaffna, Sri Lanka
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Duration2h
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LanguagesEnglish
Private tourOnly your group will participate

Overview

This 2-hour tour gives you a chance to experience and learn the delicious Jaffna cuisine. Visit the pretty and peaceful suburbs of Jaffna for this delve into the everyday lives of the locals. Learn to cook the famous Jaffna Mutton Curry and aromatic Pittu. Try your hand at traditional cooking with a clay stove and fired clay pots. Enjoy a delicious Jaffna-style meal cooked with your own hands.

What's included

  • Service of an Knowledgeable English speaking guide.
  • Home cooked Lunch or Dinner.
  • One Traditional Cooking Class Session.
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off.
  • Food and beverages where not specified.
  • Expenses of personal nature.
  • Gratuities (optional).

What to expect

Your guide will meet you at a preplanned location there at either 11:00 am (for a lunchtime class) or 4:30 pm and take you to the home.
You will be introduced to the family and get to see the traditional kitchen tools that they use. You will learn how to light the Jaffna-style mud and clay stove using firewood and dried wood flakes. Your cuisine for the day will be Jaffna style mutton curry using good quality local farm produced mutton, and Red Rice Flour Pittu - one of the staple foods of the region. You will learn to clean and cook the mutton with a variety of aromatic spices that take away the slightly gamey flavor that many people dislike.
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When the food is cooked you will sit to meal of thick tasty mutton curry with freshly steamed cylinders of pittu. You will be eating on banana leaves with your hands - the traditional way. After enjoying a wonderful meal, your tour will be completed by approximately 1:00 pm or 6:30 pm, depending on your start time.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

2nd Vinayagar Street in Chundukkuli.

End point

2nd Vinayagar Street in Chundukkuli.

Additional information

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Do let us know if you have any specific dietary requirements.

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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