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March 26, 2012 By Kaitlin 20 Comments

Learning How To Cook Indian Food in Haneeda’s Kitchen

I had the best Saturday. A huge part of making it such an amazing day was the opportunity to take an Indian Cooking Class taught by Haneeda Riaz, of Haneeda’s Kitchen. Every Saturday, Haneeda hosts two hour hands-on classes to groups of 8 students or less. The classes, posted here, lay out what dishes will be taught, although Haneeda also (I believe) has private classes that can be customized.
Me and Haneeda

My mom and I headed to Glen Mills, PA to learn how to cook 5 different Indian dishes: Chicken Tikka Masala, Aloo Tikki, Cucumber Raita,Vegetable Pulao, and Mango Lassi. Our class of 7 immediately got started. The Chicken Tikka Masala needs some time to marinate so we began there, making the marinade and letting it soak for 30 minutes. We then made the sauce, broiled the chicken, and added it to the sauce.
Cucumber Raita, a cucumber yogurt-based salad, also needs time for the flavors to meld, was made next and popped in the fridge.
Next came the fun part, we got to get a little messy 🙂 To make the Aloo Tikki, a potato croquette, we had to form the potato mixture into little discs. These get sauteed up until golden and are served with chutney.
Learning how to make the vegetable pulao, a rice dish, changed my life. Hehe. We made the whole thing, vegetables and all, in a rice cooker! Needless to say, I am now the proud owner of a rice cooker.
Last but certainly not least, we whipped up the Mango Lassi, an absolutely delicious mango yogurt drink.
We then got to sit and taste our fine handiwork. Yum!
Aloo Tikki
Cucumber Raita
Vegetable Pulao
Mango Lassi
SO GOOD!
See? I wasn’t joking.
Haneeda is a fantastic teacher. Not only does she guide you through the whole cooking process, but gives every person in the class a chance to do the actual cooking. Haneeda is also full of knowledge; she took the time to show and discuss each and every spice we’d be using. She can also direct you to where to find the ingredient you used in the area. (I went on Sunday, and I fell in love with the Indian grocery store, it smells SO good in there!)
Not only do you get to sit down and enjoy the wonderful meal you just made, Haneeda sends each person home with the recipes!
So I had to show off my newly developed Indian cooking skills for my boyfriend. I made everything but the Aloo Tikki, because I forgot to pick up potatoes (whoops). So how did it turn out?
Not. Too. Shabby. If I say so myself 🙂  It was delicious! I made a whole Indian meal on my own!

 

I would strongly suggest checking out Haneeda’s (or honestly, any other hands-on cooking classes) to learn a new cuisine, or even something like a knife cutting class, to further develop your skills. It’s a bunch of fun, and really informative!
Many thanks tor Haneeda for the opportunity to attend her class, I can’t even begin to describe how great it was!
For more information about Haneeda’s Kitchen, head over to her website: https://www.haneedaskitchen.com/ There was also a wonderful write up about Haneeda and her classes last year, which can be found here.

Filed Under: Review, South Asia Tagged With: Aloo Tikki, Chicken Tikka Masala, Class, Cooking, Cucumber Raita, Haneeda, Haneeda's Kitchen, Indian, Mango Lassi, Review, Vegetable Pulao

Comments

  1. Baker Street says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:34 pm

    WOW! Everything looks so delicious. Sounds like you two had a great time cooking.

    Reply
  2. Soni says

    March 26, 2012 at 5:17 pm

    Great idea!Love the colors in all the dishes!Glad that you enjoyed cooking Indian food 🙂

    Reply
  3. Food Jaunts says

    March 26, 2012 at 6:47 pm

    Saw your tweet on this post. Lol, I was just tweeting how much I loved leftover Indian! Looks gorgeous 🙂

    Reply
  4. The Culinary Lens says

    March 26, 2012 at 11:19 pm

    This looks so good. I have not explored Indian Cooking much although I really do enjoy eating it. Now you have me thinking…

    Reply
  5. Kiri W. says

    March 27, 2012 at 12:14 am

    Wow! I’d love to take an Indian cooking class! This looks all perfectly delicious 🙂

    Reply
  6. Erin @ Dinners, Dishes and Desserts says

    March 27, 2012 at 12:17 am

    What an amazing experience! I love Indian food, it would be awesome to take a class and learn real techniques!

    Reply
  7. Rationcart says

    July 13, 2017 at 11:46 am

    Hey,
    Wow, all displaying food looks delicious. I want to learn cooking skills especially these types of recipes. I never cook before these kinds of dishes.

    Reply
  8. Flamingo Bar & Grill says

    April 23, 2018 at 7:15 pm

    I believe everyone should enjoy the experience of taking an Indian food cooking class; it just might change how they think about food…and happiness

    Reply
  9. Joseph Adward says

    July 3, 2018 at 6:59 am

    Nice recipes. Thanks for sharing these recipes
    with us.

    Reply
  10. Ken Miller says

    May 3, 2019 at 11:46 am

    This was excellent information about the south Indian cuisine, I am such a big fan of south Indian cuisines.

    Reply
  11. Virginia Brewer says

    August 19, 2019 at 10:24 am

    hey, I am also an Indian food lover, I love both eating and cooking and this looks awesome. hope you had a great time and thanks for sharing this.

    Reply
  12. Taste the Fun says

    September 12, 2020 at 4:35 pm

    Very nice recipes. Thank you very much for sharing that kind of good recipies with us.

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  14. Hamida says

    January 21, 2021 at 1:40 pm

    Hi, Haneeda
    Its great you can cook many item. And you have many recipes gather in your hand. Do you cooked your item in rice cooker? I think so. If use the rice cooker it should be quick.
    Thank you, for delicious cooking.

    Reply
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    April 29, 2021 at 6:53 pm

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  19. BBQ says

    July 5, 2021 at 4:24 pm

    Spicy and Delicious Recipes. Simple and Easy to cook. Great Work.

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  20. homekitchenworld says

    February 21, 2022 at 9:40 am

    THESE RECIPE IS MOUTH WATERING , ITS CRAVING AMAZING

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