{"id":29122,"date":"2018-09-12T01:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/?p=29122"},"modified":"2025-03-04T03:57:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T16:57:36","slug":"cooking-demo-connections-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/cooking-demo-connections-india\/","title":{"rendered":"The magic of connecting over cuisine in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>It was the famous American chef James Beard who noted that \u201cfood is our common ground, a universal experience.\u201d He was a chef, and I\u2019m a writer, but I couldn\u2019t have said it better myself.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Food tells you everything you need to know about a nation or city. Even the way that meals are approached can offer telltale signs of how a culture approaches life itself. Take, for example, the fact that when I lived in Istanbul, dinner was an all-night affair unless otherwise discussed, a sure sign of the importance of taking the time to enjoy the smaller things in life. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conversely, in everbusy Toronto, my hometown, it\u2019s more than likely that after an hour or so, your server might start to give you a sideways glance and wonder when you\u2019re clearing out for the next patrons. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <strong><a href=\"\/india\" data-wpil=\"url\">India<\/a><\/strong>, however, everything is different. The experience of dining out is almost religious in nature. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Diving into Indian cuisine<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dishes, as well as practices around consuming said dishes, have been ironed out for centuries. The food itself has been practiced until perfect and each chef seems to add their own loving touch to the classic dishes of Indian cuisine. In India, food isn\u2019t the fuel to get you through the day, it\u2019s the reason <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for your day<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29131\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/india\" data-wpil=\"url\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29131\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29131\" src=\"\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/roadside-stop-on-the-way-to-Nepal.jpg\" alt=\"cooking class India\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/roadside-stop-on-the-way-to-Nepal.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/roadside-stop-on-the-way-to-Nepal-425x283.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/roadside-stop-on-the-way-to-Nepal-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/roadside-stop-on-the-way-to-Nepal-585x389.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delicious roadside food!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India is enormous and, as such, each region (and even town or municipality) \u00a0is going to have its own spin on things from a cuisine perspective. What I appreciate about Intrepid is that, when I was on the <strong><a href=\"\/india\/delhi-kathmandu-160589\">Delhi to Kathmandu<\/a> <\/strong>tour, I always had context. Our local leader, Chime, was always available not just to run down what a dish consisted of, but even to talk about where a dish originated from \u2013 its \u201cstory\u201d if you will. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can see a country\u2019s history unfold at their national museum, but you can taste it if you try their national dishes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>And as a group, we ate our way through the nation.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Eating in Orccha <\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orccha quietly won my heart. It\u2019s a fantastic little town that I think is an integral part of the<strong><a href=\"\/india\/delhi-kathmandu-160589\"> Delhi to Kathmandu<\/a><\/strong> trip at large. I want to focus on one particular meal we had in Orchha that I believe encompasses the ethos of the trip very nicely. Our group was kindly welcomed into the home of a family there, and so commenced a cooking demonstration for the ages.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29135\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/india\" data-wpil=\"url\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29135\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29135\" src=\"\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Intrepid-Travel-India_Orchha_ss_402067720.jpg\" alt=\"Orchha India\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Intrepid-Travel-India_Orchha_ss_402067720.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Intrepid-Travel-India_Orchha_ss_402067720-425x239.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Intrepid-Travel-India_Orchha_ss_402067720-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Intrepid-Travel-India_Orchha_ss_402067720-585x329.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The laid-back medieval town of Orchha<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I adored this portion of the trip because it\u2019s something I likely couldn\u2019t have managed on my own. I\u2019ve travelled to nearly 80 countries, and I\u2019ve had my fair share of experiences to be sure, but we had the opportunity to watch a meal being cooked, explain <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to cook it, then, my personal favourite part\u00a0\u2013 the eating!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our group departed from our nearby lodging and arrived outside of a lovely baby blue home. We entered, and I immediately noticed a woman sitting cross legged with pots and spices laid out in front of her. She was called Vandana and was wearing a white sari and a warm smile. Her kids sat in the adjacent room doing homework with their father and we all said hello, then sat in a semicircle near the front of the room. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She fired up the portable stove (along with our collective excitement) and her sister brought out some hot cups of chai which were a delight. Her smile had a way of washing away the slight nervous energy that remained. There were many dishes on the menu, but the first dish she showed us how to make is known as bharta. It\u2019s essentially a spicy eggplant that goes well with jasmine rice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/adventures\/best-food-in-india\/\"><strong>READ MORE: 6 DISHES THAT PROVE INDIAN CUISINE IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29123\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/india\" data-wpil=\"url\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29123\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29123\" src=\"\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/demonstration-2-e1535896230732.jpg\" alt=\"cooking class India\" width=\"550\" height=\"772\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vandana cooking up a storm<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watching dishes be slowly constructed was an intriguing experience because I feel like, as visitors in another nation, we often assume that we could never make the food particularly well when we\u2019re back in our respective homelands. However, when you see someone add in the oil, then the perfect portions of nutmeg, cardamom, chili, cumin and so on, the notion that the dish is beyond your ability to make begins to evaporate. I\u2019ll likely never make bharta as well as she did, but I also know that it doesn\u2019t mean I shouldn\u2019t try. In fact, we were even given a nifty handout with instructions and ingredients to make the dishes for just that reason. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The love of food is very human and very intimate, so to be welcomed into her home was something special. At that moment it wasn\u2019t about eagerly awaiting \u201cauthentic Indian food,\u201d but rather appreciating a meal cooked with kindness and passion from someone who had welcomed us into her home. I had innumerable meals in India that were downright scrumptious, but it was the nature of this meal that made it the most memorable of the trip. A restaurant serves whoever walks in, but she was sharing this with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">us<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">her <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">home. That\u2019s not something you get to experience everyday, and it\u2019s something that will always stay with me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/india\" data-wpil=\"url\"><strong>EAT YOUR WAY THROUGH INDIA ON A SMALL GROUP TOUR WITH INTREPID TRAVEL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29126\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/india\" data-wpil=\"url\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29126\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29126\" src=\"\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/demonstration-finished-meal.jpg\" alt=\"cooking class India\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/demonstration-finished-meal.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/demonstration-finished-meal-425x283.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/demonstration-finished-meal-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/demonstration-finished-meal-585x389.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The finish meal post demonstration<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I feel this experience also brought the group closer to India at large, as we had a deeper understanding of the cuisine and culture, and had been graced by the warmth of an Indian home. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To accompany the bharta, we also had a delectable cabbage and potato vegetable curry, as well as a nice, spicy dal, which is, more or less, a flavourful lentil soup. It was served with some freshly cooked naan and chapati. My goodness, upon further recollection of this meal, I\u2019m not all that far from boarding a plane and heading back to Orchha. I\u2019m sure my fellow group mates would be of the same persuasion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/subscribe\" data-wpil=\"url\"><strong>SUBSCRIBE TO INTREPID&#8217;S NEWSLETTER FOR TRAVEL TIPS, COMPETITIONS, GIVEAWAYS &amp; MORE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>What else did we love?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the list of what we appreciated as a group was rather lengthy, there were a few subplots that kept popping back up as it related to food. The first, was the sheer adoration that myself and a few other group members had for vegetable pakora. This is typically a mix of vegetables with chopped onions, green chilies, and a smattering of delicious spices which is all deep fried into little patties. It is usually served with an insatiable dipping sauce that could be tamarind-based, coriander-based, or something else entirely depending on the restaurant.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29133\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/india\" data-wpil=\"url\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29133\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29133\" src=\"\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/vegetable-pakora.jpg\" alt=\"cooking class India\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/vegetable-pakora.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/vegetable-pakora-425x283.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/vegetable-pakora-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/vegetable-pakora-585x389.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vegetable pakora<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the end of our time there, there was a group of us who would order vegetable pakora <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on top of our regular meal<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> almost every time. When the server came over, our group would look around and wonder if, once again, we were going for the pakora. The answer, as you can imagine, was yes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other \u201chit,\u201d if you will, was the momo. If, by some odd chance, someone wasn\u2019t getting some vegetable pakora that meal, you better believe they were getting some momos. A momo is a dumpling typically served with vegetables or chicken, but the flour exterior is usually as soft as butter, which makes them both addictive and delectable. I will tell you that if I was in India at this very moment, I\u2019d be getting a few plates pronto.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/adventures\/how-to-avoid-delhi-belly-in-india\/\"><strong>READ MORE: HOW TO AVOID DELHI BELLY IN INDIA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29130\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/india\" data-wpil=\"url\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29130\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29130\" src=\"\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/momo.jpg\" alt=\"cooking class India\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/momo.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/momo-425x283.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/momo-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/momo-585x389.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Momos<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All in all, we had fun as a group learning about the food from a real cuisine perspective, but we also had fun ordering and talking about what made our hearts beat a little faster and our eyes a little wider. Everyone had their preferences whether that was tandoori chicken, curries, tikka masala, or dansak, but what I hadn\u2019t considered is how many dishes I\u2019d be able to see (and eventually taste when our group got a little closer). When you travel with a group, your exposure is just that much greater because instead of rolling the dice on one dish, you get to see a large group roll the dice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In India in particular, the food is a realm worth being explored, and with some intentionality. I&#8217;m so glad it was an effort my whole group made together. As it turns out, when you\u2019re all climbing the same mountain, you all get to appreciate the same views.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to enjoy this dreamy cooking demonstration for yourself? <a href=\"\/india\/delhi-kathmandu-160589\">Check out Intrepid&#8217;s Delhi to Kathmandu trip.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mad about Indian food in general? <a href=\"\/india\/india-real-food-adventure-160599\">Our India Real Food Adventure is perfect for you.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><em>(Image credits from top to bottom: Intrepid Travel, Chris Mitchell, Intrepid Travel, Chris Mitchell x4.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can see a country\u2019s history unfold at their national museum, but you can taste it if you try their national dishes. 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