Galle Fort kookles

We had a wonderful time learning how to cook some Sri Lankan curries at Gale Fort Cooking class through Chilli Dragon Spices at Elite Cafe. It was great to be involved with each step of preparing the curries. At the end we had way too much food for just the two of us to consume! The dishes were a bit too hot for us and I would recommend only using half the amount of chill. Ordering a Lion beer to take the heat of the dishes was a good idea. I look forward to cooking the dishes when I return home, with a little less chilli.

We are very happy we found Shahira - it was a very special cooking experience in her apartment in Galle. We got to meet her family and share the meal we cooked with them afterwards. There was no special equipment, so we’ll be able to apply the knowledge back in our home kitchen. Shahira explained subtle nuances and techniques that will make our home curries better - and we did the cooking ourselves, it was a very hands-on class! We cooked several curries, chicken and vegetable ones, two types of rice, and mango and date pickle. Highly recommend this class if you want to learn or sharpen your skills in Sri Lankan cuisine cooking.

We really enjoyed the cooking class! The food was delicious and the information shared was very interesting. However, we expected it to be a bit more interactive. Instead of everyone having their own cooking station, we mostly helped with some chopping here and there rather than fully cooking the dishes ourselves. Still, it was a lovely experience overall.

Absolutely wonderful! Learned the basics about curry. Made several curries. Our cooking instructor’s English was perfect. The experience is well worth booking.

A must do for those who want a real Sri Lankan family food experience . Shahira is a wonderful cook that enlightens you with her knowledge of all the traditional spices of Sri Lanka and how to use them , not just on cooking . What a blessing to Have found this cooking class and be so warmly invited into Shahira’s home. What we loved was we did the cooking and she simply guided us. And then we sat down for a feast. We did a few cooking classes in Sri Lanka and they were no where as good as this as we did the cooking not watching someone else do all the work !!!

It was the perfect amount of time and with one other couple it was fun without being crowded. The food was very good. A good value for the money.

This was a great cooking experience. We learned how to make the basis of Sri Lankan curries & cooked five different curries & a salad as a group. We then dined together at the end. The produce & spices were very fresh & the teacher was inclusive & skilled at leading the session. I highly recommend.

We had a great time learning to cook Sri Lanka cuisine in a relaxed setting. We ate the food together after the cooking class and everything was absolutely delicious!

Sanju was very friendly and gave us great insights into how to make authentic Sri Lankan curries that we can “take home”!

Fantastic experience learning the basics of Sri Lankan cooking. Thoroughly enjoyed our time and all the curries cooked were delicious. Highly recommend taking the class. Only advice is to go hungry as it is a large quantity of food you get to eat 😋