French-Creole Cooking Class in Pondicherry with a Local Family

Anita’s paternal grandmother lived in Indochina during the French colonization for 40 years. There she learned to cook French, Vietnamese and Cambodian food. Later she came to Pondicherry and with Portuguese and Tamil influence, she enjoyed cooking various fusion dishes, that Anita’s mother, Pushpa, learned and today cooks and shares with people who are interested in trying the cuisine of Pondicherry - very unique with its influence from Vietnamese, Creole, French and Portuguese cuisine. In your 2-hour cooking class, learn 3 dishes from scratch.

• Private cooking lesson in a local's home in Pondicherry

• Learn how to cook Pondicherry's Créole cuisine, a unique fusion of French and Tamil traditions

• Sample a variety of local dishes that you may not find in restaurants

• Learn about the history, architecture of Pondicherry, its people, culinary traditions and cuisine

If you choose the market tour option, visit a neighborhood market, to buy fresh ingredients for your cooking class.