This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Pratibha cooks healthy, balanced vegetarian food. She will welcome you into her traditional home with a welcome drink of effervescent homemade lime mint cooler spiked with some fruit (such as guavas, apples or grapes). Join Pratibha in her kitchen to learn about her culinary traditions. In your Chennai cooking class you will prepare a few healthy, vegetarian dishes focusing on local, seasonal vegetables and lentils. After cooking, sit down to eat a healthy vegetarian, Ayurvedic meal that focuses on local, seasonal vegetables and lentils. Pratibha believes in balanced tastes - for example her carrot soup has the sweetness of carrots balanced by the earthy flavors of cloves and coriander. As you share a meal together, hear about the various properties of the ingredients she uses and how they benefit the body and mind. When making your booking, please state your choice of cuisine among these three: an Ayurvedic meal or South Indian Andhra thali or Rajasthani meal.