Traditional Kerala Christian Feast Overlooking the Backwaters - Day Trip

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Roshni and her husband are hoteliers, which means they have hospitality in their blood. Roshni is passionate about cooking and baking, especially about introducing the depth and flavor of traditional Syrian Christian food to travelers. In her contemporary Ernakulam apartment with a beautiful view of the Kerala backwaters, Roshni offers guests dishes such as a mouth-watering fish curry, karimeen pollichathu (marinated fish grilled in banana leaves), succulent mutton stew, and perfectly cooked fresh vegetables (her verdant green beans with freshly grated coconut and beta-carotene drenched tapioca are so amazing, they may supplant the meat dish as your favorite). If you book the cooking experience, Roshni will demonstrate to guests how to prepare two or three traditional Christian Kerala dishes, as well as how to pour appams, a pillowy South Indian rice-flour pancake. Once the meal is ready, join her husband George for a meal that also includes dishes she prepared in advance. Please note that as with many Indian families Roshni also has kitchen staff help with the cooking and meal preparation, who may be present in the kitchen during the experience. She also may not sit with guests at the table, preferring instead to be ferrying fresh dishes from the kitchen to ensure every dish comes out hot. Guests will sit at her dining table and enjoy their meal with Roshni's wonderful husband George.

Vacation Inclusions

• Meal
• Cooking Class (optional)
• Lunch (12:30pm-2:30pm Meal, 10am-1pm Cooking Lesson) OR Dinner (7:30-9:30pm Meal, 5-8pm Cooking Lesson)
• Vegetarian options available

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Kochi (Cochin) Kochi (Cochin) Kochi (Cochin) is the great, old Keralan spice city. It consists of mainland Ernakulam, islands of Willingdon, Bolgatty and Gundu in the harbor, Fort Cochin and Mattancheri on the southern peninsula and Vypeen Island north of Cochin. Because of the area’s dense tropical forests, extensive ridges and ravines, it has been sheltered from invaders and the rest of India. This encouraged Keralites to welcome maritime contact, and therefore influence from the outside world. In Cochin there is still a small community of descendants from Jewish settlers who fled Palestine 2,000 years ago. When the Portuguese arrived here some 500 years ago, they were surprised to find Christianity already established along this coast. People from far-off lands have been coming to Kerala since ancient times in search of spices, sandalwood and ivory. Such long contact with people from overseas has resulted in the blending of various cultures and has given Keralites a cosmopolitan outlook.

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