Authentic Syrian Christian Cuisine in a Modern Apartment - Day Trip

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For more than two decades, Freeda taught cake baking and cake decoration, confectionery baking, puddings and desserts, and gourmet cookery. Currently, she teaches the delights of cooking to children. Freeda is thrilled to welcome guests to her home, where they can enjoy a traditional Kerala meal with charming Freeda and her husband. Their menu might include dishes such as a Kerala-style stew, fish curry, karimeen pollichathu (marinated fish wrapped in banana leaves and grilled), appams, chicken stew, Syrian beef fry (strips of beef cooked in pepper and spices), rice, and pineapple pachadi followed by a delicious western-style dessert. If you book a cooking experience, travelers will learn how to prepare a few traditional Syrian Kerala dishes together with Freeda in her kitchen, and then enjoy their meal together (with additional dishes prepared by Freeda in advance). After the meal, guests will leave with printed copies of Freeda's personal recipes.

Vacation Inclusions

• Meal
• Cooking Class (optional)
• Lunch (12:30pm-2:30pm Meal, 11am-2pm Cooking Lesson) OR Dinner (7:30-9:30pm Meal, 6-9pm Cooking Lesson)
• Vegetarian options available
• Alcohol 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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