Masterclass: Vegan Southern Indian Cuisine

Nishma Shah of award-winning vegan educators & caterers Shambhu's will teach you how to make a healthy and delicious South Indian dosa meal - which happens to be gluten-free - and show you how to include a mix of highly nutritious and delicious pulses in your diet.

At this masterclass you will:

• Learn how to make a versatile wholesome split pigeon pea (tuver/toor daal) sambhar, also known as daal which can be batch cooked
• Learn how to flavour the sambhar using a combination of particular spices to enjoy as a hearty soup or with masala dosa or otherwise with rice to create a Gujarati dish
• Learn how to make a thin dosa using a fermented red rice and split urid bean batter
• Learn how to make the classic potato-based masala for a masala dosa
• Learn how to make some delicious chutneys & dips: mint raita, coconut chutney and onion & tomato chutney
• Learn how to make the universal favourite: onion bhajia, but healthier baked versions without compromising on the awesome taste
• Have the opportunity to ask Nishma questions
• Enjoy a delicious vegan lunch
• Receive an easy-to-follow recipe sheets provided to recreate the dishes again and again at home

About the chef: Nishma Shah

Nishma Shah is founder and chef of award-winning ethically-conscious London-based plant-based food business, Shambhu’s. She provides plant-based catering and teaches plant-based cookery in a number of settings, drawing from her Indian and Kenyan culinary roots with the aim of showing how delicious, varied and nutritious plant-based food can be. She has been a masterclass teacher for Made In Hackney for over 5 years and has also taught plant-based cookery for many other organisations, both in the UK and abroad.

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