Steve’s Asian Cookery

We had a great experience at this course today.

Steve was brilliant, answered all of our many questions, made the day interactive and taught us so much in the 3 hours.

On reflection, the great thing about this is that it is done in his house, which did initially feel strange, but it was perfect because it showed us that you can make 5/6 Baltis, a Dahl and a Lassi all in a small home kitchen.

There was no special pots/pans, everything we used today is pretty much what you'd find in any kitchen.

His knowledge of the history of the dishes was great, giving us a thorough explanation of why they are called what they're called.

We have now mastered how to make a Balti (we made 5 different varieties), a Dahl, a bread, poppadoms and the accompanying dips, and would feel confident in making these for a dinner at home.

A word of advice is to take quite a few tupperware containers as you'll want to take away everything that you've cooked.

A great afternoon spent learning and doing and sold recommend to both novice and advanced cookers.

My husband purchased the Beginners Indian Cookery class for my birthday. My son joined me on the course. Both of us are competent cooks, but identified that we struggled with Indian cuisine, especially getting the spice selection correct for sauces, bhajis etc. There is a maximum of 2 participants to each class, so I was looking forward to personal attention. My first impression on entering the kitchen was how cold it was, the windows in the kitchen were wide open, and half way through the class, when we were starting to cook, the teacher opened the patio doors – ‘freezing’ The teacher had prepared a number of ingredients for us - chopped onions for each dish, potatoes peeled and chopped ready to cook the Saag Aloo and the chicken was ready for the chicken curry. I found the pace of the lesson, especially at the beginning, very slow. The class started at 10.00am and the first two hours were taken-up with the teacher demonstrating how to flavour and cook the potatoes ready for the Saag Aloo, demonstrating how to make the Raita and how to cook the pilau rice. By 12.00 noon we still had not done any cooking! I felt that the class was disorganised and lacked structure. Both the domestic kitchen and the teacher's commercial kitchen were very small. The area given to prepare food was also very small and was shared by both the teacher and the two of us. Cooking in the commercial kitchen was tight for 3 people. I felt that this class would have been much more suitable to one participant. due to both the space and cooking facilities and the equipment provided. At 12.00 noon the teacher suggested we were on time, but it was obvious this class was going to run well over time. There is no doubt that the teacher’s knowledge on Indian cuisine is extensive. Despite the class being disorganised, I still feel I learnt a lot, the teachers hints and tips were extremely useful and the quality and quantity of the food produced was very good. I feel confident to try these dishes at home. I have read all the reviews on ClassBento which have scored this class at 5 stars, and so I just wonder if we have caught the teacher on an ‘off day’

I booked this a week in advance for my husbands birthday. The communication initially with Steve was amazing and a time and date was quickly agreed.
The class was held at Steve's house with made it all the more authentic and cosy. Steve put us both at ease and was super friendly.
Everything we needed was provided but don't forget your tupperware as there is lots of food to take home! We have just finished eating our dinner, we are stuffed and it was absolutely delicious!
We both really enjoyed our day with Steve, not once did we feel rushed or pressured. It was amazing value for money.
Book it, you won't be disappointed!

Very knowledgeable teacher who has travelled so knows a lot about the spices etc. made very tasty food and went into detail about the food and its origin. I believe its good value for money as you are taking home several dishes you make and the knowledge to make your own curry dishes.