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Host: Geeta

Agra, India

USD
$30-$60 per person

Share a traditional home-cooked Rajasthani meal

Host offerings
  • House
  • Home cook
  • Pets
  • Vegetarian
  • Alcohol
  • Transportation
  • Cooking class
  • Market visit
  • Food tour

Meet Geeta

Geeta has been conducting cooking classes for 28 years. Originally a teacher, she discovered her passion for cooking after marrying and moving to Agra. She started teaching cooking as a way to share this with other women who hoped to perfect their skills. She learned most of her techniques by watching her mother as a young girl and then turned to cookbooks and to experimenting in the kitchen. Both of her sons are passionate about food and support their mother in every way possible. As children, they would watch cooking shows, writing down exciting recipes and petering their mother to cook for them. This made Geeta an very innovative cook and taught her to explore with different flavors. Geeta is such a passionate cook that she often dreams of new dishes while sleeping and then wakes up in the middle of the night to make a note of the recipes!

What to expect

Please note menu might vary. If there are particular dishes you are interested in trying, please include your request in the booking form.

In-home meal: (1-5 guests) Geeta lives with her husband in a bungalow in Kamla Nagar. Her home is very simple but tastefully decorated by her sons who are designers. They have also designed a menu for their mother when she completed 25 years of conducting cooking classes; to showcase all her food pictures and the different cuisines she prepares. Your meal will be Rajasthani which is cooked in ghee (clarified butter) and may include dishes such as mangochi (a family recipe of lentil dumplings in mildly spiced tomato and yogurt sauce), dahi vada (split black gram beans in a yogurt sauce) served with sweet tamarind chutney, gatte ki sabzi with missi roti (gram flour dumplings in a yogurt-based curry served with flatbread), her grandmother's pickles, chutney and salad.

Cooking experience: (1-5 guests) Geeta has an open kitchen where the cooking demonstration will take place. With her vast cooking and teaching experience, she ensures to make even the most authentic recipes very simple and easy to prepare. She does not prefer to give recipe handouts but thinks when students understand and write it will help them re-create it later. She will demonstrate how to make 2-3 of her favourite Rajasthani dishes that you will eat along with other prepared dishes.

Notes: Geeta serves only vegetarian food.

If you would like to try a different regional cuisine, Geeta can also prepare and teach south Indian, north Indian, Mughlai and Kashmiri food, so please tell her your preference at the time of booking.

Languages spoken: English

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Geeta

$30-$60 USD

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Pricing (per person)*
1 person 2-4 ppl 5+ ppl
In-Home Meal
 $46 $38 $30
Cooking Experience + Meal
 $60 $50 $40
*Does not include 3% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
1 person 2-4 people 5+ people
In-Home Meal
 $46 $38 $30
Cooking Experience + Meal
 $60 $50 $40
*Does not include 3% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
Experience Timings
 Lunch Dinner
In-Home Meal
 12:30pm-2:30pm 7:30pm-9:30pm
Cooking Experience+ Meal
 11:00am-2:00pm 5:00pm-8:00pm

Meet Geeta

Geeta has been conducting cooking classes for 28 years. Originally a teacher, she discovered her passion for cooking after marrying and moving to Agra. She started teaching cooking as a way to share this with other women who hoped to perfect their skills. She learned most of her techniques by watching her mother as a young girl and then turned to cookbooks and to experimenting in the kitchen. Both of her sons are passionate about food and support their mother in every way possible. As children, they would watch cooking shows, writing down exciting recipes and petering their mother to cook for them. This made Geeta an very innovative cook and taught her to explore with different flavors. Geeta is such a passionate cook that she often dreams of new dishes while sleeping and then wakes up in the middle of the night to make a note of the recipes!

What to expect

Please note menu might vary. If there are particular dishes you are interested in trying, please include your request in the booking form.

In-home meal: (1-5 guests) Geeta lives with her husband in a bungalow in Kamla Nagar. Her home is very simple but tastefully decorated by her sons who are designers. They have also designed a menu for their mother when she completed 25 years of conducting cooking classes; to showcase all her food pictures and the different cuisines she prepares. Your meal will be Rajasthani which is cooked in ghee (clarified butter) and may include dishes such as mangochi (a family recipe of lentil dumplings in mildly spiced tomato and yogurt sauce), dahi vada (split black gram beans in a yogurt sauce) served with sweet tamarind chutney, gatte ki sabzi with missi roti (gram flour dumplings in a yogurt-based curry served with flatbread), her grandmother's pickles, chutney and salad.

Cooking experience: (1-5 guests) Geeta has an open kitchen where the cooking demonstration will take place. With her vast cooking and teaching experience, she ensures to make even the most authentic recipes very simple and easy to prepare. She does not prefer to give recipe handouts but thinks when students understand and write it will help them re-create it later. She will demonstrate how to make 2-3 of her favourite Rajasthani dishes that you will eat along with other prepared dishes.

Notes: Geeta serves only vegetarian food.

If you would like to try a different regional cuisine, Geeta can also prepare and teach south Indian, north Indian, Mughlai and Kashmiri food, so please tell her your preference at the time of booking.

Languages spoken: English

Pricing (per person)*
1 person 2-4 ppl 5+ ppl
In-Home Meal
 $46 $38 $30
Cooking Experience + Meal
 $60 $50 $40
*Does not include 3% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
1 person 2-4 people 5+ people
In-Home Meal
 $46 $38 $30
Cooking Experience + Meal
 $60 $50 $40
*Does not include 3% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
Experience Timings
 Lunch Dinner
In-Home Meal
 12:30pm-2:30pm 7:30pm-9:30pm
Cooking Experience+ Meal
 11:00am-2:00pm 5:00pm-8:00pm
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