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Host: Uma

Gurgaon, India

USD
$26-$70 per person

An authentic South Indian vegetarian meal

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

Meet Uma

Uma is a doting wife and mother who is passionate about cooking healthy, delicious food and loves to create fusion dishes. She is lovingly called 'MCM’ (Master Chef Mom) at home and now runs a popular blog where she shares food experiences and recipes. Her husband and children inspire and motivate her to cook and innovate with food. She is a self-taught baker and tries to bring in the right balance of taste, nutrition and presentation to all her dishes. Having worked as a school teacher for more than five years, she understands child psychology and the role food plays in influencing eating habits. The proof of this is the excitement she brings to “lunchbox recipes,” which are a hit not only with her children and their friends but also with those who follow her blog.

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: (1-7 guests) Uma lives in a simple apartment in Gurgaon with her husband, Raghuraman, daughter, Gayatri, and son, Vishnu. She loves gardening and has a small terrace garden where she grows different herbs that she uses in her cooking. Enjoy a welcome drink panagam, made with jaggery, and snack on some mini idlis (savory cakes) with chutney as Uma tells you all about south Indian food. She will show you the spices and masalas that she uses in her cooking, most which she prefers to mix at home. Your meal will be served in the traditional way on banana leaves and might include dishes such as tamarind rice, coconut rice, mint pulao (Uma’s mother’s special dish) served with achari tomato raita (yogurt), garlic and pepper rasam (a tangy tamarind soup), appalam (a savory pancake made with fermented rice batter), or urulai roast (potato). End your meal with a traditional dessert of curd rice, pickle and payasam (rice pudding).

Cooking experience: (1-7 guests) Join Uma in her kitchen for a South Indian cooking class, where you will learn to make four dishes, dosas, idlis, sambar and chutney. The cooking experience lasts for approximately one hour.

Notes: Please note Uma only serves vegetarian food. Also please note this is a family-friendly experience.

Languages spoken: English

Traveler reviews

5.0 (1)
During a 2 week vacation/business trip to Delhi we had an extra day without plans. Traveling Spoon, with 2 days notice, was able to connect us with a cooking/meal experience close to our hotel in Gurgaon. The experience was wonderful! The host, Uma Raghumanon, is both a teacher and a master chef. The opportunity to help prepare and have a meal in an Indian home is well worth the time away from the wonderful sights of Delhi.
- mmladyspoke January 02, 2018
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Uma

$26-$70 USD

per person
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  • Private experience
Pricing (per person)*
1 person 2-4 ppl 5+ ppl
In-Home Meal
 $40 $30 $26
Cooking Experience + Meal
 $70 $60 $56
*Does not include 3% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
1 person 2-4 people 5+ people
In-Home Meal
 $40 $30 $26
Cooking Experience + Meal
 $70 $60 $56
*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 6:00pm-9:00pm

Meet Uma

Uma is a doting wife and mother who is passionate about cooking healthy, delicious food and loves to create fusion dishes. She is lovingly called 'MCM’ (Master Chef Mom) at home and now runs a popular blog where she shares food experiences and recipes. Her husband and children inspire and motivate her to cook and innovate with food. She is a self-taught baker and tries to bring in the right balance of taste, nutrition and presentation to all her dishes. Having worked as a school teacher for more than five years, she understands child psychology and the role food plays in influencing eating habits. The proof of this is the excitement she brings to “lunchbox recipes,” which are a hit not only with her children and their friends but also with those who follow her blog.

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: (1-7 guests) Uma lives in a simple apartment in Gurgaon with her husband, Raghuraman, daughter, Gayatri, and son, Vishnu. She loves gardening and has a small terrace garden where she grows different herbs that she uses in her cooking. Enjoy a welcome drink panagam, made with jaggery, and snack on some mini idlis (savory cakes) with chutney as Uma tells you all about south Indian food. She will show you the spices and masalas that she uses in her cooking, most which she prefers to mix at home. Your meal will be served in the traditional way on banana leaves and might include dishes such as tamarind rice, coconut rice, mint pulao (Uma’s mother’s special dish) served with achari tomato raita (yogurt), garlic and pepper rasam (a tangy tamarind soup), appalam (a savory pancake made with fermented rice batter), or urulai roast (potato). End your meal with a traditional dessert of curd rice, pickle and payasam (rice pudding).

Cooking experience: (1-7 guests) Join Uma in her kitchen for a South Indian cooking class, where you will learn to make four dishes, dosas, idlis, sambar and chutney. The cooking experience lasts for approximately one hour.

Notes: Please note Uma only serves vegetarian food. Also please note this is a family-friendly experience.

Languages spoken: English

Traveler reviews

5.0 (1)
During a 2 week vacation/business trip to Delhi we had an extra day without plans. Traveling Spoon, with 2 days notice, was able to connect us with a cooking/meal experience close to our hotel in Gurgaon. The experience was wonderful! The host, Uma Raghumanon, is both a teacher and a master chef. The opportunity to help prepare and have a meal in an Indian home is well worth the time away from the wonderful sights of Delhi.
- mmladyspoke January 02, 2018
Pricing (per person)*
1 person 2-4 ppl 5+ ppl
In-Home Meal
 $40 $30 $26
Cooking Experience + Meal
 $70 $60 $56
*Does not include 3% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
1 person 2-4 people 5+ people
In-Home Meal
 $40 $30 $26
Cooking Experience + Meal
 $70 $60 $56
*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 6:00pm-9:00pm
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