Food & Culinary Experiences
Zanzibar Cooking Class
Learning Swahili cooking with local spices, hands-on.
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- Area
- Stone Town
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Group size
- 1–10
- Activity level
- easy
- Private / shared
- Private / Shared
- Swimming required
- No
A cooking class typically starts with a short introduction to the local spices used in Swahili cuisine, sometimes preceded by a market visit to select ingredients, before moving to hands-on preparation of dishes such as coconut fish curry, pilau rice or Zanzibari mix. Participants generally eat what they cook at the end of the session.
Highlights
- Hands-on Swahili cooking
- Local spice use
- Eating what you cook
What is typically included
Ingredients and instruction are typically included; recipes to take home vary by provider.
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