Momo, dal bhat and achar: a real Nepali kitchen classमोमो र दालभात पाठ
Hosted by Anita Gurung
runs a 12-seat kitchen in Kalanki
3 h
including pickup where listed
Max 6
you can book for a group
English · Nepali · Hindi
languages on the day
Food
Any day, 10:00 or 16:00. Two-hour version for families available.
Highlights
You will make momo wrappers by hand (not the machine ones), pleat them badly then less badly, steam them, and learn that the achar — tomato, sesame, timur, dried chilli — is the actual recipe. Ends with a full dal bhat you eat at her table with her kids' homework on it.
- Wrappers by hand — not the machine ones
- Achar is the actual recipe: tomato, sesame, timur, dried chilli
- You eat everything you make, leftovers wrapped for the road
- Anita's table, her kids' homework still on it
Any day, 10:00 or 16:00. Two-hour version for families available.
In / exclusion
Included
- All ingredients
- Apron
- Recipe card in Nepali and English
- You eat everything you make
- Leftovers wrapped
Not included
- Transport to Kalanki
- Alcohol
- Extra portions to take to a hotel (ask — she'll pack more)
Itinerary
1 day · 3 h on the ground
Day 1
Kitchen class, then lunch at the table
Morning or 16:00. Two-hour family version on request.
- 10:00
Apron, market bag, the dough
You mix, rest, and roll. The first wrappers will be ugly. That is the point.
- 11:00
Pleat, steam, achar
Filling, folds, the steamer, then the achar that makes the momo worth it.
- 12:15
Dal bhat you cooked
Rice, lentil, tarkari, pickle. Eat at her table. Leftovers in a tiffin.
- 10:00
Good to know
- Meeting point
- Kalanki, Shree Nagar — 15 min from Ring Road
- Languages
- English, Nepali, Hindi
- Good for
- Families, Couples, People who want to cook it again at home
- Province
- Kathmandu · Bagmati
Similar experiences
See allरु2,400 total
1 guest · 3 h

