Full-Day • Fully Hands-On • Dough-First

Early Bird: R200 off
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Only 3 spots available at this price.

This is not a generic curry class.
This is a hands-on Indian flatbread and flavour workshop.

Join us as we venture east to make sourdough naan, chapati and paratha, while exploring the delicate and varied spicing of North Indian cooking.

Our focus is on the dough — learning how to mix, ferment, rest and handle flatbread dough properly so you can reproduce it confidently at home.

Dough Over Recipes

Great Indian flatbreads come from good dough.

We focus on the fundamentals that actually determine texture, blistering, softness and flavour. You’ll learn how to manage hydration, fermentation and handling to produce consistently strong results.

You will learn to:

• Make sourdough naan, chapati and paratha

• Understand dough behaviour, resting and fermentation

• Cook flatbreads correctly for proper texture and structure

• Build confidence working with soft, high-hydration doughs

Cooking Together

Alongside the breads, we will prepare an authentic thali meal together as a group, working through the dishes step-by-step.

The thali includes five recipes, featuring curries, rice and a homemade chutney — giving you a complete meal framework to pair with your breads.

The Experience

We’ll enjoy the fruits of our labour as a late lunch and discover why eating with your hands is like finger-painting with flavour.

The course is suitable for vegetarians.

This special course can also be booked privately by arrangement for a group of family, friends or colleagues.

The Outcome

By the end of the day, you won’t just have cooked a meal.

You will understand how to make and handle Indian flatbread dough properly — and how to build a complete, balanced thali around it.

Most of our courses run a full day from about 9:30am to 4:30pm.

All courses take place at our Stellenbosch store, Oude Bank building, 7 Church street, Stellenbosch.

If you struggle to find parking, the municipal parking lot behind Checkers Mill Street is usually convenient.

Lunch is included and is usually suitable for vegetarians.

We require booking and payment via our online system to confirm your registration. 

Courses are intended for amateur and domestic bakers cooking for friends & family - not for commercial applications of any size. We reserve the right to cancel a booking should this not be the case.

Course bookings are not refundable in cash; we will offer a date change or a voucher to use for course at a later date for changes made more than 7 days before the course date. For date changes within 7-14 days of the course start, a rebooking fee of R500 per space will be charged to change your date. Rebooking of a course must take place within 12 months of the original course date, after which the credit will expire. Should the price of the course increase before rebooking, the difference in price will also need to be paid.

We will accommodate participant name changes up to the day of the course free of charge.

No shows and cancellations on the day of the course are charged 100% cancellation fee. Booking conditions apply for bookings made in error.

We reserve the right to reschedule a course should we not reach a minimum quota of 4 participants.