Duration
3 – 4 hours per lesson.
Suggestions
You can request any type of local cuisine you wish to learn.
Notes
client pay transport to/from cooking location separately!
It is not surprising that the cuisine of the “Spice Island” Zanzibar offers an exotic variety of aromas and tastes. For centuries, ships sailing the Indian Ocean brought peoples from Arabia, Persia, India and the African continent to Zanzibar. Zanzibar’s cuisine reflects this colourful mix of cultures and traditions.
You will learn how to prepare some of Zanzibar’s rice and seafood dishes, snacks and sweets directly from a dedicated group of Stone Town women.
Arabian coffee, Indian curries, and Masalas from Goa. Avocado, guava, and many exotic fruits & vegetables. Spices such as manioc, nutmeg and cinnamon alongside cashew nut and coconut are all amongst the everyday components which make up Zanzibar’s cuisine.
Zanzibar’s famous rice dishes include Biryani, Mseto or Wali - but the unrivalled favourite, which is only cooked on special occasions, is Pilau, a rice dish meticulously flavoured with a variety of spices including cumin, pepper, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and raisins.
Octopus (pweza), swordfish (ndoaro), kingfish (nguru), lobster and praws (kamba), tuna (jodari), squid (ngisi), and seashells (chaza, makombe) are common seafood dishes often cooked in rich coconut sauce.
Our Chakula Kizuri cooking lesson takes approximately 3-4 hours and includes a main dish, side dish, snack, and a sweet. From a variety of suggestions, you can choose the dishes you prefer in learning to cook. Your cooking instructor will be members from a local Stone Town’s women’s group.
You can also book your complete culinary holiday in Zanzibar, which in addition to daily cooking lessons will include visits to markets, agricultural production sites and food tastings.
MORE EXCURSIONS
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Stone Town City Tour
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Duration: Half Day
Price from town hotel: $60 (subject to number of people)
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Mnemba Snorkeling
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Duration: Half Day
Price from town hotel: $240 (subject to number of people)
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Cutural Village Tour
The excursion begins with a visit to a spice plantation. Not only will you..
Duration: Full Day
Price from town hotel: $150 (subject to number of people)
Price from beach hotel: $160 (subject to number of people) -
Exciting Spice Tour
Zenith Tours is a Zanzibar and Dar-Es-Salaam based tour operator specialising ..
Duration: Half Day
Price from town hotel: $45 (subject to number of people)
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Jozani Forest
Jozani Forest is part of the “Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park”, a conservation area...
Duration: Half Day
Price from town hotel: $65 (subject to number of people)
Price from beach hotel: $125 (subject to number of people) -
Trip Extension: “Slave Coast”
“Slave coast” On the coral limestone coast of Mangapwani you will have the chance ...
Duration: Half Day
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Seaweed Farming
The seaweed farming is a project that is associated with seaweed farms ...
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Home Cooking Lessons
It is not surprising that the food of the “Spice Island” Zanzibar offers an exotic variety of aromas ...
Duration: 03 Hours
Price from: $55 (subject to number of people)
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Safari Blue Dayout
Safari Blue brings you close to the most interesting and beautiful natural ....
Duration: Full Day
Price from town hotel: $130 (subject to number of people)
Price from beach hotel: $180 (subject to number of people) -
Zala Park Excursion
Zala Park Tour is a wonderful tour which opens up to a small reserve ...
Duration: Half Day
Price : on request -
Prison Island Tour
A traditional wooden dhow will bring you on a 20 minutes ride to Prison Island...
Duration: Half Day
Price from town hotel: $65 (subject to number of people)
Price from beach hotel: $120 (subject to number of people)
