Yogyakarta Cooking Class: Explore Indonesian Spices and Cook Tumpeng Yellow Rice

Discover the vibrant flavors of Indonesian cuisine in a Yogyakarta cooking class. Learn about traditional spices, cook Tumpeng yellow rice, and enjoy a delicious meal with insights and reviews.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Baiti jannati Muna - We will pick-up at your hotel, and then visit a local fresh food market to choose the ingredients for your cooking class. Select from the available vegetables, herbs, meat, and spices on display and experience a little of the local life in Yogyakarta.
    Next, visit a rice plantation and learn how the staple crop is cultivated and…
What's Included
  • Market Tour
  • All Ingredients
  • Lunch
  • Pick-up and drop off at hotels in Yogyakarta
  • English speaking teacher (Chef)
  • Recipe
What's Not Included
  • Personal expenses
Meal Options
  • Martabak - Local food almost look like spring roll . ( inside with spring onion, egg and beef)
  • yellow rice - We will cook yellow rice for side dish, a lot of herb inside. We will create Yellow rice look like mountain for presentation.
  • Javanese Chicken Galanggal - We use chicken and chicken egg for main ingredient.
  • Tempe and tofu caramelize -…
Additional Information

Our culinary expert will guide you in exploring the unique herbs and spices of Indonesian cuisine as we prepare Tumpeng yellow rice, a traditional dish used for ceremonial offerings. You’ll learn the culinary art of preparing a scrumptious Java meal from our chef. Your day will kick off with an early morning trip to the local market to gather fresh…

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Q678uqmariem
Oct 6, 2024
Lovely local family and food. - Desy and her husband welcome us into their home to show us how cool beautiful local traditional celebration food including yellow rice, deep fried galangal chicken and steamed coconut cakes. It was so much food we had to take away for dinner too! We loved the Java history lesson on the way home about how religion and culture has changed since the 7th century. We would recommend this for people who want to spend time with local people, support local business and who love food and cooking.
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Fionai689
Sep 23, 2024
Wonderful day of cooking and eating delicious food! - We had a wonderful cooking class with Desy and we would recommend this to anyone! Desy is welcoming and kind. She told us interesting facts about the local crops and farming and then in the kitchen she was excellent at talking us through the cooking and the ingredients we used. The food was delicious. And Desy shared recipes with us afterwards, so I can’t wait to try some authentic Indonesian cooking at home! Desy’s husband Widi took us back to our hotel afterwards and he explained the history of the celebratory meal we had made, which was fascinating as well. Lovely people and lovely food - thank you for welcoming us into your home.
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Isabelleboets
Sep 9, 2024
Nice food & atmosphere - Our cooking class with Desi was great! We started with a tour at the local market and afterwards we were welcomed in Desi’s home. We cooked an appetizer, main course Nasi Tempong and desert. It all tasted great and was much fun!
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Discover35093265821
Sep 5, 2024
Higly recommended - My children spent a very good time during the market visit, the cooking class and during all the time with Desys family. Higly reconmended. 10/10. Thanks.
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Jennifer_m
Aug 23, 2024
Excellent - I thoroughly enjoyed my class with Desi. It was great to visit the marker and share her home. Thanks
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Tommaso_v
Aug 15, 2024
A Dive into Javanese Culture - An amazing experience! The market tour is truly fascinating, offering an authentic glimpse into local life. The cooking class is equally engaging, you will learn a lot about Indonesian cuisine and get to enjoy the delicious dishes you prepare. The highlight, however, is Desy. She's not only incredibly skilled in the kitchen but also a wonderful person, always ready to answer any questions and to make you feel comfortable. Highly recommended!
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Tomver999
Aug 13, 2024
Authentic cooking experience - An amazing experience! The market tour is truly fascinating, offering an authentic glimpse into local life. The cooking class is equally engaging, you will learn a lot about Indonesian cuisine and get to enjoy the delicious dishes you prepare. The highlight, however, is Desy. She's not only incredibly skilled in the kitchen but also a wonderful person, always ready to answer any questions and to make you feel comfortable. Highly recommended!
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Bas
Aug 6, 2024
A very nice experience! - After we were picked up by Desy, we visited the local Point of Sale. There we saw all kinds of local products and learned about how tofu and tempeh are made. After this instructive first stop we continued to Desy’s lovely, cozy home. There we heard more about the delicious dishes we were going to cook and rolled up our sleeves. In between we chatted and were able to ask questions about the food, preparation techniques, culture and more. Finally, we ate the homemade meal together and were dropped off at the hotel after a glass of water and some chat. All-in-all well arranged and highly recommended!
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Svermeijden
Aug 4, 2024
I highly recommend the cooking class with Desy - We did the amazing cooking class at Desy’s house. It is not only very interesting to learn how to prepare the greatest food, but als a nice way to learn about Indonesian culture. Desy is very friendly, is very interested and loves to explain everything. Our son is vegetarian, but this was not a problem. We are going to try and make the food when we’re back home. It was one of the highlights of our holiday!
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Aussiestardust
Sep 22, 2024
True Home Cooking and Delicious Dishes - Chef and hostess Desy took us to a local market to collect the ingredients we would need for our cooking class. It was really interesting to see the variety of different spices and vegetables in particular on offer at the market. Along the way we also collected a few local sweets and some fresh coconuts both of which were served to us as a "morning tea" on arrival before the cooking got underway. Taking place in Desy's own home, the kitchen had been set out with our own personalised welcome sign and aprons and chef hats were provided. Over the course of the next couple of hours we made six different dishes - quail egg and prawn fritters, double fried tempe in a sweet/spicy sauce, fried chicken, yellow rice, sambal (fresh and cooked) and pandan cakes. All of the recipes are provided at the end of the class too so you can have a go at making them at home. Desy did a great job taking us through the steps for each dish and helping us along. The presentation of the food at the end is stunning and I promise it tastes even better than it looks so make sure you come hungry! On our return to the hotel, Desy's husband also gave us the history behind the dishes and how they were representative of an old ceremony. Would highly recommend spending a morning in the kitchen with Desy!
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