Bangladeshi Cooking Online with Afsari (Vegetarian)

Since Afsari can’t physically welcome you into her home, she wants to do so virtually!

Our online classes are designed to be special, meaningful opportunities to share cooking, culture, and connection--just like our real life experiences. We want you to cook along, and we promise there will be plenty of time for questions, conversation, and stories. It will all end with a virtual dinner party where you'll get to share in the fruits of your labor, apart, but together!

In this 2.5 hour interactive online experience Afsari will guide you through making In this 2.5 hour interactive online experience Afsari will guide you through making two of her family recipes. During your class, you'll learn how to make homemade paneer (farmers cheese) which you will use in making palak paneer (spiced spinach cooked with homemade farmer’s cheese) and learn how to make bhath (basmati rice cooked with aromatic spices)!

Shopping List for This Class

• 2 pounds spinach (about 3 bunches)
• 2 large pieces of ginger
• 1 large onion
• 6 cloves garlic
• 1 plum tomato
• 3 dried red chilies
• 1/4 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
• 1/2 cup cumin seed
• 1 bunch fresh cilantro
• 4 teaspoons ground coriander
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• ½ teaspoon chili powder
• 8 whole cloves
• 6 green cardamom pods
• 2 bay leaves
• salt
• 1/2 gallon whole milk
• 3/4 cup white vinegar
• 1 pound (2 cups) basmati rice (not parboiled, not brown)
• 1 tablespoon ghee, butter, or neutral oil
• 2 tablespoons neutral oil