Select Page Style
| Up coming interesting events in 2010 |
|
|
|
| Written by Sharmini | |
Latest addition...
Sharmini’s Inspirational Indian Cuisine
Corporate team building workshop with Hands on cooking
Half day session
Date: to be discussed Time: 9.30am -1.30pm Type of Activity: Hands on Cookery with team building workshop 45 minute team building workshop-choice of workshop offered Preparation of 2 course meal (be spoke dishes – main dish,side dish with rice accompaniment) Price: £85 pp Full day session
Date: to be discussed Time: 9.30 am - 4 pm Type of Activity: Hands on cooking with team building workshop 1 hour team building workshop-choice of workshop offered Preparation of 4 course meal (bespoke dishes- starter and dip, main course, rice and dessert) Price: £150 pp Group booking: discounted price Corporate Team Bonding session/or learn to cook an exclusive authentic meal workshop
How to turn ‘I s to We’s - for the betterment of organisation Every person is an equal and important member of a team regardless of what role they play in your organization. Having an employee prepare meal together is a perfect way of breaking down barriers with people at work. How? It allows them to relate to each other in a relaxed atmosphere, which is not always possible at work in a stress-filled environment. During the course of cooking - time management, Confidence building, Communication Skills, Flexibility, Self Esteem and Co-operation are also incorporated in a fun way. Full day session
Date: to be discussed Time: 9.30 am – 4.00 pm Type of Activity: Hands on cooking MENU
LUNCH AND HIGH TEA The day starts with introduction to the world of spices - seeing, feeling and familiarizing yourself with the different spices and aromas used in Indian cooking. Lunch: 2 course meal (bespoke meal can be arranged) Main Course: Chicken Tikka Vegetable pulao Cucumber Raita Dessert: Cashew nut burfi We will then sit down, relax and enjoy what we have made as lunch. High Tea Drink: Strawberry lassi/ cardamom tea Savoury dish: Samosa with Tamarind chutney Price: £130 pp Half day session
Date:to be discussed Time: 10.00 am -1.30 pm Type of Activity: Hands on cooking The day starts with introduction to the world of spices - seeing, feeling and distinguishing the different aromas and detecting which part of the plant they grow from. Menu Lunch: Main course, side dish and accompaniment (bespoke meal can be arranged) Chicken kuruma, Vegetable pulao Bombay potato Price: £70 pp Number of attendees: 12 Venue: to be discussed Other dates and venues - can be discussed Contact: Sharmini for bookings Phone: 01904 490086 Web:www.sharmini.co.uk Email: Join Sharmini (runner up for South Asian Regional chef competition and tutor/consultant of Indian cookery) for a workshop in authentic Indian food.
• Learn to cook healthy homemade Indian food using locally available fresh products. • What better way to save during recession? Tough economic times typically compel people to explore cooking as it becomes increasingly difficult to eat out very often. Thus, learning basic cooking techniques & applying the knowledge in cooking home meals and conducting home entertaining is the latest trend for consumers today. Enter the rich, spicy, aromatic and tasty ‘World of Indian Cuisine’ and discover the mysteries of preparing them yourself? Prices from £35 onwards Other Workshops I provide are 1. ' Hands on' cookery classes. (Please look in Main Menu under 'Learn Indian Cooking'). 2. Combination of Talk on Indian Culture & tasting and preparing Indian food
Preparation of
3. Talk on common spices used Indian cooking and create ‘art’ with them.
Participants, having familiarised themselves with the unusual and interesting shapes of spices, will be using them in creating fascinating designs on cardboard based cloth covered frames.
4. Health and growth Make a Smiley Egg cucumber sandwich and understand how foods of different colours can take special care of different parts of your body.
Healthy vegetables to toss in your salad
Understand the benefit of the vegetables such as carrot, tomato, cucumber and relish it with tangy yogurt dip. Participants will prepare the dip and have it with salad.
Fruits
Foods of different colours can take special care of different parts of your body.
Talk on different fruits and participants get to make a ‘Mango fruit delight’ (fruit salad) and relish it too 5. Coconut: The Tree of Life Uses of coconut tree and fruit
Explanation on how the fruit is used in different ways, such as coconut cream, drink, desiccated etc The different functions of a coconut tree-from root to fruit Participants get to see
6. Mango and spices
Know more about mangoes and learn to make refreshing mango drink
Participants get to see, feel and smell spices and lentils which are used commonly in Indian cuisine relish poppadum.
7. Changing State Science experiment: States of matter 1st experiment
Experiment on changing salt water into salt crystal through evaporation.
Next adding water to the salt crystal to make it revert into salt solution
2nd experiment
How to make butter from cream and ghee from butter.
Healthy Lifestyles Day Programme
8. Qi Gong exercise, goal setting and destiny map workshop
Qi Gong is an exercise that works our vital energy. Qi (pronounced ‘chee’) means vital energy or breath. Gong means work.
Qi gong exercise helps us to be healthier by improving our concentration and feeling calm, thus reducing stress. It keeps us healthy from inside out.
The work shop will compose of 10-15 minutes of breathing exercise and visualisation of ‘what you want to be and have when you grow up’.
Destiny map workshop
Remember that a destiny map represents the life that you want to live.
Get a large poster…… Go through the magazines etc and cut out any images or symbols that represent the things you would like to have and become in your life and stick on the poster. In realizing goals, it’s important to have a clear mental picture of what you want, and by seeing this ‘destiny map’ daily, you imprint it upon your unconscious mind thus helping you work towards accomplishing it.
9. Healthy Indian food
Kheema chapatti is eaten as part of a healthy diet because it provides plenty of nutrients to your body such as protein, fats and fibre.
Participants will be involved in heating chapathi, warming Kheema, making chutney and preparing salad.
Participants will make chapathi wraps with delicious filling and enjoy it.
10. Talk on rice- the different types, texture- what is polished rice, broken rice etc..
|
