Organic cooking class sigiriya (kumara & family)
Recommended by 99% of travelers
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
- 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Learn how to prepare a traditional Sri Lankan meal from start to finish during this private, half-day organic cooking workshop in Sigiriya. Relax in the home of a local family as you gather ingredients from the garden, learn about Sri Lankan spices, and aid in the preparation of a multi-dish curry dinner. Then, simply sit back and enjoy the meal prepared.
- A private, half-day organic cooking workshop in Sigiriya
- Get exclusive cooking tips and see how traditional meals are prepared
- Learn how a Sri Lankan dinner table is arranged
- Enjoy a freshly prepared evening meal, with bottled water and herbal tea
Sample Menu
Main
Traditional Srilankan Foods
What's Included
- Lunch or Dinner
- Herble Tea
- Desert
- Cooking class around 1km pickup and drop free of charge
- Water
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Organic cooking class sigiriya (kumara & family)284 kahatagahayaya, kalapuraya, Sigiriya 21120, Sri Lanka
If you need pickup around sigiriya text me. I can pickup all your hotels. More information please contact me whatsapp number from google
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.What To Expect
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 0 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
Marnix_D
Fabulous experience highly recommend. Fully organic as everything is grown on site and the lovely couple that give the class are very attentive and well knowledgeable.
Reviews
5.0
based on 678 reviews
Nathalie_S, Jan 2026
Very kind family, you visit their garden and get some info about herbs, plants, ayuverdic eating and afterwards you start cooking several dishes in their outdoor kitchen
Rachael_B, Sep 2025
Fantastic cooking class, first he shows you where they grow all of thier ingredients, then you get cooking. The food prepared was actually amazing, and it was great fun!
Kitty_V, Jul 2025
Wonderful experience with a wonderful family! Cooked great food!! Please don’t cancel once booked!!!
Drew_M, Jun 2025
Wonderful experience with a lovely and very hard working family. The food we made and ate was delicious. All natural, all organic and the flavor was amazing.
Note to bring your own bottled water to keep hydrated. They offer cups of hot tea and water from their tap but no bottled water.
d665w8xkjh, Apr 2025
Fantastic host Kumara - very knowledgeable, all food grown in his garden and made farm to table. Best thing I’ve done in Sri Lanka!
Rebecca_L, Mar 2025
Wonderful experience cooking in a traditional kitchen. Food was amazing and the environment was welcoming and friendly - highly recommend
Cecile_M, Feb 2025
The cooking class started with a walk through the organic garden with a lot of explanations about what we saw there.
Then we started cooking, many different curries, spring hoppers and some desert. Really friendly family with a heart for cooking.
Thomas_C, Jan 2025
Amazing experience and wonderful food. Kumara and his family are very knowledgeable and passionate about their homegrown ingredients and love to share this. Cooking together is so much fun and the food we made together is the best we've had in Sri Lanka. Definitely a must-do when in Sigiriya.
Niamh_F, Jan 2025
Fantastic experience learning about organic growing and cooking in Sigiriya. The family is lovely and the food is delicious. We made three curries (Dahl, aubergine and pumpkin), sambal, string hoppers and dessert. This is the only fully organic cooking class in Sigiriya, so if you like your food poison-free this is the place to go. It was great to share in how the family live their lives and their values, as well as learn about the medicinal properties of the herbs, fruits and spices they grow. Not to be missed!
Liam_B, Jan 2025
Great fully organic cooking class! Really tasty vegan recipes. Everything is grown by Kumara and is family. Great to see and learn how to cook authentic Sri Lanka food and then enjoy the meal afterwards. I would really recommend this class if in the area! It was first cooking class in Sigiriya.
Chiara_W, Jan 2025
One man, a mother, a wife, a family, a garden and a cooking class. An exhilarating, unforgettable experience. A tuk-tuk was organised to and from the location, and the host couldn’t have been more helpful! This isn’t your average “one station, follow-the-leader” cooking class—it’s a truly authentic cook-and-teach experience. It all begins with a tour of the garden, where you learn about the ingredients you’ll use (and eat) and their health benefits. Is it a cooking class? A home remedy session? Who knows—who cares? It’s all good for you! From there, it’s off to the cooking area, where you’re greeted with a cute flower crown before diving into authentic Sri Lankan recipes passed down through generations. From coconut rotis to sweet potato curry, the flavours hit on every level. This is not a Sigiriya moment to pass up—trust me, it’s unforgettable!
Marnix_D, Nov 2024
Fabulous experience highly recommend. Fully organic as everything is grown on site and the lovely couple that give the class are very attentive and well knowledgeable.
Nanou_N, Oct 2024
A really nice biological cooking class on a farm with a family a bit outside of Sigiriya. Very special to see their big biological garden, to hear stories of the tough life and the time they take to cook. We made almost everything on a Sri Lankan menu and received so many recipes afterwards!
Colin_B, Sep 2024
Great host with a lovely family. The knowledge shared and the food made was great, best we had in whole of Sri Lanka.
Falton_T, Jul 2024
Traditional cooking, delicious food and good explanations :) interesting and fun, we had a good time!
Chris_D, Jul 2024
We went as a couple and joined with 10 others. For us this made the experience even better! We had as a group a lot of laughs, good talks and made new friends. Food unites you can say :) The cooking experience was really good. We learned a lot about the ingredients and that they are also very healthy. We all made a wonderful big meal together and afterwards we got the recipes in detail. The family who hosted this is very friendly and kind. Definitely recommend this!
Iris_V, Jun 2024
We had a really great time. The family is so nice and we learned a lot. The food was absolutely great!
Simon_C, Apr 2024
An exceptional hands-on cookery experience. I loved this traditional home cooking activity based in an organic jungle garden setting is one of the best cooking experiences I’ve had.
We learned how to produce a wonderful plant based curry and rice meal with a range of accompaniments and string hopper desserts.
The food was all prepared in a family home under the warm and welcoming extended family.
In addition we had the opportunity to see some of the organic produce used being grown in the garden.
I would strongly recommend this experience.
Julia_K, Feb 2024
This cooking class was a wonderful experience and one of the highlights of our trip! Everything from the garden tour, to making the dinner, seeing how everything was made, what went into each dish, and meeting the family was wonderful. It is very easy to book this directly by texting the WhatsApp number. We learned SO much and would love to do this again.
Jan_H, Jan 2024
Super authentic experience. All ingredients local and selfmade. Great ! Had a very nice time and the food was super delicious.
Julia_K, Feb 2023
Wauw! What A night. This is just a experience and memory we will keep forever. Kumara & his wife are the sweetest persons we’ve met so far and they show you around in their garden, tell you everything about the plant and herbs. The cooking was Amazing, we learned so much and it was sooo good. We would recomment this to everyone, A local experience is so much meaningfuller!
Response from Host, Mar 2023
Thank you very for everything enjoy your life blessing of the buddha 🙏 🙏 🙏 ❤
Harmen_v, Jan 2023
Super highly recommended! Kumara and his wife Thanuja received us at their home where they teached us how to cook a delicious organic Sri Lankan meal. We cooked 7 different curry dishes and all (!) the vegetables and spices (and yes we used a lot) were home-grown. The family was very warm and made us feel home. Kumara showed us around in his little garden, and he also came to pick us up from our hotel with his tuktuk. By far the most tasty food and best experience we had so far in Sri Lanka!
Response from Host, Mar 2023
Thank you very for everything enjoy your life blessing of the buddha 🙏 🙏 🙏 ❤
RENE_S, Sep 2025
Good process and organization. First, something about the herbs and fruits. Then we went to cook or prepare.
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Monique_Z, Feb 2025
Een bijzondere ervaring. Kumara en zijn gezin zijn superlief en leggen heel goed uit hoe je de recepten maakt. Bijna alle ingrediënten komen uit hun eigen biologische tuin. Je gaat eerst alles snijden en voorbereiden en mag daarna op een spectaculaire rij houtvuurtjes de gerechten bereiden. Met de eenvoudigste middelen maak je een uitgebreide maaltijd die ook nog eens lekkerder is dan in het restaurant. Na de cursus krijg je de recepten toegestuurd.
marie_F, Feb 2025
Moment convivial en petit groupe avec une famille sri lankaise. La famille est super gentille, vous aller préparez votre repas en entier puis le déguster a leur façon ! C’était super je recommande !
Lisanne_v, Feb 2025
We hebben een fantastische ervaring gehad bij de cooking class. Allereerst kregen we uitleg over de biologische gewassen in de tuin van Kumara. Vervolgens hebben we met zijn alle heerlijk gekookt onder leiding van Kumara en zijn vrouw. Hij praat goed Engels.
Als feestelijke afsluiter ga je het eigen gemaakte eten met elkaar opeten. De lekkerste curry die we in Sri Lanka op hebben! 100% een aanrader om deze workshop te volgen.
Mariel_M, Feb 2025
Ontzettend mooie ervaring om van kumara en zijn familie te leren over verschillende kruiden en natuurlijk heerlijke gerechten te maken. Zeker een aanrader!!
Yentel_T, Jan 2025
We werden hartelijk ontvangen door Kumara. Hij gaf eerst uitleg over hun eigen moestuin waaruit zij de meeste ingrediënten gebruiken voor de workshop. Ook gaf hij uitleg over het medicinaal gebruik van verschillende planten. Wij vonden dit heel interessant.
De kookworkshop wordt gegeven door Kumara, zijn vrouw en zijn zus. Zij zijn allemaal even vriendelijk en weten wat ze doen. Er werden verschillende curry's gemaakt en een dessertje. Deze waren allemaal overheerlijk. Dit was tot nu toe onze beste maaltijd in Sri Lanka!
(Ik wil ook graag vermelden dat Kumara en zijn familie geboycot worden door de rest van het toerisme in Sigiriya omdat zijn geen commissie kunnen betalen. Dit komt omdat zij alles biologisch verbouwen en hier veel tijd in steken. Hierdoor is er minder tijd om alles overdreven toeristisch te maken. Dit is ook waarom wij de workshop zo leuk vinden. Laat je niet overhalen om een van de andere workshops te gaan doen!)
Laura_W, Jan 2025
De kookles werd gegeven door een man met zijn vrouw en zijn zus bij hun thuis. De groentes en specerijen verbouwde zij zelf in hun eigen tuin waar de man veel over vertelde. De kookles was in een groepje met andere en was erg leuk. Iedereen kreeg hier en daar taken aangewezen en de sfeer zat er goed in! Achteraf hebben we met z’n allen het gemaakte eten gegeten en het smaakte echt heerlijk! Ook hebben we de recepten meegekregen zodat we die zelf later ook nog konden maken. Het duurde ongeveer 3 uur allemaal bij elkaar. Nogmaals bedankt voor de leuke dag!
Lynn_H, Jan 2025
De kookcursus was helemaal geslaagd. De meneer die de cursus gaf was super vrolijk en legde alles goed uit samen met zijn vrouw en zus! Alles komt uit hun eigen tuin en is organisch. Zeker een aanrader als je in de buurt bent.
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