Bring your friends and family for a fun weeknight hands-on cooking class and learn how to make everyone’s favorite Middle Eastern street food — falafels! Shankari will lead you through the step-by-step process of creating delectably crispy falafel from scratch. From forming the perfect mixture to achieving the ideal texture, you’ll gain insider tips and tricks that will make your falafel truly exceptional. Once you’ve made your falafel, you will stuff it in pita bread and top it with a homemade green tahini sauce and a creamy yogurt-cucumber sauce. These will be the best falafels you’ll ever have!
About the Instructor: Shankari Arcot was born and raised in India. She has fond memories of her mother making all of their food from scratch and when Shankari moved to the states, she continued to have a deep love for her mom’s cooking and became passionate about learning how to make the dishes she grew up eating so she could share them with friends and family. Shankari’s proudest moment was winning the Iron Chef competition at the California State Fair. For the past fifteen years, Shankari has been teaching classes in our learning center, as well as giving guest lectures to the culinary students at The American River College and teaching global cooking to homeschooling families.