Momo
INSIDE HIMALAYAS | NEPAL | TIBET | BHUTAN
Cooking Class
INSIDE HIMALAYAS | NEPAL | TIBET | BHUTAN
Classes and Tours
Nepal’s favourite snack: Momos
Have fun making momos, this favourite of Nepal’s snacks.
Starting off by kneading the dough, preparing the ingredients
to stuff into your momos, folding your momos up and finally
cooking them, you will be taught the whole process.
Photos: Backstreet Academy.
Make your own khukuri
In the countryside you will see most farmers going around
with a khukuri tucked in their belt. It is used to chop
firewood, cut grass, and even cut vegetables in the home.
This weapon of choice and icon of the Gurkha warriors is a
symbol of pride to Nepalis all over the world.
Khukuris comes in all sizes but in this workshop, you will
make a miniature version. You will cut and hammer the iron
into shape. Your host will grind the blade and then you will
make the wooden handle.
LEARN ONCE
COOK FOREVER
Make and play your own madal
(Nepali Conga)
Despite having a vague history of
its origin, Momo has become a
traditional delicacy of Nepal, over
the years, since decades. Learn to
cook - delicious - Momo like a
typical Nepalese, but under
Tibetan hospitality at the
Tashiling Homestay in Pokhara,
and treat yourself from this
quick-learned skill forever.
The madal or Nepali conga is a typical musical instrument
that is used to accompany Nepali folk songs. (The madal
is played horizontally, while the conga is placed on the
ground vertically).
In this workshop you will be provided with a basic wooden
log already carved out to form the hollow cavity of the
madal. You will have to cover this will dried goat skin to
make this into a percussion instrument. You then attach
leather strings and paint it with a mixture of black iron
powder and glue to ‘tune’ the madal for you. As it can take
a few hours to dry, you are advised to collect your madal
the following day when you can be given a musical lesson
before you leave.
Paint your own thangka
Thangka paintings are full of symbolism and meaning.
Typically depicting images of deities, images of Buddha
and mandalas, they are impressive art forms. The very
process of making the Thangka also holds significance and
they are used as teaching tools to depict the life of Buddha
or to show some of his teachings. Buddhists often use them
as a focus for meditation on the path of enlightenment.
As a thangka can take up to a month to complete, for this
workshop you will be limited in what you can complete.
However, for the few hours that you have, you will be taught
the fundamental stages of Thangka art.
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