# Cooking with a Balinese family: market, kitchen and a shared meal

URL: https://mybalitourguide.com/trips/balinese-cooking-class
Type: Workshop. Duration: About 5 hours, morning and lunch. Group: 2 to 8 people. Start: A village near Ubud or Sidemen. Price: Price on request, paid directly to the family.

A morning cooking with a Balinese family: first the market, then making basa genep and dishes such as sate lilit and lawar, and lunch at the family table.

## Highlights

- The market with Dek Leonk: kemiri nuts, turmeric, lemongrass
- Making basa genep, the spice paste behind almost every Balinese dish
- Cooking sate lilit and lawar in a family kitchen
- Sitting down to eat with the family

You start the morning at the market, where [Dek Leonk](/en/about/dek-leonk) explains what you're looking at: kemiri nuts (candlenuts), turmeric, lemongrass, small shallots. Then you cook in the kitchen of a family he knows. You make basa genep, the spice paste behind almost every [Balinese dish](/en/practical/food-and-drink), and use it for a few dishes such as sate lilit and lawar. It ends at the table, with the family. Vegetarian, vegan or dairy-free is fine; just let us know in advance.

## Included

- Transport
- Market visit
- Ingredients
- Cooking class
- Lunch
- Recipes to take home

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Source: https://mybalitourguide.com/trips/balinese-cooking-class
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