Traditional Tempeh Making & Cooking Balinese Cuisine

About this tour

Learn to make tempeh from scratch, then cook seven vegetarian Balinese dishes using market-fresh ingredients in this hands-on three-hour class. You'll work alongside a local cook to understand both the fermentation process and how tempeh features in everyday island cooking. By the end, you'll have the skills and confidence to recreate these recipes at home.

Highlights

• Watch tempeh ferment from soybeans to finished product
• Cook seven distinct vegetarian Balinese and Indonesian dishes
• Source ingredients at a local market with your instructor
• Learn techniques used in home kitchens across Bali
• Taste everything you've prepared, plus snacks and beverages
• Take home knowledge of plant-based cooking methods

What to expect

You'll start by observing how tempeh transforms through fermentation, understanding why it's prized across Indonesia. Then you're in the kitchen—chopping, stirring, and tasting your way through seven recipes. Your instructor guides you through flavour-building: how to balance spices, when to add coconut milk, how heat changes a dish. The cooking moves at a comfortable pace; techniques are straightforward enough that you'll handle most of the work yourself. You'll eat as you cook, tasting each dish hot from the pan.

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