El Molcajete Sauce Cooking Class

Wild Onion Coop Mole Sauce Cooking Class

An Indigenous Oaxaca cooking class offers a deeply immersive experience into the culinary traditions, culture, and history of the Indigenous peoples of Oaxaca, Mexico. Here's what you can typically expect🌶️ Ingredients and Techniques

• Participants learn to work with native ingredients like heirloom corn, cacao, chilies (pasilla, chilhuacle, and costeño), wild herbs (epazote, hoja santa), and seasonal produce.

• You may start by grinding corn on a metate, to make fresh masa for tortillas or tamales. We also will introduce different indigenous tools like soplador, jarros y molenillos, and prehispanic drinks made with corn.

• Preparing moles (like mole negro or mole coloradito), tlayudas, or memelas might be part of the session.

🧓🏽 Cultural Exchange