Tresna Bali Cooking School

The Experience

We host a maximum of 3 classes per week and only 8 participants per class because of our duties as Priest and Priestess at temple. And because our team of 5 prep cooks prepares in advance for an entire day for each class.

You'll get an "inside" view of real Balinese life – learning the secrets of Balinese ceremonies and the special role of food in temple offerings.

Adi will teach you his step-by-step recipes, not found anywhere else, that he’s honed over 3 decades. You'll learn recipes mastered in a traditional Balinese family compound where the head of the house is a passionate gardener and cook.

Our Unique Menus

Our class menus are a celebration of fresh and unique ingredients of the season and that day which you won't find anywhere else in Bali.

You’ll be immersed in a hands-on cooking class, learning 15 step-by-step recipes authentic Balinese recipes. If you have access to Asian supermarkets at home, we guarantee that you'll be able to recreate our spice pastes and ceremonial dishes.

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The Best Balinese Cooking Class Ever at Tresna Bali Cooking School

Balinese Ceremonial Feast Menu of the Day
(may change on actual day, based on freshest ingredients available

Adi’s Base Ganep (Complete Balinese Spice Paste) - our ceremonial spice paste with 18 ingredients, some that you pick from our organic gardens
Base Rajang (Fragrant Spice Paste) - a lighter spice paste perfect for seafood
Sambal Goreng - a traditional staple in every Balinese Family Compound
Base Kacang - homemade peanut sauce
Homemade Coconut Milk - Freshly extracted from coconuts, harvested from our mature coconut tree
Jukut Mecantok - Organic greens including amaranth, snake beans, cabbage, carrot, baby mung bean sprouts with your very own homemade peanut sauce
Lawar Kacang and Young Papaya - Adi has refined a North Bali recipe to make it his own - hand-chopped chicken with finely minced long beans, grated young papaya, and Balinese spice pastes
Satay Babi Tusuk - Skewered Balinese Pork Satay - Marinated pork shoulder with the traditional spice paste and grilled over coconut husks
Kare Ikan Laut - Balinese Seafood Curry - Tiger prawns, calamari and red snapper in homemade coconut cream with Balinese spices
Ayam Panggang Sambal Matah - Grilled butterflied chicken with lemongrass, shallot, chili and kaffir lime in a homemade coconut oil dressing
Tum Ayam - Balinese Chicken Bundles - Hand chopped chicken, traditional spice paste, kaffir lime leaf and freshly grated coconut steamed in banana leaves
Tempe Manis - Sweet and spicy tempe matchsticks
Dadar Gulung - Coconut Pandan Crepes with caramelized banana, freshly grated coconut, and palm sugar syrup

Book a spot for Balinese Feast Class

Pure-plant Balinese Vegan Feast at Tresna Bali Cooking Schoo

Pure-Plant Balinese Vegan Feast
No eggs, no meat, no dairy, no shrimp paste, no gluten (except for some soya sauce)

Adi’s Base Ganep (Complete Balinese Spice Paste) - our ceremonial spice paste with 17 ingredients, some that you pick from our organic gardens, VEGAN VERSION
Base Rajang (Fragrant Spice Paste) - a lighter spice paste perfect for vegetables and tofu, VEGAN VERSION
Sambal Goreng - a traditional staple in every Balinese Family Compound, VEGAN
Base Kacang - homemade peanut sauce, VEGAN VERSION
Sambal Tomat - rich and deep tomato spice paste of Lombok chilies straight from our gardens, VEGAN VERSION
Homemade Coconut Milk - Freshly extracted from coconuts, harvested from our mature coconut tree
Jukut Mecantok - Organic greens including amaranth, snake beans, cabbage, carrot, baby mung bean sprouts with your very own homemade peanut sauce
Urab Salad - Organic greens (depends on what’s fresh) including wild ferns, Gonda (indigenous vegetable), and baby mung bean sprouts with roasted coconut, kaffir lime juice, and golden shallots
Kelor, Jepang dan Labu Mesanten - Green Moringa leaves, Chayote, and Pumpkin Curry
Tempe Manis - Sweet and spicy tempe matchsticks
Pepes Tahu - Tofu and spicy tomato sambal grilled in banana leaves
Sate Tempe - Tempe braised in fragrant spice paste and grilled over coconut charcoal
Jagung Bakar (Balinese Roast Corn on the Cob) - Spicy whole cobs of corn roasted over smoky coconut husks
Bubur Injin (Black Sticky Rice Pudding) with tropical jackfruit, mango and homemade coconut cream

Book here for Pure-plant Balinese Vegan Feast Class