Is the Vegan Balinese Cooking Class 100% plant-based?

Yes, the Vegan Balinese Cooking Class is 100% plant-based. No animal products including eggs, dairy, fish sauce, or shrimp paste are used. All ingredients are organic and sourced from local suppliers.

What dishes do I learn in the Vegan Balinese Cooking Class?

You'll cook 4-5 plant-based Balinese dishes: tempeh manis (sweet glazed tempeh), tofu satay lilit with coconut, vegan lawar with jackfruit and spiced coconut, a coconut-based vegetable curry, and a traditional dessert. All flavors are rich and complex despite being fully plant-based.

Is Balinese food naturally good for vegans?

Bali has a rich tradition of plant-based eating rooted in both Buddhist and Hindu practice. Dishes like lawar, urab, and many sambals are naturally plant-based. Our class focuses on these traditional vegan preparations, most of which predate the modern vegan movement by centuries.

100% Plant-Based • All-Organic • 3 Hours

Vegan Balinese Cooking Class

Plant-based Balinese cuisine at its finest. All-organic ingredients, traditional recipes, and the full depth of flavor - without any animal products.

Rp 400.000per person

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Bali's Vegan Cooking Tradition

Long before veganism became a global movement, Balinese Hinduism and Buddhism established a deep tradition of plant-based eating. The island's temples have served plant-based ceremonial offerings for millennia. Dishes like lawar putih, urab, and coconut-spiced vegetables have fed Bali's villages for centuries without requiring any animal products.

Our Vegan Balinese Cooking Class draws on this tradition while also embracing Bali's extraordinary modern plant-based scene. Canggu and Ubud are two of the world's top vegan destinations, and the local organic produce scene is outstanding.

You'll work with certified organic tempeh, fresh tofu, young jackfruit, seasonal vegetables, and freshly pressed coconut milk. No shortcuts, no processed ingredients - the same quality we'd use for any other class, but entirely plant-based.

Organic vegan Balinese ingredients tempeh tofu coconut

What You'll Cook

Five dishes that prove plant-based Balinese cooking needs no compromises.

Tempeh Manis

Organic tempeh sliced thin, fried until golden, then glazed in kecap manis and palm sugar with crispy garlic. Tempeh's fermented depth pairs perfectly with the sweet-salty glaze. A dish so satisfying it converts tempeh skeptics every time.

Organic tempeh, kecap manis, palm sugar, garlic

Tofu Satay Lilit

The vegan version of Bali's signature satay - firm tofu mashed and blended with grated coconut, lemongrass, kaffir lime, and spices, wrapped around lemongrass stalks and grilled. Identical technique to the fish version, remarkable flavor.

Firm organic tofu, coconut, lemongrass, spice paste

Vegan Lawar

The ceremonial jackfruit lawar. Young jackfruit is shredded and seasoned with base genep spice paste and freshly grated spiced coconut. This is the original plant-based version of one of Bali's most sacred dishes.

Young jackfruit, grated coconut, base genep, long beans

Sayur Lodeh

A Javanese-influenced vegetable curry in fresh coconut milk with lemongrass, galangal, salam leaves, and turmeric. Winter melon, long beans, and tofu soak up the fragrant broth. Delicate, warming, deeply satisfying.

Mixed vegetables, coconut milk, lemongrass, galangal

Urab Sayur

The classic Balinese vegetable salad - blanched long beans, bean sprouts, and spinach tossed with freshly grated coconut seasoned with turmeric, garlic, shallots, and bird's eye chilli. Naturally vegan. Eaten daily across Bali.

Mixed vegetables, spiced grated coconut, fried shallots

Herbal Jamu Drink

End your class with a freshly made jamu - Bali's traditional herbal health drink. You'll blend fresh turmeric, ginger, black pepper, and tamarind, learning the same recipe used in Balinese households every morning.

Fresh turmeric, ginger, tamarind, black pepper, palm sugar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the class 100% plant-based?

Yes. No animal products at all - no eggs, dairy, fish sauce, or shrimp paste. All ingredients are organic and sourced from local suppliers.

What dishes do I learn?

Tempeh manis, tofu satay lilit, vegan lawar, sayur lodeh, urab sayur, and a jamu herbal drink. 5-6 preparations using all-organic ingredients.

Is traditional Balinese food naturally vegan-friendly?

Yes. Bali has a centuries-old tradition of plant-based cooking rooted in Hindu and Buddhist practice. Many ceremonial dishes are entirely plant-based. Our class focuses on this tradition.