Share the delicious fusion of Indian dishes made with fresh and local Australian ingredient

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Indian Cooking Class

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The Modern Desi

The Modern Desi is a boutique consultancy and cooking business, operating in Sydney, Australia since 2019. The business initially known as ‘Just a Girl from Aamchi Mumbai’ was a passion project of our co-founder Bhavna Kalra, who missed the home of her motherland India after moving to Australia 12 years ago. 
This homesickness eventually, lead to a food blog, that grew over the years into not just a space to document recipes but also an online journal where she started to share her passion for storytelling, which crossed countries and boundaries with an engagement of over 30.5k followers on her Instagram handle ‘The Modern Desi Co’. 
After many years of writing &amp; cooking, Bhavna along with her husband formally started The Modern Desi to break stereotypes around Indian cuisine and how it was showcased in Australia. 
With The Modern Desi we aim to:
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<li>Share the delicious fusion of Indian dishes made with fresh and local Australian ingredients; </li>
<li>Recite the stories and history of our foods to increase appreciation for local, freshly made, diverse ingredients and dishes; </li>
<li>Increase people’s knowledge of cooking, preparing, growing various fresh and local ingredients to create a more sustainable approach to food. </li>
<li>More importantly have fun and enjoy the experience of cooking with friends/family or colleagues</li>
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We achieve all the above through offering the following services: 
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<li>The Modern Desi Dinners - a Pop up Degustation and Conversation Dinner Series </li>
<li>Cooking Workshops (public and private)</li>
<li>Catering </li>
<li>Consultancy to restaurants for new menus and recipe development </li>
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The Modern Desi

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