KITCHEN
IMMERSIONS
Seasonal Wisdom from Chef Sanjai’s Kitchen
Learn authentic Ayurvedic cooking directly from Chef Sanjai through immersive online workshops designed for modern kitchens and modern lives.
These are not simply recipe demonstrations. Each class combines seasonal Ayurveda, digestive wisdom, practical kitchen guidance, and deeply nourishing meals that participants can recreate at home.
Drawing from decades of teaching at Vedika Global, Sivananda Bahamas, and Ayurveda gatherings across the United States, Chef Sanjai offers a rare approach to Ayurvedic food: authentic, healing, gourmet, and deeply livable.
Participants cook along live, ask questions directly, and receive beautifully organized recipe PDFs after each session.
Seasonal Ayurveda from Chef Sanjai’s Kitchen
Chef Sanjai offers intimate private cooking workshops centered around the wisdom of seasonal Ayurveda.
Participants may choose to study either in person at the chef’s home kitchen in the Bay Area, California, or online from anywhere
in the world.Each workshop explores one seasonal kitchen:
• Spring Reset
• Summer Cooling
• Autumn Grounding
• Winter Nourishment
Over approximately two and a half hours, participants learn five seasonal Ayurvedic recipes directly from Chef Sanjai, while also receiving guidance on digestion, spices, seasonal balance, food energetics, and conscious cooking.
The session concludes with a shared meal with the chef.
In-Person Bay Area Workshops
The primary offering takes place in Chef Sanjai’s home kitchen in the Bay Area, California. These small-group gatherings allow participants to learn in an intimate, hands-on environment directly alongside the chef.
The exact address will be shared with confirmed participants after registration.
Online Private Workshops
For those unable to travel, the same seasonal workshops may also be attended online. Participants cook from their own kitchens while learning live with Chef Sanjai in real time.
Five Recipes. Two and a Half Hours. A Meal with Chef Sanjai.
Each private workshop is a complete seasonal kitchen immersion. Chef Sanjai teaches five recipes from his own Ayurveda Family Kitchen collection, guiding participants through the ingredients, spices, cooking methods, and seasonal wisdom behind each dish. After cooking, participants sit down and enjoy the meal together with the chef.
Spiring Reset
Spring is the season to lighten the body, awaken agni, and support kapha balance.
This class draws from Chef Sanjai’s spring detox recipes and kapha-balancing kitchen wisdom. The meal is cleansing, fresh, satisfying, and never a starving detox.
Recipes taught:
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Spring Savory Pancake Mix
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Spring Detox Mung Dal
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Spring Kale Sauté
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Spring Cilantro Chutney
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Chef Sanjai’s “Ayurvedic Risotto” Spring Kitchadi Complete Meal
Students leave with a practical spring reset meal they can cook again at home whenever the body feels heavy, sluggish, or ready for renewal.
Summer Cooling
Summer asks for food that cools heat, soothes acidity, and keeps digestion supported without heaviness.
This class focuses on gentle, beautiful recipes that calm pitta while still feeling abundant and gourmet. Chef Sanjai shows how cooling does not have to mean bland.
Recipes taught:
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Mango and Mint Drink
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Cucumber Coconut Curry
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Sweet Rice
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Homemade Rose Sherbat
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Opo and Milk Pudding
Students leave with a cooling summer menu that feels refreshing, elegant, and deeply nourishing.
Fall Grounding
Fall is the season when vata can become restless, dry, and unsteady.
This class teaches warm, grounding, lightly moistening recipes that calm the nervous system and support steady digestion. The food is comforting, but still intelligent and balanced.
Recipes taught:
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Fall Khichadi
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Opo Stir Fry
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Butternut Squash & Cashew
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Barley Pearls with Pomegranate Sauce
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Fig and Rose Smoothie
Students leave with a fall reset menu that restores Vata and Pitta balance, steadiness, and softness back into the body and mind.
Winter Nourishment
Winter is the season for deeper nourishment, warmth, strength, and ojas-building foods.
This class teaches richer recipes that support resilience, immunity, and satisfaction while remaining Ayurvedically mindful.
Chef Sanjai brings forward the beauty of winter cooking without making it heavy or dull.
Recipes taught:
Spiced Milk
Mung and Butternut Squash Soup
Urad Lentil and Spinach Stew
Ghee Almond Milk
Pudding Made with Dates and Almonds
Students leave with a winter nourishment menu that feels strengthening, warming, and lovingly restorative.
This Is a Premium Offering
This is not a standard cooking class. Each session is a private seasonal Ayurveda kitchen immersion with Chef Sanjai, held in his own Bay Area home kitchen or offered live online.
It includes:
• five carefully selected seasonal Ayurvedic recipes
• organic ingredient sourcing and preparation
• live teaching from Chef Sanjai himself
• understanding Ayurvedic seasonal energetics
• digestive science and food combining
• discussion and questions throughout
• the actual cooking process
• shared dining and direct interaction with the chef
• a small-group private environment
• decades of culinary and Ayurvedic experience distilled into one immersive session.
Over approximately two and a half hours, participants learn the art of making Ayurvedic food, both healing and deeply satisfying.
The fee reflects the full experience: Chef Sanjai’s preparation, live teaching, ingredient planning, cooking guidance, personal attention, and the shared meal that completes the session. Students are not simply watching a recipe. They are learning how to think, cook, and nourish themselves seasonally through Ayurveda.
Individual Participant
$325
Couple Registration
$550
Ideal for partners, friends, or family members wishing to learn and dine together.
Small Group Experience
Groups of 4 or more: $250 per person
Perfect for friends, wellness communities, yoga groups, birthdays, or private gatherings centered around seasonal Ayurvedic cooking and shared dining.
Complete Four-Season Ayurveda Kitchen Series
$1,200 individual
$2,000 couple
Private group inquiries are welcome. Chef Sanjai and his team will help create a mutually convenient seasonal kitchen experience.
In-Person Bay Area Workshops
The primary offering takes place in Chef Sanjai’s home kitchen in the Bay Area, California. These small-group gatherings allow participants to learn in an intimate, hands-on environment directly alongside the chef.
The exact address will be shared with confirmed participants after registration.
Online Private Workshops
For those unable to travel, the same seasonal workshops may also be attended online. Participants cook from their own kitchens while learning live with Chef Sanjai in real time.
Scheduling
Workshops are generally scheduled on weekends based on mutual availability. Once you send an inquiry, Chef Sanjai or a member of his team will personally get back to you to coordinate dates, format preference, and the seasonal menu you would like to study.
