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The chilies at the Ubud morning market, then sambal
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IDR 450.000per guest, shared class
Long red and green chilies in a market basket are what the 8:30am class buys, then slices into sambal matah in Petulu. IDR 450.000 per guest. The afternoon skips the market.
By Chef Wayan Suryana, Warung Tumang BaliLast updated
The short answer
The 8:30am class at Warung Tumang Bali starts at the Ubud morning market, where long red and green chilies sit in baskets beside eggs and shallots. You buy chili there, then slice it into sambal matah in Petulu with Chef Wayan Suryana. The class is IDR 450.000 per guest. The afternoon session skips the market.
A basket before the chopping board
The 8:30am class at Warung Tumang Bali starts at the Ubud morning market. Long red and green chilies sit in woven baskets, often with eggs and packaged goods on the stall behind them. Chef Wayan Suryana shops chili there for the meal, along with shallot, garlic, and the roots for base genep. The visit is about 45 minutes.
This is a working household market, not a souvenir lane. The afternoon session skips it and starts with the rice-field walk.
What those chilies become
Back in Petulu you slice chili thin for sambal matah, the raw shallot sambal, and you use more of it wherever the dish needs heat. The stone mortar comes first for base genep. Then you cook 10+ dishes and eat them. Sambal matah is the bowl people photograph. The chili in it was bought that morning.
Vegetarian and vegan guests cook at the same stove. Shrimp paste stays out of the grind when you ask. Say so when you check dates.
What the morning costs
Shared class IDR 450.000 per guest, eight seats at most, children at the same rate as adults. Included: free pickup in the main Ubud area, a welcome drink, the cooking, the meal, and a printed recipe booklet. A private kitchen is IDR 700.000 for your group if you want the stove alone.
The list of everything in that price is what is included in the Ubud class. If you are two people and want the kitchen to yourselves, that is a cooking class for two.
Questions before you book
- Does the cooking class include the chili market?
- The 8:30am session does. You shop the Ubud morning market for about 45 minutes, including chili for sambal, then cook in Petulu. The 2:30pm session skips the market.
- What do you make with the market chilies?
- Sambal matah, sliced raw with shallot, lemongrass, and lime leaf, plus heat in the other dishes. You grind base genep on a stone mortar first.
- How much is the morning class?
- IDR 450.000 per guest on a shared day, up to eight people. A private kitchen is IDR 700.000 for your group. Ubud-area pickup is free.
- Can I visit the market without the class?
- Yes. Go just after dawn and leave before the heat. The class is the version that turns that basket into lunch by about 12:30pm.
More on cooking in Bali
- Private vs shared cooking class in BaliPrivate vs shared cooking class in Bali at Warung Tumang Bali. Shared IDR 450.000 per guest, max 8. Private kitchen IDR 700.000 for your group — once per booking.
- What you collect at the Ubud morning market before you cookWhat you buy at the Ubud morning market before cooking in Petulu: galangal, turmeric, kencur, chili, coconut, and banana leaf, then grind them into the meal.
- Learn to make sambal matah in BaliLearn to make sambal matah in Bali by hand: paper-thin shallot and chili, hot coconut oil, and a raw bowl you finish yourself in a Petulu kitchen near Ubud.
The recipes, written down
- Sambal matahHow to make sambal matah: paper-thin shallot, chili, lemongrass, and lime leaf, dressed with hot coconut oil. Same-day raw sambal from Petulu, Ubud 80571.
- Base genepHow to make base genep (bumbu Bali): pound shallot, garlic, roots, and candlenut, then fry 8–10 minutes until the raw smell is gone. From a Petulu kitchen.
- Sambal embeHow to make sambal embe: shallot fried gold in coconut oil, then chili and salt. A cooked Balinese sambal that keeps a day, unlike raw sambal matah. 20 minutes.
Plan the day around it
- The Ubud morning market, before the heatWhen to walk a working Ubud morning market: just after dawn, chili and coconut still piled, then leave. How the Petulu class uses those stalls, not souvenirs.
- What an Ubud cooking class includesAn Ubud cooking class at Warung Tumang Bali includes the meal, a welcome drink, and free Ubud pickup. IDR 450.000 per guest. Morning adds the market. Max 8.
- A cooking class for two in UbudA cooking class for two in Ubud, Petulu. Shared IDR 450.000 per guest, or a private kitchen IDR 700.000 for the pair. You both cook the meal with Chef Wayan.
Where the kitchen is
Chef Wayan Suryana at Warung Tumang Bali, Banjar Laplapan, Petulu, Ubud, Gianyar, Bali 80571. The kitchen is about 10 minutes from central Ubud, depending on traffic. Pin -8.4945671, 115.2812928.