Gluten-Free Cooking Class in Ubud — What We Can (and Cannot) Adapt

A gluten-free cooking class in Ubud at Tumang Bali is a rice-and-spice Balinese menu — sambal matah, pepes, lawar, sate lilit, Base Genep — with mie goreng and wheat kecap removed when you give 24 hours’ notice. Shared IDR 506,370 · max 8 · we are not a certified gluten-free kitchen.

Is Balinese food gluten-free?

Most home-style Balinese dishes are built on rice, coconut, fresh roots, and banana leaf — not wheat. Hidden gluten usually arrives in bottled kecap manis, soy sauce, mie goreng, and factory spice mixes. We grind Base Genep from whole spices on a stone mortar, skip mie and wheat kecap on a gluten-conscious booking, and keep a separate pan when the shared group is mixed. Give 24 hours’ notice. The kitchen is not a certified gluten-free facility, so medical celiac guests should prefer a private cooking class if they need tighter control of oil and utensils.

What is naturally gluten-free on the Tumang menu

• Base Genep / bumbu ground from whole spices on cobek (stone mortar)
• Sambal matah — shallot, chili, lemongrass, lime, coconut oil
• Pepes (fish or tempeh) steamed in banana leaf
• Lawar (coconut vegetable salad) and sate lilit on lemongrass
• Nasi (steamed rice) and dadar gulung if the batter is rice/pandan-based

Plant-based guests often combine this with our vegetarian cooking class Ubud guide — tempeh and tofu replace fish or chicken without adding wheat.

Where gluten hides in Balinese cooking classes

Related searches — celiac cooking class Bali, wheat free cooking class Ubud — fail when a school uses bottled kecap manis (often wheat), soy sauce, or mie goreng as a default “guest favourite.” We skip those on a gluten-conscious booking and keep a separate pan when the group is mixed. Tell us when you book your cooking class, not on the morning of.

Shared vs private for gluten-free guests

Shared class (max 8) is social and still adaptable. If you need tighter control of oil and utensils, private cooking class Ubud from IDR 633,090 lets the chef run only your menu. Price table: Ubud cooking class price.

Book a gluten-conscious class in Ubud

Write “gluten-free / no wheat kecap / no mie” in the booking notes. Morning market tour still works — we will point out rice, coconut, and fresh spices rather than packaged sauces. Book cooking class Ubud · online booking.