Emirati Cooking Experience (Cooking with Sheikha)

This Emirati cooking experience is hosted through the Airbnb Experiences platform by Cooking with Sheikha, the same Emirati-run kitchen behind Dubai's longer-running Al Barsha cooking classes. Over roughly three hours, small groups prepare machboos (spiced rice with meat), harees (a slow-cooked wheat and meat porridge), and luqaimat dumplings finished with date syrup, giving the session a savoury main balanced by a single sweet course. The venue is confirmed to booked guests ahead of the session rather than published on the listing itself. The price includes all ingredients, hands-on instruction from an Emirati host, and the shared meal of everything prepared; it does not include transport to the venue. Instruction is given in English at a relaxed pace with room for questions about Emirati household cooking, and groups are kept small enough that every participant takes part at the stove rather than observing a demonstration. Vegetarian substitutions for the meat in machboos and harees can typically be requested through the Airbnb Experiences booking message before the session, though the dishes are traditionally meat-based.