Join Pooja Bavishi, founder and CEO of Malai, as she shares the traditions and stories of her Chai Masala, a blend of spices that her family has used in their tea, that has been passed down in her family for generations.
Pooja will show us how to make her morning cup of Masala Chai and how to turn that into an ice cream float. She’ll also teach us how to make a melted ice cream Chai Masala cake - a truly decadent treat with melted Malai ice cream and a spiced glaze that warms up every bite. Throughout the class, Pooja will share her passion behind fresh spices and her expert ice cream tips and techniques.
To make the melted ice cream tea cake, you will also need ice cream (not included in ticket price). We recommend recommend Malai's Masala Chai ice cream and Sweet Milk ice cream, which are both available for purchase:
Nationwide Shipping via Goldbelly https://www.goldbelly.com/malai-ice-cream
*order by January 3 to receive ice cream before the class. Promo codes to use: GOLDB3LLY for $20 off your first order or DONUTWORRY20 for $15 off existing customers.
Malai's Brooklyn Scoop Shop - reserve online and pickup https://www.malai.co/order/all
Select retailers (northern NJ, NY, MA, HI, southern CA) - click this link to find a nearby store: https://www.malai.co/find-us
POOJA BAVISHI
Pooja Bavishi is the Founder and CEO of Malai, an artisanal ice cream company with flavors inspired by nostalgic, aromatic spices and South Asian ingredients, based in Brooklyn, New York. Pooja founded Malai when she discovered that the same spices of her childhood – ginger, rose petals, saffron, and cardamom - could be used to robustly flavor ice creams in a way that she had never tasted before. She notes that she “founded Malai because desserts bring people joy, and I wanted to be in the business of delivering happiness.”
Pooja continues to craft all of Malai's flavors and distributes through various channels, including a storefront in Brooklyn, selling pints nationwide in grocery stores, and online. She has claimed the title of “champion” after winning a battle on Food Network’s Chopped Sweets in March of 2020. Pooja holds a B.A. from UNC-Chapel Hill, an M.S. from the London School of Economics, and an M.B.A. from NYU. She is a 2018 Tory Burch Foundation Fellow and was named one of Inc. Magazine Female Founders 100 in October of 2020.
MALAI
Malai is a Brooklyn-based ice cream company that draws inspiration from South Asian inspired whole ingredients and unexpected twists on classics. Our eggless ice cream has purer, more robust flavors, as well as the lightest, creamiest textures you can find. Malai was founded by Pooja Bavishi in 2015 as an homage to the nostalgic, aromatic spices and flavors of her childhood. Malai ice cream is available at our Brooklyn scoop shop, for nationwide shipping, and in select grocery stores.
This program was funded in part by Humanities New York with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.