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WorksheetsCH8- Preparation Of Food
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is meant by pre-preparation of food ?
Removing skin by putting food in boiling water and then in cold water.
Activities by which food becomes ready to be cooked.
The temperature is maintained till the food is cooked.
Which point should we remember while simmering the food?
Do not bring the food to boiling temperature
Avoid excessive boiling because it can disintegrate the food.
Cook the food in minimum amount of liquid at temperature just below the boiling point.
It is a gentle method of cooking in a pan with a lid
What is Simmering?
Food is immersed in sufficient amount of hot water and heated to its boiling temperature (1000 C or 2120 F).
Food is cooked in water as the medium and providing heat
below boiling temperature, that is, 950-980F.
It is a gentle method of cooking in a pan with a lid. Food is simmered (980C) in a small amount of liquid.
The steam generated by water is used as a medium of cooking.
What is poaching?
Separating/removing larger pieces from small ones.
Once the food has undergone pre-preparation, the process of subjecting it to the action of heat
Food is cooked in water as the medium and providing heat
below boiling temperature, that is, 950-980F.
Cook the food in minimum amount of liquid at temperature just below the boiling point.
What is steaming ?
The steam generated by water is used as a medium of cooking.
The food is placed on a metal grid directly above the source of heat or a tray placed under the source of heat.
Bread slices are kept in a grill between two heating elements and browned on both the sides.
When food is cooked in sufficient quantity of fa
What is boiling?
Cook the food in minimum amount of liquid at temperature just below the boiling point.
The steam generated by water is used as a medium of cooking.
Chapatis, breads, biscuits, etc., are an integral part of our daily diet.
Food is immersed in sufficient amount of hot water and heated to its boiling temperature (1000 C or 2120 F).
One point to be remembered while boiling is?
Do not cover the food while cooking, so that the temperature does not rise.
Boil in covered utensils to minimize losses due to evaporation.
stew boiled is a stew spoilt! It is used in cooking less tender cuts of meat, vegetables, fruits, eg., - apple, peach.
What is Roasting?
Food is brought in contact with direct heat of the flame or any other source of radiant heat.
Chapatis, breads, biscuits, etc., are an integral part of our daily diet.
The steam generated by water is used as a medium of cooking.
Food is cooked in water as the medium and providing heat
below boiling temperature, that is, 950-980F.
What is Dry Heat Methods?
Food is periodically coated with fat and turned around for uniform cooking.
Chapatis, breads, biscuits, etc., are an integral part of our daily diet. These food items and many more are cooked by hot air.
It is a gentle method of cooking in a pan with a lid.
It involves the use of an oven or tandoor.
What is baking?
This method combines the action of dry heat with that of steam which is generated while the food is cooked.
Bread slices are kept in a grill between two heating elements and browned on both the sides.
When food is cooked in sufficient quantity of fat.
Cooking the food by partially or fully immersing in hot fat till brown
Blanching is ______
Breaking a soft food into a paste.
Cutting food into very fine pieces.
Removing skin by putting food in boiling water and then in cold water.
Immersing food in water and boiling it at high temperature .
Cutting food into very fine pieces is called ______
shredding
mashing
grating
grinding
