Methods Of Cooking

Gbogbo ọrọ náà

Every dish that leaves a kitchen has been changed by heat, and the way that heat is applied decides almost everything about the result: whether the yam is soft or still hard in the middle, whether the chicken is pale or golden, whether the vegetable keeps its colour and vitamins or surrenders them to the pot. Choosing the right method of cooking is the single most practical skill a caterer owns.

In this lesson you will learn how the many methods of cooking sort neatly into three families, moist heat, dry heat and cooking in fat, and then study the four the syllabus names most closely: boiling, roasting, grilling and baking. For each you will meet the process, the temperature and medium, the foods it suits, its effect on colour, texture, nutrients and digestibility, and its advantages and drawbacks, all through Nigerian kitchen examples.

Ebumnobi

  1. Classify methods of cooking as moist heat, dry heat and frying
  2. Describe the processes of boiling, roasting, grilling and baking
  3. Explain the effect of each cooking method on food
  4. State the advantages and disadvantages of each method
  5. Select an appropriate cooking method for a given food

Akọmọ Ojú-ẹkọ

Two cooks are handed the same tray of fresh ugu, the same tuber of yam and the same portion of goat meat. One boils everything hard in a flood of water; the other boils the yam gently, stir-fries the ugu for a minute and slow-cooks the tough goat meat until it falls off the bone. The ingredients were identical. The meals are not. The difference is nothing but method of cooking, and it decides taste, colour, tenderness, how much of the vitamins survive and even whether the food is safe to eat. A caterer who understands why each method behaves as it does can cook anything well; one who only follows recipes is lost the moment the recipe runs out.

Ayẹwo Ẹkọ

Ekele diri gi maka imecha ihe karịrị na Methods Of Cooking. Ugbu a na ị na-enyochakwa isi echiche na echiche ndị dị mkpa, ọ bụ oge iji nwalee ihe ị ma. Ngwa a na-enye ụdị ajụjụ ọmụmụ dị iche iche emebere iji kwado nghọta gị wee nyere gị aka ịmata otú ị ghọtara ihe ndị a kụziri.

Ị ga-ahụ ngwakọta nke ụdị ajụjụ dị iche iche, gụnyere ajụjụ chọrọ ịhọrọ otu n’ime ọtụtụ azịza, ajụjụ chọrọ mkpirisi azịza, na ajụjụ ede ede. A na-arụpụta ajụjụ ọ bụla nke ọma iji nwalee akụkụ dị iche iche nke ihe ọmụma gị na nkà nke ịtụgharị uche.

Jiri akụkụ a nke nyocha ka ohere iji kụziere ihe ị matara banyere isiokwu ahụ ma chọpụta ebe ọ bụla ị nwere ike ịchọ ọmụmụ ihe ọzọ. Ekwela ka nsogbu ọ bụla ị na-eche ihu mee ka ị daa mba; kama, lee ha anya dị ka ohere maka ịzụlite onwe gị na imeziwanye.

  1. Which of the following is a moist-heat method of cooking? A. Roasting B. Grilling C. Boiling D. Baking Answer: C
  2. The brown, savoury surface on roast chicken and grilled fish is caused by: A. Boiling of the surface fat B. The Maillard reaction between sugars and proteins C. Steam from inside the food D. Added food colouring Answer: B
  3. Vitamin C is most easily lost during boiling because it is: A. Destroyed by fat B. Water-soluble and leaches into the cooking water C. Only found on the surface of food D. Turned brown by heat Answer: B
  4. Which method of cooking is MOST suitable for a birthday cake? A. Boiling B. Grilling C. Baking D. Poaching Answer: C
  5. Grilling is best described as cooking food by: A. Hot water B. Steam C. Direct radiant heat D. Hot oil Answer: C

Àwọn Ìbéèrè Tó Ti Kọjá

Nna, you dey wonder how past questions for this topic be? Here be some questions about Methods Of Cooking from previous years.

Ajụjụ 1 Ripọtì

(a) Identify the type of menu illustrated in the diagram
(b) State three characteristics of the type of menu
(c) Highlight two methods of cooking used in the menu
(d) Itemise two food nutrients that can be sourced from the menu