Year 3 - Cooking and nutrition
Making veggie kebabs
Cooking around the world
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Unit Summary
This unit develops pupils' food skills through the context of food from around the world. Pupils learn about the structure of a recipe, how to portion foods evenly and, with supervision, use heat in cooking.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to make veggie kebabs.
Key Notes
- Kebabs originate from the Middle East, with vegetables and/or meat in a marinade (which helps soften/flavour the food).
- A recipe is a set of instructions for preparing and cooking a dish (name, ingredients, equipment and method).
- When preparing and cooking food we need to work safely and hygienically.
- The food skills used to make veggie kebabs are cutting, threading, making a marinade (shaking/whisking) and brushing.
Vocabulary To Learn
- kebab: vegetables, fish or meat cooked on a skewer
- threading: to push food onto a skewer
- marinade: adds flavour to food
- recipe: a set of instructions for making a dish
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When cooking it is fine not to weigh and measure accurately, approximate measurements are fine.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Kebabs originate from the Middle East, with vegetables and/or meat in a marinade (which helps soften/flavour the food). A recipe is a set of instructions for preparing and cooking a dish (name, ingredients, equipment and method).
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'kebab'
vegetables, fish or meat cooked on a skewer.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: When cooking it is fine not to weigh and measure accurately, approximate measurements are fine. Correction: It is important to weigh and measure ingredients accuarely, so that the recipe works well.
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