Year 7 - Cooking and nutrition
Making aloo gobi
The Eatwell Guide: meals and diets
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils use the Eatwell Guide, the 8 tips for healthy eating, and portion guidance to plan healthy meals and evaluate diets. They also use food labels to help make better food and drink choices.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use food skills to make aloo gobi.
Key Notes
- Aloo gobi is a vegetarian dish originating from India, comprising potato, cauliflower and spices.
- The Eatwell Guide recommends to have a plant rich diet.
- UK cauliflower is grown and harvested all year. Frozen cauliflower could be used, as this is often cheaper.
- The food skills used to make aloo gobi are measuring, peeling, cutting, stirring, and using the hob (heat control).
- The results from sensory tests and other feedback helps to justify future changes to a recipe.
Vocabulary To Learn
- aloo gobi: a vegetarian dish originating from India
- spices: dried parts of a plant
- heat control: adjusting the heat using the controls on the hob
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Potatoes can form part of our 5 A DAY.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Aloo gobi is a vegetarian dish originating from India, comprising potato, cauliflower and spices. The Eatwell Guide recommends to have a plant rich diet.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'aloo gobi'
a vegetarian dish originating from India.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Potatoes can form part of our 5 A DAY. Correction: Potatoes do not count towards our 5 A DAY. They are a starchy carbohydrate in the Eatwell Guide.
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