Discuss the cooking methods of food items.

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They include boiling, steaming, stewing, frying and poaching

Dry heat methods

They include baking and roasting, microwave cooking, grilling etc

Moist heating

Boiling

This is cooking food completely covered with water, heated to boiling point (100°c) and then left to simmer in a cooking pot with a well fitting lid. The method is suitable for foods like meats, arrow roots, yams, potatoes, maize and beans.

Stewing

This is cooking food in a small measured amount of liquid that is allowed to simmer
It is a long slow method of cooking tough hard foods e.g. beef, poultry, vegetables. It is also used for soft foods such as fruits. The aim is to give food enough time to soften and to retain nutrients and flavour.

Steaming

This is cooking food using steam for steam from boiling water. The steam does not come into direct contact with the food, it comes into contact with the container holding the food. It is a suitable method for cooking fish fillet and cake mixture pudding, spinach.

The methods of steaming include:-

Plate method

Bowl steaming method

Using steamer

Using colander

Plate Method procedure

Food in the covered plate is placed over a boiling cooking pan root tubers like yams, arrow roots, potatoes can be cooked in the pan at the same time to economize fuel.

Poaching

It is similar to boiling but the temperature is kept below 100°c

Frying

Frying is cooking food in hot fat or oil in a pan

There are three methods of frying

Shallow fat frying

Deep fat frying

Dry fat frying

Shallow-fat frying

Deep-fat frying

Food is cooked in hot oil which completely covers the food. A deep fat fryer or a strong deep pan, a frying basket and a draining spoon are required for the process. It is a suitable method for cooking potato chips, mandazi and samosas

Dry-fat frying

This is cooking food in its own fat in a shallow pan or cooking in a lightly greased pan. The fat or oil used to cook comes from the food being cooked. It is used for cooking bacon and cuts of pork.

marto answered the question on May 16, 2019 at 05:59

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