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Prepare a healthier version Definition:

Meaning: Prepare:Make something ready for use
Make a more nutritious form Healthy:In a good physical condition
Examples: Version:A particular form of something

To change the recipe so as to make the food healthier to eat, making it

more nutritious.Changing the recipe:
-Using ingredients that are low in fats
-The ingredients must have vitamins
-While cooking, add less sugar and salt
-Switch some ingredients to vegetables or fruits
-Use healthier oil(Pure olive oil)
Eg:-Shepherd’s pie with healthier mashed potatoes
-A burger with wholemeal burger buns,switching the cheese and bacon
with avocado,sweet onion and arugula(an edible annual plant)
Why is this useful?
This information could give me an idea of what to do to change a recipe to
make it healthier.

An ethnic dessert or snack Definition:

Meaning:
A traditional sweet treat or a small
amount of food eaten between meals.
Examples:
Traditional treats consists of:
- Ais Kachang(Malay)
- Banana fritters/Goreng Pisang(Malay)
- Cendol(Malay)
- Butter Chicken(Indian)
Ethnic:Relating to a national or
cultural group.
Dessert:The sweet course eaten
at the end of a meal.
Snack:A small amount of food
eaten between meals.

Further research on the foods:

- Ais Kachang is literally “iced beans” and it consists of shaved ice with a
heap of toppings to make it look colourful.It could consist of coloured sugar
syrups,peanuts,red beans,coconut jelly and cubes of agar agar.
-Banana fritters are a very common snack that you can get from stalls for a
cheap price.It is crisp and grease-drenched on the outside and soft with a
bursting with sweetness on the inside.It is best to eat while hot.
-Cendol is super popular around Southeast Asia.It may look like little green
worms but it typically made out of rice and sago flour,soft strips are mixed
with coconut milk and sugar syrup.Ingredients such as red beans,grass
jelly and sweet corn are often added to provide more flavour.
-Butter Chicken is a dish originated from India and consists of chicken in a
mildly spicy tomato sauce.
Why is this useful?
This tells me the types of traditional Malay dishes and their descriptions
which will help give me a wider variety of food choices to choose from.

Celebrate an ethnic festival: Definition:

Meaning: Celebrate:Acknowledge a
Commemorate a cultural celebration significant or happy event/day
/Appreciating and remembering a Festival:A day or period of
significant cultural event. Celebration.
Examples:
-Hari Raya(Malay)
-Chinese New Year
-Deepavali
-Christmas
Types of food served in these celebrations:
-Ketupat,rendang,lemang and kueh raya
-Fish,spring rolls,longevity noodles,Chinese dumplings etc.
-Sweets such as Kheer,Gulab Jamun and Shankarpale.
-Roast chicken/ham/turkey,stuffing,Christmas cake/pudding,champagne
etc.
Why is this useful?
It gives me a summary of the different types of celebrations and what types
of food are served during those celebrations so that I can have a thorough
idea of what to cook.

Culinary Techniques: Definition:

Meaning: Culinary:of/for cooking
Ways to carry out cooking Techniques:a way of carrying out a
/cooking methods particular task.
Examples:
-Baking The cooking methods can be grouped into 3
-Boiling groups:
-Frying -Dry-heat cooking
-Grilling -Moist-heat cooking
-Steaming -Methods using a combination of dry and
-Poaching etc. moist heat.
Further elaboration on the cooking methods:
-Baking is a method of cooking using dry heat and can also be done on hot
stones/ashes but normally in an oven.During the process,the heat goes
from the bread’s,the most common item baked,surface to its center.
-Boiling is a method of cooking food in boiling water.Simmering is gentle
boiling while poaching cooking liquid moves but scarcely bubbles.
-Frying is the cooking of food in hot fats or oils usually done with a shallow
oil bath over a fire.There can be shallow frying or deep frying or pan frying.
-Grilling involves dry heat applied to the surface of the food, commonly
from above or below.Grilling tends to be used for cooking meat and
vegetables quickly and it involves a significant amount of direct,radiant
heat.
-Steaming is when water is boiled continuously,causing it to vaporise into
steam,the steam carries heat to the nearby food thus cooking the food.
-Poaching involves submerging food into a liquid such as water,milk,stock
or wine at a relatively low temperature(160-180 F)and is a type of moist-
heat cooking.
Why is this useful?
This information tells me a summary of most of the cooking methods so
that I can have a better understanding of each one.
Nutrition Principles: Definition:
Meaning: Nutrition:The process of
Fundamental truth of the process providing or obtaining the
of providing or obtaining the food food necessary for health
necessary for health and growth. and growth.
Examples: Principles:a fundamental truth
-Eating a healthy diet high in vegetables, or proposition that serves as a
fruits,whole grains and legumes(in the foundation for a system or belief
pea family of plants)
-Choosing lean,low-fat sources of protein
-My Healthy Plate
Explanation of the examples:
-Eating a diet high in vegetables and fruits will give people some vitamins
and minerals as fruits and vegetables are a particularly good source for
vitamins and minerals such as vitamins A, C and E and minerals such as
calcium,potassium and zinc.
-Choosing lean,low-fat sources of proteins helps people keep fit and
healthy as there are very little fats in the food that one eats as it has low-fat
sources of protein.Eg:Lowfat or non-fat diary,Fish and Shellfish,eggs,lean
meats and beans.
-Encourages people to:Use healthier oils,choose water,be active,fill one
quarter of peoples plate with Meat and others and another quarter with
whole-grains and to fill half with fruits and vegetables
Why is this useful?
It will help me understand what to think about before buying or using a
source of food and it also gives examples of how to choose food and what
to add into my food so that I and everyone else has a healthy diet.
Task
Make a more nutritious form of a traditional sweet treat or a small amount
of food eaten between meals to commemorate a cultural festival by
applying knowledge of basic ways to carry out cooking and the
fundamental truth of the process of providing or obtaining the food
necessary for health and growth.
Ethnic dessert:
-Kuih Siput(Malay)
How to make it healthier:
-Cut down on the salt
-Add some vegetables to accompany the dish
-Cut down on sugar
-Use sesame oil
-Use almond flour
Cooking methods:
-Frying(in a wok)(stirring included)