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Q3 Weeks 3 4 Cookery Prepare Starch and Vegetable
Q3 Weeks 3 4 Cookery Prepare Starch and Vegetable
SPECIALIZATION-COOKERY
MODULE 3 AND 4
Cereals are usually starchy pods or grains with a high starch content. Cereal
grains are the world's most important food crops, named after Ceres, the Roman
goddess of harvest. The three most widely grown cereals in the world are rice, wheat,
and corn. On the other hand, starch can be found in nature as the primary component
of cereals and tubers. The second most abundant organic substance on the planet is
starch. It can be found in the roots, fruits, or grains of any leafy green plants.
Learning Competencies
LO1. Perform mise en place TLE_HECK912CD-If-5
LO2. Prepare starch and cereal dishes TLE_HECK912CD-Ig-i-6
LO 3. Present starch and cereal dishes TLE_HECK912CD-Ij-7
LO4. Storing starch and cereal dishes TLE_HECK912CD-Ij-8
Objectives
At the end of this module, you are expected to:
1. perform mise en place;
2. prepare starch and cereal dishes;
3. present starch and cereal dishes; and
4. store starch and cereal dishes.
Sources of Starch The parts of plants that store most starch are seeds, roots, and tubers.
Thus, the most common sources of food starch are:
• cereal grains, including corn, wheat, rice, grain, sorghum, and oats;
• legumes; and
• roots or tubers, including potato, sweet potato, arrowroot, and the tropical
cassava plant (marketed as tapioca)
Classification of Starch
1. Native or Natural starch refers to the starches as originally derived from its plant
source.
2. Modified starches are starches that have been altered physically or chemically,
to modify one or more of its key chemicals and/or physical property.
3. Purified starch may be separated from grains and tubers by a process called wet
milling. This procedure employs various techniques of grinding, screening, and
centrifuging to separate the starch from fiber, oil, and protein.
Dried Noodles and Pasta: • macaroni • miki • spaghetti • chicken mami • pancit
canton • linguini • bihon • lasagňa • sotanghon • miswa
A B
1. Used for separating coarse particles of flour, sugar, baking
powder, and powdered ingredients to retain finer textures.
2. Used for cooking meat and fish dishes with gravy and sauce.
3. Used for cooking food by steaming
4. Used for tenderizing meat, chicken, and other grains or legumes,
such as mongo and white beans in lesser time.
5. Used for separating liquids from fine or solid food particles, such
as coco cream from coconut and tamarind extract.
One of the properties of starch is viscosity which is the resistance to flow of starch
and modified starch paste. In the preparation and cooking of starch and cereal dishes,
factors affecting starch paste viscosity and starch gel strength should be considered.
Cooking Pasta
Pasta should be cooked al dente, or “to the tooth”. This means the cooking
should be stopped when the pasta still feels firm to the bite, not soft and mushy. The
pleasure of cooking pasta is its texture, and this is lost if it is overcooked. To test for
doneness, break pasta into small piece and taste it. As soon as pasta is al dente,
cooking must be stopped at once. Half a minute extra is enough to overcook it.
ASSESSMENT 1: Multiple Choice. Read each question carefully. Choose the letter which
corresponds to the correct answer.
____1. A French term means the cooking should be stopped when the pasta still feels
firm to the bite, not soft and mushy?
a. Al dente b. Al pesto c. Alfredo d. Al pacino
____ 2. It refers to the starches as originally derived from its plant source?
a. Modified starch b. Native starch c. Purified starch d. None of these
____ 3. This is the world's most important food crops, named after Ceres, the Roman
goddess of harvest?
a. Cereals b. Flowers c. Ornamental d. Starch
____ 4. It can be found in nature as the primary component of cereals, tubers and the
second most abundant organic substance on the planet?
a. Cereals b. Grains c. Ornamental d. Starch
____ 5. A type of food preparations like sauces, gravies, pie fillings and soups are under
of what function of starch?
a. Binding b. Diluent c. Gelling d. Thickening
SCORE CRITERIA
5 Done creatively and neatly showing much relevance to the given topic
4 Done creatively and neat enough with relevance to the given topic
3 Done creatively and neat enough but no relevance to the given topic
2 Done simply and neat enough but not so relevant to the given topic
1 Done poorly with erasures and irrelevant to the given topic
Overview
Vegetables are plants or parts of plants like leaves, fruits, tubers, roots,
bulbs, stems, shoots, and flower used in a dish either raw or cooked. Vegetables
give color, texture and flavor to our meals. They also give vitamins and minerals.
Vegetables provide nutrients vital for health and maintenance of your body.
Eating vegetables provides health benefits to people like reduced risk of some
chronic diseases including heart attack and stroke, protect them against certain types
of cancers, reduce obesity and type two diabetes, lower blood pressures, reduce the
risk of developing kidney stones and help decrease bone loss. Vegetables are
important sources of many nutrients, including potassium, dietary fiber, folate (folic
acid), vitamin A, and vitamin C.
• Diets rich in potassium may help maintain normal blood pressure. Vegetable
sources of potassium include sweet potatoes, white potatoes, white beans,
tomato products (paste, sauce, and juice), beet greens, soybeans, lima beans,
spinach, lentils, and kidney beans.
• Dietary fiber from vegetables, as part of an overall healthy diet, helps reduce
blood cholesterol levels and may lower risk of heart disease. Fiber is important for
proper bowel function. It helps reduce constipation and diverticulosis. Fiber-
containing foods such as vegetables help provide a feeling of fullness with fewer
calories.
• Folate (folic acid) helps the body form red blood cells. Women of childbearing
age who may become pregnant should consume adequate folate from foods,
and in addition, 400 mcg of synthetic folic acid from fortified foods or
supplements. This reduces the risk of neural tube defects, spinal bifida, and
anencephaly during fetal development.
• Vitamin A keeps eyes and skin healthy and helps to protect against infections.
• Vitamin C helps heal cuts and wounds, and keeps teeth and gums healthy.
• Vitamin C aids in iron absorption.
Learning Competencies
LO 1. Perform mise en place TLE_HECK912VD-IIa-9
LO 2. Prepare vegetable dishes TLE_HECK912VD-IIb-c-10
LO 3. Present vegetable dishes TLE_HECK912VD-IId-11
LO 4. Store vegetables TLE_HECK912VD-IId-12
Objectives
At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:
1. identify tools, utensils and equipment needed in egg preparation;
2. understand the classification of vegetables; and
3. know the factor to consider in preparing and choosing good quality of
vegetables.
Color Components
1. Chlorophyll – a fat soluble compound responsible for the green color of plants.
When combined with acid, it forms pheophytin which produces an olive-green
color. When combined with alkali, it forms chlorophyllin which produces a more
intense green color. The addition of baking soda in cooking, which results in
having brighter green color, is an example.
2. Carotenoids – the yellow, orange to red soluble pigments found in plants.
a. beta carotene from carrots and squash b. lycopene, from tomatoes
3. Flavonoids
a. Anthoxanthin – responsible for the yellow pigments b. Anthocyanins –
responsible for red and blue to violet pigments (beets) tube, eggplants
Vegetables are good sources of food nutrients that are very important in everyday
Slicing
• Chiffonade -Finely sliced or shredded leafy vegetables or herbs
• Rondelles or rounds-Disk-shaped slices
• Diagonals -Oval-shaped slices
• Oblique-cut or roll-cut -Small pieces with two angle-cut sides
• Lozenges -Diamond-shaped pieces, usually of firm vegetables
Horizontal Slicing
• To horizontal slice is to butterfly or cut a pocket into meats, poultry or fish; it is also
a method used to thinly slice soft vegetables
Chopping
• To chop is to cut an item into small pieces where uniformity of size and shape is
neither necessary or feasible
Cutting Sticks
•Batonnet 1/4 X 1/4 X 2 inches
•Julienne 1/8 X 1/8 X 2 inches
•Fine julienne 1/16 X 1/16 X 2 inches
Dice Cuts
•Brunoise 1/8 X 1/8 X 1/8
•Small dice 1/4 X 1/4 X 1/4
•Medium dice 1/2 X 1/2 X 1/2
•Large dice 3/4 X 3/4 X 3/4
•Paysanne 1/2 X 1/2 X 1/8
Mincing
• To mince is to cut items into very small pieces and the terms finely chopped and
minced are often used interchangeably
Round Cuts
• Tourner -Football-shaped pieces with seven equal sides and blunt ends
• Parisiennes -Spheres of fruits or vegetables cut with a small melon ball cutter
Cutting Brunoise and Small, Medium, and Large Dice Cutting Paysanne
Bâtonnet and julienne sticks and the large, medium, small and brunoise dices cut from Cutting paysanne from a 1/2-inch 1/2-inch (6-mm 6-mm) stick.
them.
POSSIBLE ACTUAL
CRITERIA
SCORE SCORE
Mise en place: All ingredients measured correctly and
20 pts
necessary tools/ utensils are prepared
15 pts Wearing PPE uniform: Hand towel, hairnet, apron
Take a picture of the following: a.) mise en place and tools
use, b.) while you do the basic cuts, and c.) presentation of
25 pts
cuts with label and Done creatively and neatly showing
much relevance to the given task
60 pts Total
“Don’t Worry about FAILURES, Worry about the CHANCES that You MISS When You Don’t Even
TRY”. Anonymous
REFERENCE: Kong, A. and Domo, A., 2016. Cookery Module 2 Manual. 1st ed. 3F Maine City Tower, 236 Tomas Morato
Avenue, Brgy. South Triangle, Quezon City: Sunshine Interlinks Publishing House, Inc., pp.116-156 and 90-108.