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PREPARE VEGETABLE

DISHES
EFFECTS OF COOKING
VEGETABLES
• Changes in texture

FIBERS ARE EITHER


SOFTENED OR
TOUGHENED.
EFFECTS OF COOKING
VEGETABLES
2. Water is either lost or
absorbed.
• VEGETABLES CONTAIN HIGH
AMOUNT OF WATER, LEAFY AND
SUCCULENT VEGETABLES LOSE
WATER AND BECOME LIMP.
• VEGETABLES WITH SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF STARCH ABSORB
WATER BECAUSE OF
EFFECTS OF COOKING
VEGETABLES
3. Changes in color
• COOKING FOR A SHORT TIME,
HELPS MAINTAIN COLOR. THE
EFFECT OF HEAT, ACID, ALKALI,
AND METAL ON THE PIGMENT
ARE SUMMARIZED ON THE NEXT
SLIDE:
EFFECT OF ACID, ALKALI, AND
PROLONGED COOKING
EFFECTS OF COOKING
VEGETABLES
3. Changes in nutrients
A. CARBOHYDRATE
• moist heat cooking – gelatinization of
starch
• dry heat cooking – dextrinization of
starch
• carmelization of sugar
EFFECTS OF COOKING
VEGETABLES
4. Changes in nutrients
B. PROTEIN BECOME MORE
SOLUBLE AND DIGESTIBLE
C. Vitamin may be destroyed in heat like
vitamin C
D. Minerals are washed into the cooking
liquid or oxidized
GENERAL RULES OF
VEGETABLE COOKERY
STANDARD QUALITY OF COOKED
VEGETABLES
STANDARD QUALITY OF COOKED
VEGETABLES
COOKING FROZEN
VEGETABLES
COOKING CANNED
VEGETABLES

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