Souf- a Fennel seed Fennel seed is the dried edible seed of a fennel flowering plant which is aromatic herbs belong to the parsley or Apiacae family. The botanical name of this plant is Foeniculum vulgare which is a stout and aromatic spice crop and commercially cultivated as an annual
Facts about Food Nutrients Nutrients are molecules in food that all organisms need to make energy, grow, develop, and reproduce. Nutrients are digested and then broken down into basic parts to be used by the organism. There are two main types of nutrients: – (1) macronutrients and (2) micronutrients. The three main categories of
Facts about Flour, Sugar & Salt Used in Bakery Bread is a staple food in all over the world and made from flour and water dough with yeast, which is fermented, kneaded and baked in the oven. The action of yeast gives bread its characteristic texture and flavour. Bread may be leavened by processes
Facts about Butter & Ghee Butter is a dairy fat made by churning the cream of milk containing 80% fat, 20% water and whey (milk solids lift from separating process). It is mostly made from cow’s milk but can also be made from buffalo milk, sheep’s milk etc. It is
Forcemeat -A Key Component of Charcuterie products. Before we study about forcemeat it is very much important to know about the meaning & its importance of charcuterie What is Charcuterie? The word Charcuterie is pronounced “shahr-ku-tuh-ree” . Charcuterie is the art of preparing of various meat through the process of
Ghee:- Ghee is basically a form of highly clarified butter obtained by heating regular butter which separate into liquid fat from its milk solid. To obtain the ghee, Butter is gently heated or simmered for longer time (as compare to normal clarified butter) until the milk solids get caramelized and
Function & Layout of Larder kitchen The word garde manger is a French word means Keeper of the food. Garde manger means larder in English. The word larder came from the word LARD meaning pork (pig) fat. The name was given to the place in kitchen used as the cold
Fruits and Vegetables Guide “Vegetable” is actually not a scientific term and simply refers to the edible part of the plant: roots or tubers, stems, leaves, etc. We think of mushrooms as vegetables, but they’re technically fungi and not plants at all. Whereas fruit is the sweet, fleshy, edible part
Basic aspects of Food Nutrition Topic:- Definition of the terms Health, Nutrition and Nutrients, Importance of Food – (Physiological, Psychological and Social function of food) in maintaining good health, Classification of nutrients What is Health?:- The word health refers to the state of complete emotional & physical well being in
Food preservation technique:-From ancient to present What is food preservation:- Food preservation is technique used to treat food items to “stop or slow down the spoilage in food items” which are generally occurred with the increase of unwanted microbial growth in food items. Food preservation usually prevent the growth of
