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What is Cooking
10 10
10 10 10
Look at the picture. Colour the spaces which have
dots in them. What do you see?
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What is Cooking
10 10
10 10 10
Look at the picture. Colour the spaces which have
dots in them. What do you see?
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In the picture, you must have found some utensils that are
used for cooking. Are there any other utensils used in your
house for cooking? Which are they?
What are utensils made of?
Ask some elderly people what kind of utensils were used
earlier. What were they made of ?
We do not cook all the things that we eat. Find
out which things we eat raw and which ones we
cook before eating. Which are the things we eat
both cooked and raw? Fill in the table given below.
Things that are Things that are Things that are eaten
eaten raw eaten cooked both raw and cooked
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What is Cooking
10 10
10 10 10
Look at the picture. Colour the spaces which have
dots in them. What do you see?
2019-20
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not to be republished
64
In the picture, you must have found some utensils that are
used for cooking. Are there any other utensils used in your
house for cooking? Which are they?
What are utensils made of?
Ask some elderly people what kind of utensils were used
earlier. What were they made of ?
We do not cook all the things that we eat. Find
out which things we eat raw and which ones we
cook before eating. Which are the things we eat
both cooked and raw? Fill in the table given below.
Things that are Things that are Things that are eaten
eaten raw eaten cooked both raw and cooked
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Have you seen a chapati being made in the kitchen or any
where else? There are so many things to be done for this –
taking out flour in a utensil, kneading it into a dough, making
small balls of the dough, rolling out the balls and then cooking
it on fire. After all this, the chapati reaches your plate after so
much of effort.
Method of cooking Names of things
Roasting
Boiling
Frying
Baking
Children can consult their family members too. This will develop in
them an understanding, that besides the teacher, other people can
also be a source of information.
Name of the item   
1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6.
You have seen that food items are cooked in a variety of
ways. Some are baked and some are fried. Some are roasted
while some are steamed.
Go to the kitchen and observe something being cooked.
What all was done to cook it? Write the sequence. Don’t
forget to write the name of the item being cooked. Look at
the notebook of your classmates and discuss in a group.
Given below are different methods of cooking. Write the names
of two things cooked by each of these methods. Add some
more methods of cooking to the list and give examples too.
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63
What is Cooking
10 10
10 10 10
Look at the picture. Colour the spaces which have
dots in them. What do you see?
2019-20
© NCERT 
not to be republished
64
In the picture, you must have found some utensils that are
used for cooking. Are there any other utensils used in your
house for cooking? Which are they?
What are utensils made of?
Ask some elderly people what kind of utensils were used
earlier. What were they made of ?
We do not cook all the things that we eat. Find
out which things we eat raw and which ones we
cook before eating. Which are the things we eat
both cooked and raw? Fill in the table given below.
Things that are Things that are Things that are eaten
eaten raw eaten cooked both raw and cooked
2019-20
© NCERT 
not to be republished
65
Have you seen a chapati being made in the kitchen or any
where else? There are so many things to be done for this –
taking out flour in a utensil, kneading it into a dough, making
small balls of the dough, rolling out the balls and then cooking
it on fire. After all this, the chapati reaches your plate after so
much of effort.
Method of cooking Names of things
Roasting
Boiling
Frying
Baking
Children can consult their family members too. This will develop in
them an understanding, that besides the teacher, other people can
also be a source of information.
Name of the item   
1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6.
You have seen that food items are cooked in a variety of
ways. Some are baked and some are fried. Some are roasted
while some are steamed.
Go to the kitchen and observe something being cooked.
What all was done to cook it? Write the sequence. Don’t
forget to write the name of the item being cooked. Look at
the notebook of your classmates and discuss in a group.
Given below are different methods of cooking. Write the names
of two things cooked by each of these methods. Add some
more methods of cooking to the list and give examples too.
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Kerosene Oil
Coal
Electricity
Gas
Wood
Sunlight
Cowdung
cakes
i What is used to cook food in your house? Draw a
picture in the notebook and write its name.
i Identify the pictures given below and write their
names. What produces heat in each of them? Match
the picture with the list. Matching can be with more
than one thing also.
Children’s experiences on methods of cooking may be interesting. A
discussion can be held on how the fuel used in our homes affect the
environment.
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What is Cooking
10 10
10 10 10
Look at the picture. Colour the spaces which have
dots in them. What do you see?
2019-20
© NCERT 
not to be republished
64
In the picture, you must have found some utensils that are
used for cooking. Are there any other utensils used in your
house for cooking? Which are they?
What are utensils made of?
Ask some elderly people what kind of utensils were used
earlier. What were they made of ?
We do not cook all the things that we eat. Find
out which things we eat raw and which ones we
cook before eating. Which are the things we eat
both cooked and raw? Fill in the table given below.
Things that are Things that are Things that are eaten
eaten raw eaten cooked both raw and cooked
2019-20
© NCERT 
not to be republished
65
Have you seen a chapati being made in the kitchen or any
where else? There are so many things to be done for this –
taking out flour in a utensil, kneading it into a dough, making
small balls of the dough, rolling out the balls and then cooking
it on fire. After all this, the chapati reaches your plate after so
much of effort.
Method of cooking Names of things
Roasting
Boiling
Frying
Baking
Children can consult their family members too. This will develop in
them an understanding, that besides the teacher, other people can
also be a source of information.
Name of the item   
1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6.
You have seen that food items are cooked in a variety of
ways. Some are baked and some are fried. Some are roasted
while some are steamed.
Go to the kitchen and observe something being cooked.
What all was done to cook it? Write the sequence. Don’t
forget to write the name of the item being cooked. Look at
the notebook of your classmates and discuss in a group.
Given below are different methods of cooking. Write the names
of two things cooked by each of these methods. Add some
more methods of cooking to the list and give examples too.
2019-20
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not to be republished
66
Kerosene Oil
Coal
Electricity
Gas
Wood
Sunlight
Cowdung
cakes
i What is used to cook food in your house? Draw a
picture in the notebook and write its name.
i Identify the pictures given below and write their
names. What produces heat in each of them? Match
the picture with the list. Matching can be with more
than one thing also.
Children’s experiences on methods of cooking may be interesting. A
discussion can be held on how the fuel used in our homes affect the
environment.
2019-20
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not to be republished
67
Make and eat Make and eat Make and eat Make and eat Make and eat
Soak whole moong seeds overnight in water. In the morning
wrap the soaked moong in a wet cloth and cover it. Take it out
after a day. Do you find any difference?
Add sliced onions, tomatoes, salt and lemon  juice to the moong
and mix. Share it with your classmates.
Which are the other things you can prepare without
cooking? Write their names and the method of preparing
them. One example is given below.
1. Lemon Water
2. ______________ 
3. ______________
Children enjoy preparing food together. They can prepare things
depending on what is easily available and what kind of things are
eaten in their region.
Mix
sugar in
water
Add
lemon
juice
Strain
it
Lemon
water is
ready
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