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Look at the picture. Colour the spaces which have dots in them. What do you see?
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Pan, Ladle, Pot, Mesh Skimmer, Roti Tawa, Frying Pan, Cooker, and Turning Spatula.
NCERT · Class 3 · EVS
Chapter 10: What is Cooking
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7 questionsQ2Written answer
What are utensils made of?
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Utensils are made of steel, copper, aluminium, iron, glass, etc.
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Ask some elderly people what kind of utensils were used earlier. What were they made of?
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Earlier, utensils used to be bigger in size. They used to be made of copper, soil (earth), brass, etc.
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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.
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| Things that are eaten raw | Things that are eaten cooked | Things that are eaten both raw and cooked |
| Carrot | Dal | Tomato |
| Radish | Rice | Onion |
| Lettuce | Chapati | Cabbage |
| Apple | Rajma | Broccoli |
| Pomegranate | Bottle-gourd | Spinach |
Q5Written answer
Go to the kitchen and observe something being cooked. What 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.
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Name of the item: Dal
1. First of all, take a bowl of raw pulses.
2. Put water in the bowl and wash the pulses twice.
3. Pour the pulses from the bowl into a pressure cooker.
4. Pour 3 bowls of water into the cooker.
5. Let it cook until the pressure cooker gives 3 whistles.
Q6Written answer
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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| Method of Cooking | Name of Things | |
| Roasting | Bread | Corn |
| Boiling | Potato | Broccoli |
| Frying | Poori | Samosa |
| Baking | Cake | Muffins |
| Steaming | Idli | Dhokla |
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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.
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