This course will enable the students:
To understand the effect of processing on food products
Functions of Food
Basic food groups
Food preparation
Carbohydrate cookery and types of carbohydrate in foods
· Cereal and cereal cookery: Structure, Composition, Process done before cooking - milling, polishing, parboiling, flaking, parching, roasting, fermentation, malting.
· Starch: Structure, Composition, properties- Dextrinization, Gelatinisation, gel formation
· Pectin and Pectic substances their role in preparation of jams and jelly.
Fats and Oils. Structure, composition, effect of heat and storage temperature, hydrogenation process, refining process (concept), rancidity of fats
Milk and Milk Products
Composition, nutritive value, various types of processed milk, home care of milk, curd formation, cheese preparation, effect of cooking, grading of milk.
Egg
Structure, composition, nutritive value, effects of cooking, functions of eggs in cookery, quality testing.
Meat, fish, poultry
Structure, composition, nutritive value, ripening, factors affecting tenderness of meat, effects of cooking.
Legumes and Pulses.
Composition, nutritive value, methods of cooking-soaking, germination fermentation.
Nuts and Oils seeds
Composition, nutritive value