Kumaoni food

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Mountains, Rivers and Coasts Living in the Mountains

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Objectives

Design and Technology

To understand and apply the principals of a healthy and varied diet.
To prepare and cook a variety of predominantly savoury dishes using a range of cooking techniques.
To understand seasonality, and know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown, reared, caught and processed.

Science

To find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air).
To describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene

Lesson Planning

Think about the diet of the Kumaon people; prepare a typical Kumaoni breakfast of rice and dhal.

Teaching Outcomes:

To prepare and cook a traditional Kumaoni breakfast and to understand that not all food is available to everyone all year round.
To know that food is essential for survival and to begin to understand that a varied diet helps to keep us healthy.

Children will:

Look at food in the Kumaon and compare it to our diet.
Understand about the importance of an adequate and varied diet for health.
Prepare a typical Kumaoni breakfast of rice and dhal.

Planning

Provided Resources

Traditional Komaoni recipe
Image of 'The eatwell plate'
Food in the Kumaon

You Will Need

You do not need any particular resources for this session.

Weblinks

Healthy food choice free resources from foodafactoflife.org.uk
Food Standards Agency from food.gov.uk