Lesson 6 – Variety in Food
(A) What’s the solution?
1. Which food items can be prepared from wheat?
Ans: Breads, biscuits, cake, roti, rava, pasta noodles, chapati, puri, etc. are the food items that can be prepared from wheat.
2. Write the names of different edible oils.
Ans: The names of different edible oils are mustard oil, sunflower oil, coconut oil, palm oil, peanut oil, olive oil.
3. Which is the special food item prepared in your village, town or city? What is it made from?
Ans: The special food item prepared in my village is ‘peanut chutney’. It is prepared from peanuts.
(B) Circle the odd one out in the given food items. Write why it is the odd one.
1. Mango pickle, mango, mango jam, mango pulp.
Ans: Mango
Reason: Mango is a raw fruit, while the rest are processed mango products.
2. Pulao, paratha, dahibhat, biryani.
Ans: Paratha
Reason: Paratha is a wheat product, while the rest are rice products.
3. Mysore pak, puranpoli, thalipeeth, jhunka-bhakar.
Ans: Mysore pak
Reason: Mysore pak is a sweet from Karnataka, while the rest are dishes from Maharashtra.
(C) Guess whether each of the following items is a grain or a vegetable and make a list of the food items that can be prepared from each.
- Maize
- Pumpkin
- Cluster beans (guar)
Ans:
1. Maize:
Type: Grain
Food items that can be prepared: Paratha, soup, etc.
2. Pumpkin:
Type: Vegetable
Food items that can be prepared: Salad, paratha, sambhar, curry, etc.
3. Cluster beans (guar):
Type: Vegetable
Food items that can be prepared: Salad, vegetable, etc.