Question

Material required to prepared a food items are called

Answer 1

Materials required to prepare a food item are called as ingredients.

Answer 2

Material required to prepared a food item are called ingredients.

Ingredients:

Ingredients are chosen based on their properties, flavour, nutrition and especially their availability and seasonality.

Importance of ingredients:

• Each ingredient pose a particular purpose in a recipe. A variety of ingredients are available around the world and every ingredient is available at a particular period of the year.
• Every food item undergoes different reactions. Carbohydrates undergo reactions like caramelization, dextrinisation (breaking of starch polysaccharide into smaller molecules called dextrin), gelatinization, etc
• Proteins undergo denaturation, coagulation, gluten formation and gelation.
• Fats undergo shortening, plasticity, aeration, flakiness, retention of moisture and glazing.