Cooking Our Food

Milk is said to be a complete food. It is the food of small babies. It gives them everything they need to grow.

Bottle gourd is a protective food because fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamins and minerals and they protect us from diseases.

This is correct. Eggs, milk and milk products are categorised under body building foods.

People living in coastal areas eat fish because it is easily available there. This is the correct answer because rice is grown in West Bengal and fish is found in plenty in the coastal areas.

This is the correct answer because both bread and sugar are derived from plants.

We eat the stem of a lotus plant as a vegetable.

This is the correct answer because both sausages and honey are derived from animals.

This is the correct answer. Turnip and radish are roots of plants that we eat.

This is the correct answer because humans eat fruits, roots, leaves, stems and seeds of a plant, depending upon which is the edible part.

This is the correct answer. Both Idli and dosa are made with rice.

This is the correct answer. We cook food by steaming, boiling, roasting and baking. We do not burn or char our food to eat it.

We eat the leaves of cabbage, spinach and fenugreek.

This is the correct option because carrot can be eaten raw as well as after cooking.

Cooking makes the food tasty and easy to digest.

This is the correct answer. Both these statements are correct.

Petroleum is not used as a fuel while cooking.

This option is correct as this statement is incorrect. Some foods are eaten raw and some are cooked in different ways. Not all foods are cooked.

Food that gives us energy to work and play is an example of energy giving food. Rice is an energy giving food.
Curd is a body building food.

This is the correct matching.
Peas are protective foods.
Eggs are body building foods.
French fries are energy giving foods.

This is the correct option because both idli and dhokla are steamed.
Idli is steamed, but samosas are fried.