Making sweet potato katsu curry
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use food skills to make a sweet potato katsu curry.
Key learning points
- Katsu curry is a traditional Japanese dish of a pork cutlet (tonkatsu), served with rice and curry sauce.
- In line with the Eatwell Guide, we should have a plant-rich, diverse and balanced diet.
- Food skills used to make katsu curry include measuring, mixing, peeling, slicing, coating, and using the hob and oven.
- High standards of personal hygiene and safe food handling must be demonstrated at all times.
- Recipes and cooking methods can be modified to help meet current healthy eating messages and different budgets.
Keywords
Katsu - an abbreviation for the word of a pork ‘cutlet’ in Japanese (katsuretsu, カツレツ)
Plant rich - a diet that comprises lots of fruit, vegetables, cereals, beans, legumes, seeds and nuts
Personal hygiene - steps taken to prevent cross-contamination and reduce the risk of food poisoning
Budget - income and expenditure over a period of time
Common misconception
Recipes cannot be modified for different budgets, as the stated ingredients must always be used.
Recipes can be modified for different budgets, using a number of strategies, such as comparing costs, buying own-brand items, and using seasonal fruit and vegetables.
Teacher tip
As this lesson also looks at recipe modification, for health and different budgets, challenge pupils to modify the recipe for different health criteria and/or budgets. Pupils could also conduct nutritional analysis on their dishes, as well as calculate costs.
Equipment
For ingredients and equipment see the recipe in additional materials.
Content guidance
Risk assessment required - may contain allergens
Risk assessment required - equipment
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What should you wear for good personal hygiene when cooking?
Q2.What safe cutting technique is being shown?
Q3.Which food group should we have with each meal, as recommended by the Eatwell Guide?
Q4.Match the food skill to the dish:
making a smooth soup
making a meringue
making pastry
making bread
cooking noodles and vegetables
Q5.Food leftovers can be used in other recipes, helping to reduce .
Q6.Your hands, hair, face, skin, clothing and jewellery can all be a source of bacteria which can be transferred onto food. This is known as ...
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.True or fasle? Recipes cannot be modified for different budgets, as the stated ingredients must always be used.
Q2.Match the following:
panko breadcrumbs and fried.
but long grain, jasmine, and wild rice can used.
onions, carrots, garlic, ginger, soy sauce and honey.
Q3.What food skill is being demonstrated here?
Q4.Recipes and cooking methods can be modified to help meet current messages.
Q5.Strategies to modify recipes for different budgets include:
Q6.Put the following katsu curry recipe into the correct order.
To help you plan your 9 cooking and nutrition lesson on: Making sweet potato katsu curry, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 9 cooking and nutrition lesson on: Making sweet potato katsu curry, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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