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Making Jerk veg and black bean curry, with rice & peas

I can use food skills to make jerk veg and black bean curry, with rice and peas.

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Year 9

Making Jerk veg and black bean curry, with rice & peas

I can use food skills to make jerk veg and black bean curry, with rice and peas.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Cooking with jerk spice (jerking) originated from indigenous people from Jamaica.
  2. The dishes we cook, eat and serve, along with our food experiences, continues to evolve due to a variety of factors.
  3. Creating a timeplan ensures more efficient use of time when preparaing a dish or meal.
  4. The food skills used to make jerk veg curry are measuring, peeling, slicing, draining, mixing and using the hob.
  5. Food skills can be assessed for accuracy and precision, highlighting areas of further development.

Keywords

  • Jerk - a cooking style from the Taíno people, the indigenous (original) people of Jamaica

  • Sauté - a type of frying, a way of cooking food quickly in a small amount of oil in a shallow pan (over a medium to high heat)

  • Timeplan - a schedule that outlines a sequence of events or tasks with specific time allocations

Common misconception

The dishes we cook, eat and serve, along with our food experiences, have stayed the same over time.

The dishes we cook, eat and serve, along with our food experiences, continue to evolve (change over time) due to a variety of factors, such as history, culture, social media and health.


To help you plan your year 9 cooking and nutrition lesson on: Making Jerk veg and black bean curry, with rice & peas, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...

As there are three components for this dish, give helpful time reminders throughout the lesson, e.g. "the jerk vegetables should be in the oven now". Allow pupils to be creative by experimenting with jerk cooking using vegetables, tofu, Quorn, fish, or chicken.
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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

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2025), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

Lesson video

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Prior knowledge starter quiz

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6 Questions

Q1.
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 ...

cross-safety
contamination
Correct answer: cross-contamination
food safety

Q2.
What food skill is being demonstrated here?

An image in a quiz
the bridge hold
the claw hold
Correct answer: the claw grip
the bridge grip

Q3.
Which of these foods does not count towards 5 A DAY?

sweet potatoes
boiled swede
Correct answer: new potatoes
baked beans

Q4.
Diets and recipes can be modified to use beans and lentils, helping to diversify sources.

Correct Answer: protein

Q5.
Which statement best describes the 4Cs.

four principles for food hygiene
four principles for food science
four principles for food and nutrition
Correct answer: four principles for food safety
four principles for food sensory

Q6.
The process of occurs when starch is heated in water.

Correct Answer: gelatinisation, gelatinization

Assessment exit quiz

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6 Questions

Q1.
True or false? The dishes we cook, eat and serve, along with our food experiences, have stayed the same over time.

True
Correct answer: False

Q2.
Jerk is deeply rooted in history and has evolved into a cherished part of their culinary heritage.

Correct Answer: Jamaican, Jamaica

Q3.
Match the following:

Correct Answer:Some veg are peeled as they ...,... taste bitter or strong.

... taste bitter or strong.

Correct Answer:Chilli seeds contain ...,... capsaicin, which provides the spiciness.

... capsaicin, which provides the spiciness.

Correct Answer:In the oven, the vegetables ...,... get hot and start to caramelise.

... get hot and start to caramelise.

Correct Answer:The starch in the rice absorbs ...,... water and swells, turning it soft.

... water and swells, turning it soft.

Q4.
__________ is a type of frying, a way of cooking food quickly in a small amount of oil in a shallow pan (over a medium to high heat).

Stir-frying
Deep frying
Correct answer: Sautéing
Shallow frying

Q5.
What are the benefits of using canned beans, from a nutrition perspective?

Correct answer: Beans provide protein, fibre, vitamins and minerals.
Beans count towards '5 A DAY', with multiple portions each day.
Beans provide fat, salt, and sugars.
Correct answer: Beans count towards ‘5 A DAY’, but only once no matter how much is eaten.

Q6.
Put this jerk vegetable and black bean curry, with rice and peas, in the correct order.

1 - Preheat the oven.
2 - Prepare the vegetables.
3 - Prepare the jerk veg and roast.
4 - Start the curry while the veg is roasting.
5 - Start the rice and peas, as the curry simmers.
6 - Finish the curry and rice and peas.
7 - Serve everything together.

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