BHM 201T
BHM 201T
Theory: 4 Credits
Practical: 2 Credits
Objective: To manage the entire skills and procedure of the food production. To develop
certain technical skills to build up successful professionalism in the catering industry.
Course Contents:
Unit – 1 Methods of Cooking: - Introduction, Definition, and its importance; Types- Baking,
Broiling, Grilling, Frying, Steaming, Stewing, Poaching, Poeling, Roasting, Frying, Sautéing,
Braising Cooking with Microwave, Ovens, Gas, Induction Plates and other such media.
HACCP
Standards and Professional Kitchens.
Unit – 2 Eggs, Poultry and Meat: Eggs – Introduction, Usage in Kitchen, Structure of Egg,
Classification, Grading of Eggs, Types, Selection, Storage and preparation of breakfast dishes
with eggs. Poultry and Game: Introduction, Classification, Selection Criterion, Cuts of
Poultry, Yield and simple Indian preparations. Meat: Characteristics, selection and grading,
Classification ( Bovines, Ovines and Swines), Categories, Cuts of Meat, Storage and
handling.
Unit – 3 Fishes in cooking: Introduction, Types, Purchasing, Storing Considerations, Fish &
Shellfish, Their Classification, Cuts of Fish, Popular Species of Fish, Classical Preparations
of Fish, Common cooking methods used for sea food.
Unit – 4 Vegetable, Cuts & Cookery: Introduction, Vegetables, Pigment and Colour
Changes, Effect of Heat on vegetables, Cuts of Vegetables, nutritional and hygiene aspects.
Some Indian Cuts on vegetables: Broccoli, Cabbage, Potatoes, Onions, Spinach, Cucumber,
Tomatoes, avocado. Beetroot, French Beans, Gourd, Bottle Gourd, Pumpkin, Okra,
Colocasia, Spinach, Carrot, Turnips
Suggested Readings:
- Accompaniments & Garnishes from waiter; Communicate: Fuller J. Barrie & Jenkins
- Food Production Operations: Parvinder S Bali, Oxford University Press
- Larder Chef By M J Leto &W K H Bode Publisher: Butterworth- Heinemann
- Modern Cookery (Vol- I) By Philip E. Thangam, Publisher: Orient Longman
- Practical Cookery By Kinton & Cessarani
- Practical Professional Cookery By Kauffman & Cracknell
- Professional Cooking byWayne Gislen, Publisher Le Cordon Bleu
- Theory of Catering By Kinton & Cessarani
- Theory of Cookery By K Arora, Publisher: Frank Brothers