Links to themed weeks:
Science Week
History Week
Healthy Lifestyle Week
Geography Week
The Southfield Designer
Enrichment experiences:
D & T through Science
D & T through History
D & T through Geography
D & T through the Early Learning Goals
Skills:
To be able to create and construct products linked to real life
To design and generate ideas collaboratively, through discussion focusing on the needs of the user and purpose of the product
To be able to order the stages of making a product
To select and use the appropriate tools to measure, shape, mark out and join materials to make products
To select and use the appropriate materials, considering their components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities
To investigate and evaluate a range of products
Critically evaluate products against design specification, intended user and purpose
To prepare and cook a variety of dishes using a range of cooking techniques
Knowledge:
To understand and develop knowledge of how to construct a strong structures
Explore existing products
To understand the process of design
Understand that different mechanisms produce different types of movements
Know the technical vocabulary relevant to the project
To understand seasonality and know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown, reared, caught and processed
To understand and apply the principles of a healthy and varied diet
Distinguish between fixed and loose pivots
Apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures; understand and use mechanical systems in their products
To understand and use electrical systems in their products, for example, series circuits incorporating components
To understand how key events and individuals in design and technology have helped shape the world
Reception:
PSED: Managing Self
•healthy •unhealthy
•healthy diet
•moderation •choices • sweet •savoury • raw
• nutrients •vegetable • fruit •chop •chopping board •importance
•clean •needs
PD: Fine Motor
•tools •scissors •paint brushes •cutlery • accuracy •cutting
•tracing •card •fabric
•textured paper
•templates •drawing
•building •painting
•construction •tweezers
•playdough •cutting
•shapes •leaf rubbing
•pencil control
•modelling •weaving
•simple sewing
UTW: The Natural World
•explore •observe •draw
•similarities •differences
•processes •changes
•seasons •states of matter •natural world
•magnifying glasses
•environments •identify
•design •sketch
Year 1: Build: Vehicles
•vehicle •transport •car, truck, lorry, bus •purpose
•user •wheel •axle •axle holder •body •chassis
•label •diagram
•materials •properties
•pollution •design •user
•function •appearance
•label
Sew: Animal Sock Puppets
•materials •suitable
•fabric •recycle •reuse
•waste •design •design
•user •function
•appearance •feature
•materials •properties
Cook: Jam Tarts/Mince
Pies & Dips and Vegetables
• sweet • savoury
• cook • bake • raw
• pastry • recipe
• season • preserve
• nutrients • vegetable •
Year 2: Build: Moving Pictures
•mechanism •lever
•pivot or fulcrum •bar
•force/effort •Load
•shaduf •slider •slot
•bridge •motion •linear motion •oscillating motion •materials
•properties •design •user
•function •appearance
•mock up
Sew: Pencil Case
•design •materials
•suitable •properties
•sew •fastening •fabric
•needle •thread •stitch
•running stitch •feature
stitch •seam •user
•function •appearance
Vocabulary
Year 3: Build: Pop-up Books
•mechanism •component
•lever •pivot or fulcrum
•bar •slider •slot
•force/effort •linear motion •oscillating
motion •linkage •fixed pivot •moving pivot
•reverse •parallel
•rotation •prototype
•design •materials •stiff
•user •purpose/function
•aesthetic •bridge
Sew: Key Rings/Decorations
•needle •thread •sew
•fabric •stitch •natural
•synthetic •weaving •felt
•user •purpose/function
•aesthetic •running stitch
•backstitch •seam
Year 4:
Build: Moving Miniature Playgrounds
•mechanism
•component •wheel
•axle •gear •teeth
•interlock •drive gear
•driven dear •motion
•motion transfer
•gearing up •gearing down •sprocket
•design •materials
•stiff/stable •vertical
•horizontal •electrical circuit •bulb, buzzer, wires, battery •user
•purpose/function
•aesthetic •exploded diagram
Sew: Cushions
•needle •thread •sew
•fabric •stitch
Year 5:
Build: Cams Toys
•mechanism •component
•cam •follower •slider
•camshaft •motion
•rotary motion •linear
motion •structure
•Materials •Cross-
sectional diagram •cam
•cam profile •eccentric
cam •follower •slider
•camshaft •motion
•rotary motion •linear motion •user
•purpose/function
•aesthetic •pivot
Sew: Bags
•decoration •appliqué
•embroidery •fabric
•materials •properties
•leather •canvas •cotton
•plait •cord •natural
Year 6:
Build: Electrical Toys & Water Walls
•electrical circuit
•component parts •bulb, battery, switch •design
•materials •stiff/stable
•user •purpose/function
•aesthetic
•mechanism •component
•Archimedes’ screw
•pulley •wheel •axle
•load •effort •groove
•prototype •engineer
•environment •manual
•materials
Sew: Upcycling Fashion
•upcycle •recycle •waste
•pollution •‘fast fashion’
•globalisation
•sustainable •fray •hem
•seam •decoration
Cook: Pizza & Gingerbread
• home-made • processed
• savoury • dough • knead
Cook: Pasta & Bread and Butter
• pasta
bake
dough
boil
• vegetable
preserve
•decoration •appliqué
•felt •natural
•synthetic •woven
•user
•purpose/function
•aesthetic •running
•synthetic •woven •fray
•hem •seam •backstitch
•overcast stitch (or whipstitch) •user
•purpose/function
•aesthetic
•appliqué •embroidery
•pattern piece •pinning •backstitch •overcast stitch (or whipstitch)
•user •purpose/ function
•aesthetic
•chopping board
fruit • chop
• passata • recipe • slice
• chopping board • spice
• ginger • sweet
•transport
• dough • cook • bake
• raw
tinned
chop
chopping board
wheat
• grain
flour
stitch •backstitch
•overcast stitch (or whipstitch) •seam
Cook: Ratatouille and Couscous & Apple
Cook: Pitta Bread &
Honey Cake
• pitta • flatbread •
wheat
• grain
yeast
Cook: Mezze
• mezze • savoury • recipe • tzatziki • baba
ghanoush
• tabbouleh • kofta
• rise
Crumble
• France • ratatouille
• vegetable
• leavened/unleavened
• bake • recipe • sweet
• sugar • honey • harvest
• beekeeper • hive
• seasoning • herbs
• spices
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peel
peeler
bread
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wholemeal
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• yeast
Churn
Yoghurt
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knead
bake
dairy • milk
cream
butter
• stew
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root
stem
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EAD: Creating with Materials
•explore •materials
•tools •techniques
•experiment •colour
•design •texture •form
•function •create
•explain •process •make
•safety •painting
•primary colours
•secondary colours
•mixing •portraits
•seasons •cutting
•straight line •curved line
•spirals •drip painting
•clay •sculptures •fabric
• leaf • fruit • seed • flower
• couscous • apple • crumble • dessert • fruit
•variety • orchard
• eating apples
• cooking apples • vitamins
• seasonality • local
Reception:
D & T through the ELGs
D & T through Science
D & T through History
D & T through Geography
Year 1: D & T through Science
D & T through History
D & T through Geography
Enrichment experiences
Year 2: D & T through Science
D & T through History
D & T through Geography
Year 3: D & T through Science
D & T through History
D & T through Geography
Year 4: D & T through Science
D & T through History
D & T through Geography
Year 5: D & T through Science
D & T through History
D & T through Geography
Year 6: D & T through Science
D & T through History
D & T through Geography
Reception:
PSED: Managing Self
• Know what healthy food choices are
PD: Fine Motor
• Know how to select the tools they need (cutlery, scissors, tweezers etc.)
UTW: The Natural World
• Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and contrasting environments
• Understand some important processes and changes on the natural world around them, including the seasons and changing states of matter
EAD: Creating with Materials
• Understand what a process is in terms of creating
• Know a variety of tools and techniques
• Know what props and materials are and how these can be used when role playing characters in narratives and stories
Year 1: Build: Vehicles
• Process of design
• Vehicles: user and purpose
• Mechanical systems: wheels and axles
• Wheels and axles in everyday examples
• Structures and materials to make vehicles strong, stiff and stable.
• Materials properties and functionality
• Vehicles and pollution
Build structures exploring how they can be made stronger, stiffer and more stable, explore and use mechanisms, (for example wheels and axles) in their products
Sew: Animal Sock Puppets
• Process of design
• Making products with fabric
• Properties of a range of materials
• Using suitable materials
• Fixing fabric together
• Reusing/recycling materials
• Features of a puppet
• Features of different animals
Year 2: Build: Moving Pictures
• Process of design
• Mechanical systems: Levers and sliders
• Levers and sliders in everyday examples
• Structures and materials to make levers and sliders in moving pictures strong, stiff and stable. Build structures exploring how they can be made stronger, stiffer and more stable, explore and use mechanisms, (for example levers and sliders) in their products
Sew: Pencil Case
• Process of design
• Features of a pencil case how they work, size, materials, fastenings, shape, joining, decoration
• Using suitable materials
• Properties of different materials
• Making products with fabric
• Join fabric together— sewing and gluing
• Creating stiches with a needle and thread
Knowledge
Year 3: Build: Pop-up Books
• Process of design
• Mechanical systems: Linkages: moving pivot, fixed pivot, types of motion
• Linkages uses and purpose in everyday examples.
• Materials to make linkages in moving books strong, stiff and stable. Apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures; understand and use mechanical systems in their products (for example, levers and linkages).
Sew: Key Rings/Decorations
• Process of design
• Making products with fabric
• Types of fabricnatural/synthetic
• Properties of fabric—thickness, softness, stretchiness
• What materials are key rings/decorations made of How fabric is
Year 4:
Build: Moving Miniature Playgrounds
• Process of design
• Mechanical systems: gears, teeth, interlock, motion transfer, drive gear, driven gear, gearing up, gearing down
• Gears: user and purpose in everyday examples.
• Structures and materials to make a product with gears 3d shapes, strong, stiff and stable.
• Electrical systems: circuits, batteries, bulbs and buzzers. Apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures; understand and use mechanical systems in their products (for example gears). Understand and use electrical systems in their products, for example, series circuits incorporating switches, bulbs, buzzers and motors.
Year 5: Build: Cams Toys
• Process of design
• Mechanical systems: cams, followers, sliders, camshaft, rotary motion, linear motion, cam profiles.
• Everyday examples and purpose of cams mechanisms.
• Structures and materials to make products with cams and followers 3d shapes, strong, stiff and stable.
Apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures; understand and use mechanical systems in their products (for example, cams).
Sew: Bags
• Process of design
• Making products with fabric • Types of fabric natural/ synthetic
• Properties and suitability of fabric
• How fabrics are made weaving
• Features of a bag –size, materials, fastenings, shape, joining, decoration,
Year 6:
Build: Electrical Toys & Water Walls
• Process of design
• Electrical Toys: user and purpose in everyday examples.
• Electrical systems: circuits, batteries, bulbs, buzzers and motors.
• Structures and materials to make a product with an electrical circuit — strong, stiff and stable.
• Mechanisms: pulleys, Archimedes’ screw
• Everyday examples and purpose of pulleys. Purpose of Archimedes’ screw
• Structures and materials to make products with pulleys in everyday examples 3d shapes, strong, stiff and stable.
• Plastics pollution/recycling/re use
• Use of electricity and connection to global warming
• Engineering systems to create
Cook: Jam Tarts/Mince
Pies & Dips and Vegetables
• A recipe is a set of instructions which tells you how to make food
• Cooking from different cultures—England
• Sweet v savoury
• Cooked v raw
• A pie can be made with pastry
• Seasonality preserving fruit for the winter
• Nutrition—vegetables
• Sweet v savoury
• Cooked v raw
• Cooking from different cultures Greece
Cook: Pizza & Gingerbread
•Processed v homemade food
•Preserving food
•Cooking from different cultures Naples, Italy
•History of food
•Cost of food
•Savoury
•Spices
•Spicy/sweet
•History of food
•Food transport and cost of ingredients
•Decoration
•Cooked v raw
•Baking
fit for purpose
• Features of a key ring/decoration size, materials, shape, joining, stitching, decoration
Cook: Pasta & Bread and Butter
•Sweet/Savoury
•Food from different cultures •Pasta
•Pasta production
•Vegetables are part of a healthy diet
•Tomatoes production, preserving
•Making bread with flour made from wheat
•Yeast
•Wholegrains and health •Baking
•Milk production
•Dairy products and butter production
Sew: Cushions
• Process of design
• Making products with fabric
• Types of fabricnatural/synthetic
• Properties of fabric thickness, softness, stretchiness.
• Features of a cushion
– size, materials, shape, joining, decoration
• Decoration appliqué
Cook: Ratatouille and Couscous & Apple
Crumble
•Sweet/Savoury
•Ratatouille food from France
•Couscous food from North Africa
•Vegetables as part of a healthy diet
•The different parts of a plant which we eat
•British cooking
•Different varieties of apples including cooking and eating apples
•Apples as part of a healthy diet
•Seasonality
•Environment and sustainability—eating local produce
•Affordability
handles. • Decoration appliqué, embroidery
environmentally friendly solutions
Cook: Pitta Bread & Honey Cake
•Sweet/Savoury
•Different types of bread •Bread as part of a balanced, healthy diet •Using yeast— leavened/unleavened
bread
•Cooking from different cultures
•Wheat production
•Baking
•Honey production and history
•Health benefits of honey •Cooking from different cultures
Nav Sawhney and the Washing Machine Project.
• Appropriate use of materials
Apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures; understand and use electrical systems in their products, for example, series circuits incorporating switches and bulbs. Understand and use mechanical systems in their products (for example, pulleys).
Sew: Upcycling Fashion
• Process of design
• Fast fashion and globalisation
• Waste and pollution
• Upcycling, recycling, sustainability
• Processes for making clothes— seams and hems
• Decoration—appliqué, embroidery, buttons, gluing
Cook: Mezze
•Cooking from
Reception:
PSED: Managing Self
• Understand the importance of healthy food choices
Year 1: Build: Vehicles
Skills Progression
Year 2: Build: Moving Pictures
Year 3: Build: Pop-up Books
PD: Fine Motor
• Use a range of small tools, including scissors, paint brushes and cutlery
• Begin to show accuracy and care when drawing
Research and Investigate: different types of vehicles; different parts of a vehicle; explore wheels and axles in toy cars.
Research and Investigate:
Research and Investigate:
Year 4: Build: Moving Miniature Playgrounds
Year 5: Build: Cams Toys
different cultures
•Sweet/Savoury
•Mezze sharing food
•Balanced diet and different food groups
•Seasoning
•Herbs and spices
UTW: The Natural World
• Explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants
Design: Understand criteria (user, purpose, function, appeal); generate/innovate/ develop ideas; talking; drawing; labelling.
Make: Select tools/materials for making a toy vehicle with wheels and axles; cutting; different ways of joining decorating;
levers and sliders; examples of what products which used these: see saw, scissors, hammer, wheelbarrow, shaduf; research examples of moving pictures
Design: Understand criteria (user, purpose, function, appeal); generate/innovate/ develop ideas; talking; drawing; labelling; creating a mock up.
Linkages; examples of what products which used these: clothes horse, lifts, tool box, engines. Design: Devising criteria (user, purpose, function, appeal); generate/innovate/devel op ideas; create annotated drawings and prototypes. Make: Select tools/materials for making pop-up book with linkages, cutting, different ways of joining,
Research and Investigate: Gears; examples of products which used these: tin openers, bicycles; how gears on a bicycle work; history of gears, ancient Greek Antikythera mechanism (used to predict astronomical positions)
Design:
Devising criteria (user, purpose, function, appeal);
generate/innovate/devel op ideas; create annotated drawings and exploded diagrams. Make:
Research and Investigate: Cams mechanisms; examples of what products use cams and followers: mechanical toys, sewing machines, engines, clocks; history of cams and mechanisms Ismail alJazari; structure of a cams toy
Design: Devising criteria (user, purpose, function, appeal); generate/innovate/devel op ideas; create annotated drawings and cross-sectional diagrams
Make:
Year 6: Build: Electrical Toys & Water Walls
Research and Investigate: Examples of products which use electrical circuits. Investigate water wall and pulleys
Design: Devising criteria (user, purpose, function, appeal), generate/innovate/ develop ideas, create annotated drawings and prototypes
Make: Select tools/materials for making a card with an electrical circuit,
EAD: Creating with Materials
• Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function
• Share their creations, explaining the process they used
• Make use of props and materials when role playing characters in narratives and stories
finishing
Use and Evaluate: Car racing in the playground exploring speed; film/photograph children doing this; evaluation against criteria and existing products
Make: Select tools/materials for making a moving picture with levers and sliders; cutting; different ways of joining decorating; finishing
decorating, finishing
Use and Evaluate:
Photograph books, written evaluation against criteria and existing products
Select tools/materials for making a moving toy with gears and an electrical circuit, cutting, different ways of joining, decorating, finishing
Select tools/materials for making a cam toy, cutting, different ways of joining, decorating, finishing
Sew: Animal Sock Puppets
Research and Investigate:
Existing products
Design
Understand criteria (user, purpose, function, appeal), generate/develop ideas, talking, drawing, labelling
Make: Select tools/materials, making paper templates/, drawing/cutting shapes, gluing, joining fabric, drying
Use and Evaluate: Recording of children using puppets, evaluate against criteria.
Cook: Jam Tarts/Mince
Pies & Dips and
Use and Evaluate: Photograph pictures; evaluation against criteria and existing products
Sew: Key Rings/Decorations
Research and Investigate: Examples of key rings/decorations, different fabrics, how to make felt
Use and Evaluate: Written evaluation against criteria and existing products
Sew: Cushions
Use and Evaluate: Videoed peer evaluation against criteria and existing products
Sew: Bags
connecting components, cutting, different ways of joining, decorating, finishing Select tools/materials for making a water wall for Reception with recycled objects, cutting, tying knots, sticking, making holes
Sew: Pencil Case
Research and Investigate:
Existing products
Design: Understand criteria (user, purpose, function, appeal), generate/develop ideas, talking, drawing, labelling
Make: Select tools/materials, making paper templates/patterns, drawing/cutting shapes, threading a needle, tying
Design: Devising criteria (user, purpose, function, appeal), generate/innovate/ develop ideas, annotated drawings
Make: Select tools/materials, making paper templates/patterns, drawing/cutting shapes, pinning, threading a needle, tying a knot, running stitch, back stitch, joining, stuffing, gluing, sewing/gluing on a loop
Use and Evaluate:
Photograph, written peer evaluation against
Research and Investigate: Appliqué, cushions, running stitch, backstitch, overcast stitch (whipstitch)
Design: Devising criteria (user, purpose, function, appeal), generate/innovate/ develop ideas, annotated drawings
Make: Select tools/materials, making paper templates/patterns, drawing/cutting shapes, pinning, threading a needle, tying a knot, running stitch, backstitch, overcast stitch (whipstitch), appliqué, stuffing
Research and Investigate:
Methods of decoration: appliqué, embroidery; bag design, materials and features
Design: Devising criteria (user, purpose, function, appeal),
generate/innovate/devel op ideas, annotated drawings
Make: Select tools/materials, drawing/cutting shapes, pinning, threading a needle, tying a knot, backstitch, overcast stitch (whipstitch), joining, embroidery, appliqué, plaiting
Use and Evaluate:
Use and Evaluate: Written evaluation against criteria and existing products
Evaluation with user (Reception) against criteria and existing products
Sew: Upcycling Fashion
Research and Investigate: Fast fashion, upcycling, recycling, sustainability
Design: Devising criteria (user, purpose, function, appeal), generate/innovate/devel op ideas, annotated drawings, pattern pieces
Make:
Experimentation with upcycling existing garments, select
Vegetables
Introduction to the recipe: Introduce the idea of food made from preserved fruit and pastry.
Introduce the idea that fruit and vegetables provide important nutrients which keep us fit and healthy and that some fruit and vegetables give us more nutrients when eaten raw.
Make:
• Following a simple recipe • Measuring in spoonfuls
• Rubbing fat into flour
• Mixing
• Making, rolling and cutting pastry
• Baking
• Cooling
• Cutting, chopping
• Using a knife and a chopping board
• Bridge and claw technique flat side down
• Cutting with scissors
• Mashing
• Mixing
a knot, running stitch, sewing on a button, gluing on decoration
Use and Evaluate: Photograph pencil cases, written evaluation against criteria
Cook: Pizza & Gingerbread
Introduction to the recipe:
Introduce the idea that spices (in this case ginger) can be used to flavour food.
Introduce the idea that pizza can be home-made.
Make:
• Following a simple recipe, measuring using spoons
• Mixing/making a dough/kneading
• Rolling and shaping
• Spreading
• Cutting/Slicing—bridge and claw technique
• Tearing
• Presentation
• Baking
• Chopping, Mixing
• Rubbing fat into flour
• Cracking an egg
criteria and existing products
Cook: Pasta & Bread and Butter
Introduction to the recipe:
Introduce the children to the recipe by exploring where milk comes from and how it can be made into butter. Introduce the idea that pasta is a product, how it is made and that Italy is famous for it.
Make:
•Following a recipe
•Weighing using scales
•Using a knife—claw method
•Using a chopping board
•Chopping
•Peeling
•Pressing
• Measuring using scales
• Using yeast
• Mixing
• Making a dough, kneading
• Rising
• Baking
• Cooling
• Slicing
• Spreading
Use and Evaluate:
Photograph, written evaluation, peer evaluation—against criteria
Cook: Ratatouille and Couscous & Apple
Crumble
Introduction to the recipe:
Introduces the children to ratatouille as a French stew that uses lots of vegetables. Introduces how apples can be part of a healthy diet, used in cooking or eaten raw.
Make:
• Following a recipe
• Weighing using scales
• Using a knife bridge and claw method
• Using a chopping board • Chopping
• Peeling an onion
• Cooking vegetables
• Soaking
• Peeling, coring, chopping
• Rubbing fat into flour
Written evaluation, photograph, film peer evaluation against criteria and existing products
Cook: Pitta Bread & Honey Cake
Introduction to the recipe:
Introduce the children to the recipe by exploring how different types of flat bread are both leavened and unleavened.
Introduce the children to the recipe by exploring how honey is produced.
tools/materials, drawing/cutting shapes, creating pattern pieces, pinning, threading a needle, tying a knot, joining, appliqué, embroidery, running stitch, backstitch, overcast stitch, plaiting, attaching a button Use and Evaluate: Written evaluation, photograph, evaluation—against criteria and existing products, fashion show Cook: Mezze
Introduction to the recipe:
Make:
•Following a recipe
•Measuring using scales •Activating yeast
•Mixing
•Making a dough, kneading •Rolling and shaping
•Baking
•Cooling
• Following a recipe
• Measuring using scales
• Mixing
• Cracking an egg
• Beating
Introduce the children to the mezze and how this is an example of a balanced meal.
Make: Tzatziki, Baba Ghanoush, Tabbouleh:
• Following a recipe
• Weighing ingredients using scales
• Using a knife bridge and claw method
• Chopping
• Squeezing a lemon
• Grating
Taste and Evaluate: Look and evaluate based on aesthetic appeal and criteria from recipe introduction.
Taste and evaluate based on criteria from recipe introduction.
• Making a dough, rolling, cutting
• Baking, cooling
• Decorating
Taste and Evaluate: Look and evaluate based on aesthetic appeal and criteria from recipe introduction. Taste and evaluate based on criteria from recipe introduction.
Taste and Evaluate: Look and evaluate based on aesthetic appeal and criteria from recipe introduction. Taste and evaluate based on criteria from recipe introduction.
• Sprinkling
• Baking
• Cooling
Taste and Evaluate: Look and evaluate based on aesthetic appeal and criteria from recipe introduction.
Taste and evaluate based on criteria from recipe introduction.
• Pouring
• Sprinkling
• Baking
• Cooling
Taste and Evaluate: Look and evaluate based on aesthetic appeal and criteria from recipe introduction. Taste and evaluate based on criteria from recipe introduction.
• Using a garlic press
• Seasoning
• Soaking
• Mixing
• Mashing
Kofta:
• Following a recipe
• Weighing ingredients using scales
• Using a garlic press
• Cooking with meat
• Cracking an egg
Taste and Evaluate: Look and evaluate based on aesthetic appeal and criteria from recipe introduction. Taste and evaluate based on criteria from recipe introduction.