Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Bring some whole spices to class. Write their names in the table. Close your eyes and try to recognise each spice by smelling and touching each one in turn. Put a (✓) mark in front of the ones you recognise. If you do not recognise any, put a (x) mark.
| No. | Smell | Touch | Name of the spice |
| 1. | |||
| 2. | |||
| 3. | |||
| 4. | |||
| 5. |
Solution
| No. | Smell | Touch | Name of the spice |
| 1. | ✓ | X | Tamarind |
| 2. | ✓ | X | Red chilli |
| 3. | ✓ | X | Coriander |
| 4. | ✓ | ✓ | Cumin |
| 5. | ✓ | ✓ | Cinnamon |
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
 |
|
I can be powdered fine To make food hot and spicy, If too much of me is added I make you gasp – shheee… shheee… Your eyes and nose begin to water And you cry! Think and tell me who am I? Tell me quickly, who am I? |
 |
|
Grind me and powder me – To make your food look yellow, I am mixed in oil by granny And applied to wounds quickly, I heal all wounds – big and small, That is why I am loved by all! Think and tell me who am I? Tell me quickly, who am I? |
 |
|
I look like Zeera though green am I, To make your stomach healthy I always try, Eat me always after your meal I refresh your mouth, you surely feel, Think and tell me who am I? Tell me quickly, who am I? |
 |
|
I look like a nail but a bud am I, |
Now try and make your own riddles about two other spices. Ask those riddles in your class. Draw picture of the two spices in your notebook and write their names.
When your grandparents were young, which spices were used most in their kitchens? Find out from them and write here.
Name one spice which is put into both sweet and salty things. Find out what is put into food to make it taste sour.
Did you enjoy the potato chaat?
How do spice-less and very spicy things feel on your tongue?
Try to learn and make a different kind a chaat and enjoy it with all your friends in class.
