Kitchen Dictionary
Your cheat sheet to basic cooking. Know your cooking terms!
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Banli- is a tagalog term meaning to blanch or scalding vegetables in boiling water or steam for a short time.View Related Recipes & Articles
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equipment
nounequip·ment | \ i-ˈkwip-mənt \All stoves, ranges, hoods, meat blocks, tables, counters, refrigerators, freezers, sinks, dishwashing machines, steam tables and similar items, other than utensils used in the operation of a food service.Definition ofequipment
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View Related Recipes & ArticlesAll stoves, ranges, hoods, meat blocks, tables, counters, Refrigerators, freezers, sinks, dishwashing machines, steam tables and similar items, other than utensils, used in the operation of a food service.equip·ment | \ i-ˈkwip-mənt \
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Pasingawan- is a tagalog term meaning to steam. In this cooking process, the food is put into a steamer, which is a cooking utensil that consists of a vessel with a perforated bottom placed over one containing water. As the water boils, steam rises and cooks the food in the upper, or perforated, vessel.View Related Recipes & Articles
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Pinais is a tagalog term meaning to wrap and steam. It is a moist-heat cooking method where the food is enclosed in a packet of parchment paper or foil and then cooked in a steamer.
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steam
\ ˈstēm \Definition of steam
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uses boiling water, although the ingredients never touch the water itself. By placing a steamer basket above boiling water, the ingredient cooks at 100C without losing any of its flavors to the water.
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sterilization
nounster·il·i·za·tion | \ ˌster-ə-lə-ˈzā-shən \plural sterilizationsDefinition of sterilization
1: the act or process of sterilizing: such as2: the rendering of something free from viable microorganisms (as by the use of steam or dry heat)
