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Salmon being poached with onion and bay leaves. Poaching is a cooking technique that involves heating food submerged in a liquid, such as water, milk, stock or wine.Poaching is differentiated from the other "moist heat" cooking methods, such as simmering and boiling, in that it uses a relatively lower temperature (about 70–80 °C or 158–176 °F). [1]
Steaks and chicken breasts being grilled over charcoal Hamburgers being grilled over a charcoal fire Grilling mangals and kebabs. Grilling is a form of cooking that involves heat applied to the surface of food, commonly from above, below or from the side. [1]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 February 2025. Preparing food using heat This article is about the preparation of food specifically via heat. For a general outline, see Outline of food preparation. For varied styles of international food, see Cuisine. Not to be confused with Coking. A man cooking in a restaurant kitchen, Morocco ...
A chef deep frying fish and chips in Manchester, England, 2007. Deep frying (also referred to as deep fat frying) is a cooking method in which food is submerged in hot fat, traditionally lard but today most commonly oil, as opposed to the shallow frying used in conventional frying done in a frying pan.
A stovetop pressure cooker. A pressure cooker is a sealed vessel for cooking food with the use of high pressure steam and water or a water-based liquid, a process called pressure cooking.
Chef Asma Khan, about to open a dum biryani. Dum pukht (Persian: دَم پخت), larhmeen, dampokhtak, or slow oven cooking is a cooking technique associated with the Mughal Empire in which meat and vegetables are cooked over a low flame, generally in dough-sealed containers. [1]
The smoking of food likely dates back to the paleolithic era. [7] [8] As simple dwellings lacked chimneys, these structures would probably have become very smoky.It is supposed that early humans would hang meat up to dry and out of the way of pests, thus accidentally becoming aware that meat that was stored in smoky areas acquired a different flavor, and was better preserved than meat that ...
The dry matter of plant and animal material consists of all its constituents excluding water. The dry matter of food includes carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants (e.g., thiocyanate, anthocyanin, and quercetin).