FATS AND OILS

Fats and oils their sources and their properties and uses

I friends how r u today we going to talk about fats and oils

There are three major sources of fats and oils:-

• ·         Plants/vegetables
• ·         Animals
• ·         Fish

Vegetable oil

Vegetable oil is the oils which are derived from the seeds of plants grown in world wide. The main vegetable oils which are used are from coconut palm second is olive tree and third is ground nut or peanut oil and fourth is soya bean.

 Properties of coconut palm: - coconut oil can be eaten raw and used for cooking for its flavour.

Olive oil: - olive oil is the healthiest oil in the world and the best part is you can eat it raw. The moments you heat it up the properties are not like raw

Peanut oil: - peanut oil is the best oil for frying as it has got maximum smoke point that is 260 degree.

FATS

Sources:-

·         Pork or pig

·         Beef

·         Sheep or goat

Beef: - the fat which we get from the beef is a high quality fat band known as sweat and sweat is obtained around the kidneys

Pork or pig: - pork or pigs have got the highest amount of fat then other animals. They are most fatty animals their fat is used in all over the world

Fish: - fish oil is obtained from the whole fish. The fish which have high fat content are sardines, anchovies, herring are suitable for them unfortunately these are un saturated oils and are responsible for oxidative attack  so, it should be refined carefully before usning in cookery

              They best got from Peru, Norway, Iceland and Scotland because the countries are less populated and water is very clear.

                                Fats are known as shortening agents. They breakdown the glutton intensity

FUNCTION AND USES OF FAT AND OILS WHILE COOKING:-

·         THEY ACT AS AN INGREDIENT.

·         THEY GIVE A PARTICULAR FLAVOUR

·         THEY MAKE GOOD APPEARANCE

·         THEY KEEP QUALITY OF PRODUCT

·         THEY ARE USE FOR THE SHORTENING PROPERTY OF THE PRODUCT