Unit-4 - Supplementary Reader
Spices of India
A. Answer the following questions
1. Why do we add spices to food?
Answer:
We add spices to food to balance nutrition and to keep us healthy.
2. Which spices are used a lot in Indian food?
Answer:
Spices like cumin, mustard, pepper, cloves, fennel, cinnamon, and turmeric are used a lot in Indian food.
3. Which parts of a plant are collected as spices?
Answer:
Flowers, leaves, roots, bark, seeds, and bulbs are collected as spices.
4. What are the uses of spices?
Answer:
The spices give the dish a special savoury taste. It has medicinal value too.
5. What happened after Columbus discovered America?
Answer:
After Columbus got chilli when discovered America.
B. Choose the best option.
1. People say curry comes from a Tamil word ‘Kari’ which means ________
a) soup
b) sauce
c) sambar
Ans: b) sauce
2. Pepper is also known as _________
a) liquid gold
b) black gold
c) white gold
Ans: b) black gold
3. ___________ wrote about cinnamon in 2700 BC (BCE).
a) Chinese
b) Indians
c) Japanese
Ans: a) Chinese
4. The Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians all bought cinnamon from ________
a) Japan
b) South America
c) India
Ans: c) India
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