Topic: Kids these days, eh?

[sp]

As part of the schools activities days in May I have volunteered to teach some 1st-4th year secondary school pupils the fine art of BIR cooking.  Thought I'd struggle to fill 10 spaces because I thought it was more an adult thing and it was a manageable number for a small group session.... I've got 33 kids wanting to do it!  Pleased with the news but a bit worried at the same time, especially as I've no experience of  teaching, food or otherwise

[h4ppy-chris]

Nice 1 SP good luck.

[DalPuri]

Teach them how to make gravy and mixed powder, then a Korma.
Cant get any easier than that SP. 

[sp]

Thanks guys,

I was thinking a mild, a medium and a hot... korma/CTM/madras, give them the choice of which one they want to make and split them into groups based on this when they're at that stage.  They can all contribute towards the gravy and then divide it up as I'm not sure how I would scale down to them each making a portion of gravy for themselves.  Veg pakoras with sauce, naan and pilau rice.  Job done!

Makes it sound so easy when I put it like that eh?   ;D

Open to suggestions or alternatives of course - has anyone done similar tuition that could give me some pointers?

[DalPuri]

Is this all for just one day or spread over the course of the week?

I'd be more inclined to keep things as simple as possible if it was for one day only. For instance, split students into small groups. Each group would make up some mixed powder and then make a 2 onion base. Followed by a chicken korma using fresh chicken breasts poached in the sauce.
And then some naans to go with the curry. What kid doesn't enjoy messing about with flour? ;D

Keeping things simple and on a smaller scale is more likely to make them want to cook it again at home. 

[sp]

all in one day - maybe i'm being a bit over-ambitious

[commis]

Hi SP
Sounds like fun,I'd think about oven baked starters rather than deep fried.
Regards

[Malc.]

I can see 33 kids voting for CTM

[emin-j]

Keep it simple sp could be a nightmare  maybe a korma and a madras but I would do all the cooking for safety sake,maybe they could do some prep work like peeling the onions etc  ;D get ahead of the lesson and print out the recipes etc and include the details of where they can pick up the spices etc.

[sp]

I might have a major coup here... the owner of my local favourite BIR works part-time at the school and she's offered to help with the lesson if time permits, she has 25 years experience so fingers crossed I'll be able to glean some info