Cooking tools

Cooking equipment

These are of different types. Some are used with dry ingredients and others are used with liquid ingredients. They include:
• Strainers, sifters and sieves: made with fine or medium mesh. A sifter is more efficient for flour while a strainer may be used for other purposes.

• Mixing bowls: they can be of glass, pottery, aluminum, enamel-ware, plastic or stainless steel.

• Beaters or whiskers: these are of different types. They can be used to beat for example whip cream and other types of food.

• Mixing spoons and forks: These can be metal ur wooden.

• Rolling pins: These can be made of hardwood, glass or metal. They are used to reduce or level the thickness of dough.

• Pastry brushes: These are used to brush fat or egg white over pastry surfaces.

• Mortar and pestle: There are used for pounding food. They are also used for mixing.
There are also different types of boards:
Pastry boards and rolling pins are used for pastry.
Chopping boards are used for chopping meat and vegetables.
- Grinding stones: these are made up of a large thick smooth stone surface and a small one. They are used doe grinding ingredients such as pepper (in a traditional way).
- Electric mixers and blenders: these are electrically operated pieces of equipment. They are used for mixing and blending ingredients.