Wednesday 23 September 2015

Technology: Fry Bread with our parent helper Kathleen

This week some of our Year 7's were able to watch Fry Bread being made

(this tied in nicely with our bread and pizza making)

Kaia's mum came in to supervise Kaia making the fry bread

Kaia has been taught by his mum, Kaia's mum was taught
 by her grandmother and other relatives

It is important for all our cultures to pass down their knowledge to younger generations- Kaia's mum is grateful that he is interested and wants to learn

Lets' see what he did..


Get some warm water


add some sugar and yeast


stir it


cover and wait- the yeast needs to feed


put flour in a bowl


when the yeast is ready slowly pour it into the bowl


mix it


add some more yeast mixture until it is the correct consistency


knead it




knead until the consistency is right- it is smooth and not sticky

then it was covered with a damp tea towel and left in a warm place to rise



Kaia kneaded it again


then he used his knuckles to spread out the dough




knuckles are used so the dough is not overworked


then Kaia cut up the dough


and placed the pieces on a tray


the first pieces were put in hot oil to cook


they are cooked until golden then turned over to cook again




Kaia's fry bread- with help from his mum


we discussed how the fry bread can be filled 
and what kinds of fillings we could add


now time to taste

our Cook Island, Samoan and Tongan students remarked at how similar they were to their doughnuts- just a different shape and name


thanks Kathleen for taking the time to show us your family recipe









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