Course Guide - USAID Teacher Education Project

For 2 servings:Kitchry (Moong Dal Rice)• 1 cup rice• ½ cup dal chana• 1 ½ teaspoon salt• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder• ½ cup sliced onions• 1 whole dry chili, (optional)• 2 cardamom pods• 3 sticks of cinnamon• 2 star anise• 4 tablespoons of canola oilMethod• Pick lentils and rice. Soak lentils in a dish of water• Wash onion and chili. Slice onion• Drain water off lentils and add all ingredients into pressure cooker• Add water to just cover contents of pot• Switch on stove. When the pressure rises, time it for 8 minutes.• Release pressure, open pot and taste. Adjust salt if you would like more flavorThink about the amount of ingredients in this recipe designed for four servings.What if you wanted to serve only one person? How would that change amount ofingredients?On the other hand, if you have a large family and were having a gathering you mightwant to make 8 or even 16 servings. How would that change the amount ofingredients?Create a T-chart of how much dal you would need for 1, 4, 8, and 16 people.Create another T-chart chart showing how many cardamoms you would need for thesame number of people.What do you think is a pattern rule for each?Translate your two charts into graphs.How did you scale your axes? What patterns do you see? Is one graph continuous andthe other discrete? How do the phrases “how much” and “how many” differmathematically? What do they mean when graphing a pattern rule?Faculty Notes