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Describe an activity you enjoy doing.
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Describe something you often do to remain fit.
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Describe a leisure activity or hobby you have.
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Describe something you often do.
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Describe something you enjoy doing.
Talk about a dish you know how to cook.
You should say:
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what ingredients are required
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how it is cooked
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other preparation you have to do to cook
and say if you think this is an easy dish to cook or not, and why?
[You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one
minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to
help you if you wish.]
Model Answer 1:
Foods in Malaysia are the greatest thing to enjoy and people of different
countries come here to travel across the country while some of them are to
enjoy the foods only.
Fried rice is one of the main rice-made dishes in
the country and taken with
other side dishes. A wide variety of fried rice is found in Malaysia and mostly
they are sold either at a restaurant or at a street shop. The most important
factor for the dish is that it requires fewer ingredients than preparing the other
heavy dishes. People of all ages prefer the fried rice and its preparation
process requires the following things - egg (a single piece), peanut oil, chopped
onion (1 piece of medium size), garlic paste (1 tablespoon), ginger paste (1
tablespoon), ground black pepper, sliced fresh chilli,
a piece of small carrot,
soya sauce (1 tablespoon), cooked rice (as per your need) etc. But sometimes,
shrimps are also added to the rice to make it yummier. Besides, the ingredients
may also differ based on the taste of the food lovers and they may also add
some lettuce leaves with thin slice, fish sauce for delicious smelling.
Fried rice cooking process is a very simple one. At first, an omelette is made
with the egg. If the rice is more than two cups, then another egg is added on
the ingredient list. When the omelette is done, then it is sliced thinly for later
use with the rice. Then oil is heated on a pan and the onions are fried. The
pastes are added to the pan with the fried onions and
fried until the colour is
browned. If someone wants to add shrimps with the rice, it is added in this
stage and stirred to make a combo. Then the carrots and other vegetables are
added and stirred for few minutes on a medium heat. The soya sauce is also
added in this stage and mixed with the remaining ingredients in the pan. Now
it is time to add the rice with the ingredients. When the rice is added, it is
stirred finely to get mixed with the all other ingredients. When the mixture is
done, the egg is added to the rice and thoroughly mixed. Sometimes the
mixture is seasoned with salt to increase the taste.
To
cook the fried rice, I also have to take some other preparations like pasting
the ginger and garlic. Generally, I use a blender for making the ginger and garlic
pastes. But it is a bit difficult to ground the black peppers. Slicing the onions is
also difficult for me as it brings tears to my eyes during the peeling and slicing
process.
Sometimes it is considered as a side dish while at times it is considered as the
main dish in some places. But whatever the ingredients are, I think fried rice is
very easy to prepare. It takes around 15 minutes
to prepare the rice and the
taste is great. The cooking process does not need to get low heat for a longer
time to boil the ingredients and the ingredients are also available everywhere.
Moreover, you do not need to check the cooking process periodically as you
can complete it in a single sitting. The other important aspect of fried rice is
that it is made with the leftover ingredients at home and thus one does not
need to shop for it at all if as the aforesaid ingredients are available at every
home. But since there are a wide number of varieties of the fried rice, the
preparation process may vary while the cooking method remains the same.
Model Answer 2:
Thank you for the interesting question. But I do not know how to respond as I
do not have any specific knowledge about cooking or preparing any dish. I can
cook a few items and will describe to cook a curry with eggs.
To
cook the egg curry, you will need some specific ingredients. They are – eggs
(based on the number of guests or family members), potatoes, grinded spices,
salt, cooking oil, onion, water, cooking pot, a stove etc. If you can have all the
things, you can easily cook the curry. The cooking process is also easier than
preparing any other complex dishes.
To cook the curry, at first you need to boil the eggs and potatoes. You can
place them together in a pot filled with water and place the pot on the stove.
Boil them for around half an hour. The eggs will be boiled earlier and you have
to check them.
If the eggs are boiled, remove them from the pot and keep
boiling the potatoes. Then peel the eggshells and mix them with the spices.
When the potatoes are boiled, remove them from the pot and peel them too.
You need to cut the potatoes into pieces before giving them to the cooking pot
finally. Now, place oil on the pot and let it be heated for few moments. Then
place the onion and other spices together in the oil and stir them for about five
minutes. Then place the boiled eggs and potatoes on the pot. Pour water
(based on needs) cover the pot. Wait for 15 – 20 minutes. Stir the ingredients
lest they stick with the pot. The cooking will be done.
To cook the dish, you will need to take some other preparations as well. At
first, you will need to blend the spices properly. You can use a blender for this
purpose.
If you do not have a blender, you can grind them. Besides, it would be
better if you be careful about the egg boiling. In fact, boiling the eggs and
potatoes separately is the best way. Make sure the potatoes are boiled
perfectly or you would not eat them. Slicing the onions is another task that you
need to do prior to the cooking. This is really a troublesome task for me.
I am a student, and most of the time I need to take my meal at my dormitory.
So, I have to cook for myself. After trying a good number of dishes, I have
realised that cooking those dishes are beyond my capacity. So, I moved to this
easy one. I made a phone call to my mum and she
described the recipe and
cooking process. Hence, I think this is the easiest dish for me to cook.
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