What is blanch?

To blanch something means to submerge it in boiling water for a specific amount of time. Blanching a tomato is how you remove the skin. Blanching vegetables before freezing them prevents them from getting soggy when they are cooked.

its a method of quick cooking.

for example you blanch veggies you are going to freeze to prepare them for freezing.

You boil water, drop the veggie in the boiling water and leave I for just a few minutes and then remove. Drop into ice water to stop the cooking and you have just blanched veggies.

Blanche Elizabeth Marie Devereaux, played by Rue McClanahan was one of the four stars of Golden Girls, a 1985 to 1992 NBC sitcom; Or plunging veggies briefly in boiling water. The latter is especially appreciated when peeling tomatoes or preparing crudites in the broccoli/cabbage family.

Bring it the boil and taking it out pretty much straight away. Your vegetables will remain crispy.

cooking veges in a pan with hot water for not too long

Blanching is a cooking process wherein a food, usually a vegetable or fruit, is scalded in boiling water, removed after a brief, timed interval, and finally plunged into iced water or placed under cold running water to halt the cooking process.