Boiled in Malayalam
The adjective for boiled or cooked through is വെന്ത (ventha), standing before a noun as in boiled egg or boiled tapioca. It covers baked and burnt as well, so the food being described does the disambiguating.
Cooked, boiled, burnt, baked.
വെന്ത ചോറ് പാത്രത്തിൽ വിളമ്പി.
ventha choru paathrathil vilambi.
The cooked rice was served on the plate.
All Malayalam words for “boiled”
- വെന്ത (ventha) — Cooked, boiled, burnt, baked.
- ചുക്കുവെള്ളം (chukkuvellam) — Water boiled with dried ginger.
- പുഴുക്കലരി (puzhukkalari) — Rice from boiled paddy, parboiled rice, boiled rice.
- പൊങ്കാല (ponkaala) — Worshipping sun-god, goddesses, etc. with offering of rice boiled with jaggery, ghee, etc.
The other listed words are specific things: പുഴുക്കലരി (puzhukkalari) is parboiled rice, the Kerala staple, ചുക്കുവെള്ളം (chukkuvellam) is water boiled with dried ginger, and പൊങ്കാല (ponkaala) is the temple offering of rice boiled with jaggery.
Common questions
How do you say boiled in Malayalam?
വെന്ത (ventha) is the adjective, used before the thing that has been boiled or cooked.
What is the difference between വെന്ത and puzhukkalari?
വെന്ത describes anything cooked by boiling, while പുഴുക്കലരി (puzhukkalari) is one particular product, the parboiled rice eaten across Kerala.