Boiling in Malayalam
Boiling as a cooking process is പുഴുങ്ങല് (puzhungal), the noun from the verb used for boiling or steaming food. It is what happens to tapioca, eggs and the parboiled rice that Kerala kitchens depend on.
Most common translation
Boiling, stewing, steaming.
കപ്പയുടെ പുഴുങ്ങല് ഇപ്പോൾ കഴിഞ്ഞു.
kappayude puzhungal ippol kazhinju.
The boiling of the tapioca is done now.
All Malayalam words for “boiling”
- പുഴുങ്ങല് (puzhungal) — Boiling, stewing, steaming.
- പുഴുക്കം (puzhukkam) — Boiling, steaming heat, perspiring.
- കാച്ചല് (kachal) — Heating, boiling, state of being hot.
- വിതുമ്പല് (vithumbal) — Going to cry, sobbing, boiling over.
പുഴുങ്ങല് (puzhungal) is boiling or steaming food, കാച്ചല് (kachal) is heating or boiling a liquid such as oil or milk, പുഴുക്കം (puzhukkam) is sticky steamy heat in the air, and വിതുമ്പല് (vithumbal) is really about sobbing, with boiling over only a figurative use.
Common questions
How do you say boiling in Malayalam?
പുഴുങ്ങല് (puzhungal) is the word for boiling or steaming, especially of food.
Which word fits boiling oil or milk?
കാച്ചല് (kachal), which covers heating and boiling a liquid.