Cake in Malayalam
Cake falls under പലഹാരം (palaharam), the general Malayalam word for a cake, sweet or snack served with tea. Kerala households apply it to anything baked or fried and eaten between meals. Say pa-la-haa-ram.
Most common translation
Cake, sweet meat, pastry, fruits, etc.
വൈകുന്നേരം അമ്മ പലഹാരം ഉണ്ടാക്കി.
vaikunneram amma palaharam undaakki.
In the evening mother made a snack.
All Malayalam words for “cake”
- പലഹാരം (palaharam) — Cake, sweet meat, pastry, fruits, etc.
- അപ്പം (appam) — A kind of cake, bread, food.
- തിരളി (thirali) — A kind of sweet cake made from flour, jaggery, etc. covered in an aromatic leaf and baked in steam.
- പാലട (palada) — A dessert made of milk, rice flour cake and sugar.
അപ്പം (appam) is a kind of rice cake or bread, തിരളി (thirali) is a steamed sweet cake wrapped in a leaf, and പാലട (palada) is a dessert of milk and rice flour.
Common questions
How do you say cake in Malayalam?
Cake is പലഹാരം (palaharam).
What is a steamed sweet cake called?
തിരളി (thirali), made of flour and jaggery and steamed in an aromatic leaf.