Cook in Malayalam

Cooking, as a verb, is പാകം ചെയ്യുക (paakam cheyyuka), pairing the noun for cooking or preparation with the verb for doing. It is the clear, unambiguous way to say it, which is why recipes and written instructions prefer it. Say paa-kam chey-yu-ka.

Most common translation

പാകം ചെയ്യുക (paakam cheyyuka)

Cook.

അമ്മ മീൻ പാകം ചെയ്യുകയാണ്.

amma meen paakam cheyyukayaanu.

Mother is cooking fish.

All Malayalam words for “cook”

പാകം ചെയ്യുക (paakam cheyyuka) is the explicit verb for cooking, while വെക്കുക (vekkuka) and വയ്ക്കുക (vaykkuka) are what people say at home even though their basic sense is to place or set something down. അരി വയ്ക്കുക (ari vaykkuka) is specifically putting rice on to cook, and അരിവെപ്പുകാരന്‍ (ariveppukaran) and അടുക്കളക്കാരന്‍ (adukkalakkaran) name the person who cooks.

Common questions

How do you say cook in Malayalam?

Use പാകം ചെയ്യുക (paakam cheyyuka) for the verb to cook; in everyday kitchen talk Malayalis often just say വെക്കുക (vekkuka).

How do I say a cook, the person?

അരിവെപ്പുകാരന്‍ (ariveppukaran) or അടുക്കളക്കാരന്‍ (adukkalakkaran), the second built on the word for kitchen. Both endings mark a man and are changed for a woman.