Ingredient in Malayalam

Ingredient is covered by പദാര്‍ത്ഥം (padaartham), a broad word for a substance, article or material. In a recipe it does duty for the things that go into a dish, though it is not limited to cooking.

Most common translation

പദാര്‍ത്ഥം (padaartham)

Substance, article, ingredient, meaning of a word.

ഈ കറിയിൽ ഒരു പദാര്‍ത്ഥം കുറവാണ്.

ee kariyil oru padaartham kuravaanu.

One ingredient is missing in this curry.

All Malayalam words for “ingredient”

പദാര്‍ത്ഥം (padaartham) is any substance or item, which makes it general rather than precise, and എരിശ്ശേരി (erissery) is not an ingredient at all but the name of a Kerala curry made without anything sour.

Common questions

How do you say ingredient in Malayalam?

പദാര്‍ത്ഥം (padaartham), the general word for a substance or article that goes into something.

Does padaartham only mean food?

No. It is used in chemistry, in philosophy for a category of being, and in grammar for the meaning of a word, so cooking is just one use.