Ingredients in Malayalam
Ingredients are ചേരുവ (cheruva) in Malayalam, from a verb meaning to combine. It is said che-ru-va. Cookery shows and recipe columns use it for the list of things that go into a dish.
Mixture, ingredients.
സാമ്പാറിന്റെ ചേരുവ അമ്മ ഒരുക്കിവെച്ചു.
saambaarinte cheruva amma orukkivechu
Mother got the ingredients for the sambar ready.
All Malayalam words for “ingredients”
- ചേരുവ (cheruva) — Mixture, ingredients.
- അഷ്ടചൂര്ണ്ണം (ashta choornnam) — Powdered mixture of eight ingredients such as dried ginger, pepper, rock salt, etc.
- അഷ്ടബന്ധം (ashta bandham) — A paste made of eight ingredients for fixing an idol.
- എരിപുളി (eripuli) — A curry with tamarind, chillies and butter milk as its chief ingredients.
ചേരുവ (cheruva) is the general word; അഷ്ടചൂര്ണ്ണം (ashta choornnam) and അഷ്ടബന്ധം (ashta bandham) are fixed eight-ingredient preparations, one medicinal and one used for setting temple idols, and എരിപുളി (eripuli) is the name of a particular curry.
Common questions
What is the Malayalam word for ingredients?
ചേരുവ (cheruva), used for the ingredients of a dish or a mixture.
Is ചേരുവ singular or plural?
The same form serves both; a recipe simply lists the items under it, without the plural marker English needs.