Saltish in Malayalam
ഉപ്പുരസം (uppurasam) is the saltish taste, a compound of the words for salt and taste. Cooks use it when a dish tastes of salt without being properly salty.
Most common translation
Saltish taste.
ഈ കറിക്ക് നല്ല ഉപ്പുരസം ഉണ്ട്.
ee karikku nalla uppurasam undu.
This curry has a good salty taste.
Dictionary entry
- ഉപ്പുരസം (uppurasam) — Saltish taste.
The entry names the taste, so as an adjective it has to be built into a phrase: a dish has uppurasam rather than being uppurasam.
Common questions
How do you say saltish in Malayalam?
ഉപ്പുരസം (uppurasam), the saltish taste.
Is this the same as salty?
Close, but the word points at the taste itself rather than describing the food.