Thicken in Malayalam
കുറുകുക (kurukuka) is what a curry does on the stove: reduce and thicken. It also means to shrink or shorten, since the thickening comes from boiling down.
Most common translation
Become small or short, become viscous, thicken, make a cooling sound.
പായസം നന്നായി കുറുകി.
payasam nannayi kuruki.
The payasam thickened nicely.
All Malayalam words for “thicken”
- കുറുകുക (kurukuka) — Become small or short, become viscous, thicken, make a cooling sound.
- കൊഴുക്കുക (kozhukkuka) — Grow fat, fatten, thicken.
കൊഴുക്കുക (kozhukkuka) is to thicken in the sense of putting on fat, said of people and animals rather than of liquids.
Common questions
How do you say thicken in Malayalam?
കുറുകുക (kurukuka), for a sauce or a syrup.
Which word do recipes use?
കുറുകുക (kurukuka). Kerala recipes tell you to let the gravy reduce with exactly this verb.