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FOOD ITEMS 21

Cooking terms 21.6

ba'il Old (of cassava only).
bella To cook (any food preparation that includes heating to boiling point).
bengngi Fragrant; pleasant (of smell or scent).
bewwan For s.t. to smell bad; to stink (like dung, rotten fish, etc.).
bīng To turn or roll s.t. over.
bubbug To prepare a gruel; porridge.
bukal To bubble (as boiling liquid).
buwang1 To fry s.t.
kaket Thick, sticky (containing little liquid, of consistency).
kapul To seal (a cassava steamer by placing cassava around the junction to the coconut shell).
kennel Cold, cooled off (of items that were hot before).
ketta' To finish cooking on low heat (of rice); reduce (heat).
kilaw To pickle or marinate (fish or meat).
kulingkew To stir s.t. (with circular motions, mostly used of liquid).
kuwal To stir (and turn over by spoonfuls, intermittently, any firm substance.
daral To fry s.t. (without stirring, turning it once).
gisa To saut'e (vegetables).
guling To cook squid etc. together with their ‘ink’.
haggut For s.t. to be cold.
haluk-haluk To spoon s.t. out and let it drop back.
hamut Sweet smelling, fragrant.
huwal To stir (solid matter by scraping the bottom of the pan towards the middle).
ihup To cook a soup.
laga'1 Overripe (of fruit), overcooked (of food).
laga'2 To boil s.t. (in water only, without spices); to parboil.
lala For s.t. to taste or feel spicy, hot, or burning.
lampa To boil s.t.; cook in much liquid (as meat, vegetables, fish).
landang-landang To fry (of fish only).
langsa Smelly, malodorous, bad tasting.
langtu Smelly, malodorous, bad tasting.
lessa 1 Feeling, feel (sensation); taste.
lessem 2 Sour.
lesuwa To parboil s.t.; scald (by dipping vegetables, chicken etc. in boiling water).
libusaw To glaze s.t. (in a sugar solution).
ma'asin Salted just right; savory.
malasaw Undercooked or runny (of boiled egg).
mamis Sweet.
mata' Unripe (as fruit or vegetables); undercooked; not completely cooked, not yet ready to eat.
mistang To cook rice gruel.
niyamat Flavor, taste.
pa'it Bitter, oversalted, too salty.
palem1 To simmer (fish and vegetables).
pansit A dish of noodles.
piritu Fried bananas.
pu'ew Old (of grated cassava).
sanglag To roast s.t. (over a fire while stirring it).
sebbu To steam s.t. (as food on top of some other food); cook by steaming on top of s.t. else.
segge Half cooked (of rice only).
senga1 Burned (of food, esp. rice).
simbug To water down syrup (for a drink); add water to syrup.
sukad To fill to capacity (of a pot with rice).
sukang Prohibited food items and/or activities that aggravate or intensify a sickness.
tabel To heat (water, usually to boiling point), boil water.
tahak Done (of s.t. cooked), cooked; ripe, ready to eat.
tantung To place s.t. on the fire.
tape To grill or broil (as fish); to cook (fish) by placing it over open heat; to cure (coconuts, for sale).
tebbag Tasteless, bland.
tekop A dish of grated cassava (steamed in a pot without water having been added).
tubil To add water (in cooking).
tumpi'1 A dish of grated cassava cooked without water.
tunu' To cook s.t. (on top of coals or on top of a grill), to barbecue, roast.
uhu' To remove or take out the insides (of a chicken).
usik1 To cook (a variety of food items).
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