Read these sentences and guess what the highlighted words mean. Check with
a dictionary to see if you were right.
1. Ishan grated the cheese and spread it over the pasta.
2. The cook blanched the potatoes before slicing them.
3. Rabia grilled the vegetables in the microwave.
4. Akash quickly sautéed the mushrooms and added them to the salad.
5. The paneer had to be marinated for three hours before it could be cooked.
6. Manpreet whisked the cream and eggs in the bowl.
Answers
Well probably the highlighted words are as follows:
1. Ishan grated the cheese and spread it over the pasta.
2. The cook blanched the potatoes before slicing them.
3. Rabia grilled the vegetables in the microwave.
4. Akash quickly sautéed the mushrooms and added them to the salad.
5. The paneer had to be marinated for three hours before it could be cooked.
6. Manpreet whisked the cream and eggs in the bowl.
Now, let's know about the meaning of each of the above words one-by-one.
1. grated - a word used to refer to an act where a thing(most usually an eatable) is reduced to small shreds, when it is rubbed over a grater.
2. blanched - a word used to refer to an act where a food item(such as an onion) is kept immersed in boiling(or very hot) water until it's skin get off or it gets softer.
3. grilled - a word used to denote an act where an eatable is cooked using a grill.
4. sautéed - a word used to refer to a process in which the vegetables are fried in hot fat(here, "fat" simply means any kind of cooking oil).
5. marinated - the word is used to refer to the action in which a food item is kept in a marinade(such as red wine vinegar) in order to enhance its taste.
6. whisked - A word usually used to refer to an action in which a dense liquid (such as cream or egg white) is stirred lightly but a little rapidly.