Kypsennettäessä

Kypsennettäessä is a Finnish adverbial participle form of the verb kypsentää, meaning that something is done during the heating or cooking process. The expression functions like the English "while cooking" and is used to indicate actions that occur concurrently with the main action, commonly in recipes, cooking instructions, and technical descriptions.

Grammatically, kypsennettäessä is a non-finite form that marks simultaneity between the main clause and the ongoing heating or cooking action. It is derived from kypsentää (to cook or heat to completion) and appears as an -essa/-essä form to express an ongoing process. In literature and instruction, it often introduces a subordinate clause or an adverbial phrase.

Usage and examples can illustrate its typical contexts. For example: "Lisää sipulit kypsennettäessä" (Add the onions while cooking). Another: "Kastike saa syvän maun kypsennettäessä miedolla lämmöllä." These constructions are common in cooking texts and formal writing where the sequence of steps and the conditions during processing are described precisely. The term is more likely to be found in written guides than in casual speech, though it is understood by Finnish speakers.

Related terms include kypsytys (the process of cooking or heating to completion) and kypsennysprosessi (the cooking/heating procedure). Kypsennettäessä is distinct from ruokien kypsyessä, which refers to becoming ripe or fully cooked in a different sense. Overall, kypsennettäessä provides a concise way to frame actions occurring during heating in Finnish prose.