Pilkkkomalla

Pilkkkomalla is a Finnish gerund form derived from the verb pilkkoa, which means to chop, dice, or mince food into small pieces. In cooking instructions and recipe text, pilkkkomalla is used to indicate the method or manner in which ingredients are prepared, rather than describing the action as a standalone noun.

Grammatically, pilkkkomalla belongs to the family of adverbial participles formed with the suffix -malla. It conveys the sense of "by chopping" or "by mincing" and is commonly used to link the preparation method to the resulting texture or cooking result. The corresponding noun form is pilkkkominen, meaning mincing or chopping as a process.

Usage examples can illustrate its typical context. For instance: “Pilkkkomalla sipulit pieniksi kuutioiksi, ne kypsyvät tasaisesti.” or “Lisää paprika pilkkkomalla suoraan pannulle.” In everyday Finnish, pilkkkomalla is most often found in instructional or descriptive sentences that explain how to achieve a desired consistency or outcome in a dish.

Relation to related terms: pilkkkominen is the noun form referring to the act of mincing or chopping. The verb pilkkoa covers a range of cutting actions, from finely mincing to roughly dicing, with pilkkkomalla specifying the method. The term is widely used in Finnish cookbooks, blogs, and instructional writing.