Raastamalla

Raastamalla is the adverbial form of the Finnish verb raastaa, meaning to grate or shred. As an adverbial participle, raastamalla expresses the manner in which an action is performed and is commonly translated into English as by grating or by shredding. The form is created by adding the suffix -malla to the verb stem raastaa, yielding raastamalla. It is typically used in instructional or descriptive sentences to specify a method, especially in cooking and food preparation.

In usage, raastamalla introduces a method clause that explains how an ingredient should be prepared. It often appears in recipes or procedural texts where the dish or process is described step by step. The construction can stand alone within a sentence or be part of a larger clause that details multiple methods or actions.

Examples include simple recipe constructions such as adding cheese raastamalla (by grating). The form can also appear in more complex sentences that describe techniques in food preparation, where grating is the chosen method for handling an ingredient.

Related terms include raastaminen, the noun referring to the act of grating, and raastettu, the past passive participle meaning grated. Other connected words are raastaa (to grate/shred) and raastin (grater). Raastamalla is a common tool in Finnish for expressing culinary technique and other tasks carried out by grating or shredding.