Tésztában

Tésztában is a locative form of the Hungarian noun tészta, meaning in the dough or inside the dough/pasta. It denotes location or state relative to dough and is used mainly in culinary language to describe how ingredients relate to a dough-based medium. The form is created by adding the locative suffix -ban/-ben to tészta, in harmony with vowel sounds of the word.

In cooking and recipe writing, tésztában commonly appears to indicate that something is located within or surrounded by dough, or that a preparation takes place while dough forms part of the surrounding medium. It helps specify the spatial relationship between components during shaping, resting, or assembling a dish. Although not a separate dish itself, the expression clarifies how a filling, ingredient, or mixture interacts with dough.

Examples of usage include: "A töltelék a tésztában van" meaning the filling is inside the dough. In other contexts, the phrase can describe processes where items are handled in a dough-based environment, such as resting or wrapping within dough, though more specific constructions may be used depending on the context.

See also: tészta, konyhai kifejezések, tésztából készített ételek.