cornflour
/ˈkɔːnflaʊə(r)/noun
उच्चारण कॉर्न्फ़्लावर
कॉर्नफ़्लोर, मक्के का महीन आटा (स्टार्च)
Basic word
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[U] British
fine white flour made from maize, used especially for making sauces thicker
कॉर्नफ़्लोर, मक्के का महीन आटा (स्टार्च)
- Add a spoonful of cornflour to thicken the soup.
- Coat the paneer in cornflour before frying it.
- Mix the cornflour with a little cold water before adding it to the sauce.
+ 2 more examples
- Dust the board with cornflour so the dough does not stick.
- The recipe uses two spoonfuls of cornflour for a crisp coating.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
cornflour (uncountable noun)
Cornflour is uncountable. You measure it with spoons or cups, and you do not add -s to it.
'Cornflour' uncountable है; इसे चम्मच या कप से मापा जाता है और इसमें -s नहीं जोड़ा जाता।
- Mix two spoonfuls of cornflour with cold water.
- There is not enough cornflour in the tin.
thicken + sauce + with cornflour
Use the preposition with to name what you add to thicken a liquid.
किसी तरल को गाढ़ा करने के लिए जो चीज़ मिलाई जाती है, उसे बताने के लिए 'with' का प्रयोग होता है।
- Radhika thickened the soup with cornflour.
- The gravy can be thickened with a little cornflour.
cornflour vs. cornstarch
In British English the fine white maize powder is cornflour. In American English it is cornstarch, and 'cornflour' there may mean a coarser maize flour.
British English में महीन सफ़ेद मक्का-पाउडर को cornflour कहते हैं; American English में उसे cornstarch कहते हैं।
- The British recipe asks for cornflour, but the American one lists cornstarch.
mix + cornflour + to a paste
Cornflour is usually mixed with cold water to a smooth paste before it goes into a hot liquid, so that it does not form lumps.
गुठलियाँ न बनें, इसलिए cornflour को पहले ठंडे पानी में मिलाकर चिकना घोल बनाया जाता है, फिर गर्म तरल में डाला जाता है।
- Mix the cornflour to a smooth paste before adding it to the pan.
+Collocations 4
measure + of cornflour
a spoonful ofa teaspoon ofa tablespoon ofa cup ofa pinch of
- Add a tablespoon of cornflour to the sauce.
verb + cornflour
mixstir insiftdissolvesprinkle
- Dissolve the cornflour in cold water first so that it does not form lumps.
cornflour + noun
pastesaucebattermixturecoating
- The cornflour batter made the vegetable fritters light and crisp.
dish + with cornflour
thickened withcoated industed withbound with
- The chilli paneer was coated in cornflour before frying.
“More examples 6
- Cornflour is a very fine white powder that is made from maize.
Cornflour मक्के से बना बहुत महीन सफ़ेद पाउडर है।
- Arjun's mother used cornflour to make the custard smooth and thick.
अर्जुन की माँ ने custard को चिकना और गाढ़ा बनाने के लिए cornflour का प्रयोग किया।
- A lot of Indian-Chinese restaurants thicken their Manchurian gravy with cornflour.
बहुत-से Indian-Chinese रेस्तराँ अपनी Manchurian gravy को cornflour से गाढ़ा करते हैं।
- Fry the baby corn after dusting it lightly with cornflour.
बेबी कॉर्न को cornflour में हल्का लपेटकर तलें।
- She stored the cornflour in a dry steel container.
उसने cornflour को एक सूखे स्टील के डिब्बे में रखा।
- Too much cornflour will make the sauce taste chalky.
बहुत ज़्यादा cornflour डालने से sauce का स्वाद खड़िया जैसा लगने लगेगा।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ Please add two cornflours to the soup.
✓ Please add two spoonfuls of cornflour to the soup.
Cornflour is uncountable, so it has no plural and needs a measure word.
'Cornflour' uncountable है, इसलिए इसका plural नहीं होता और मात्रा बताने वाला शब्द चाहिए।
§Grammar and usage
British and American: the white powder called cornflour in British English is called cornstarch in American English.
British और American में जिस सफ़ेद पाउडर को British English में cornflour कहते हैं, उसे American English में cornstarch कहते हैं।