โขลก
pound and mix
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- 1 pound and mix、crush (ingredients with a pestle)
Describes pounding ingredients in a mortar to crush and combine them, often until they become fine, blended, or sticky.
pound and mix、crush (ingredients with a pestle)
Means to repeatedly pound ingredients with a pestle in a mortar, crushing and mixing them to the desired texture.
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โขลกพริกกับกระเทียม khlòok phrík kàp krathiam Pound the chilies and garlic together. โขลกพริกกับกระเทียม details
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โขลกให้ละเอียด khlòok hây láìat Pound it until fine. โขลกให้ละเอียด details
Learning notes
Explanation
The core image is repeatedly striking ingredients in a ครก “mortar” with a สาก “pestle,” crushing them while blending them together. It commonly occurs with chilies, garlic, aromatics, nuts, and ingredients for เครื่องแกง “curry paste.” The desired result can be specified with expressions such as โขลกให้ละเอียด “pound until fine,” โขลกพอหยาบ “pound while leaving a somewhat coarse texture,” and โขลกให้เข้ากัน “pound until well combined.” A figurative meaning appears mainly in the expression โขลกสับ, which describes treating someone harshly, harassing them, or criticizing them mercilessly.
Usage
This word is common in home cooking, recipes, and cooking programs. It is especially useful when describing the traditional preparation of chili dips, curry pastes, and similar mixtures with a mortar and pestle.
Caution
Use สับ for chopping with a knife and ปั่น for processing or blending with rotating blades. For the figurative sense of harshly attacking or mistreating someone, โขลก normally appears in the expression โขลกสับ rather than by itself.