Cooking vocabulary lets you follow Dutch recipes, watch cooking shows, and navigate menus. Essential cooking verbs: koken (to cook / to boil), bakken (to fry/bake), braden (to roast), stomen (to steam), grillen (to grill), snijden (to cut), hakken (to chop), mengen (to mix), roeren (to stir), gieten (to pour), voegen toe (to add), proeven (to taste), afkoelen (to cool down).
Kitchen equipment: de pan (pan/saucepan), de koekenpan (frying pan), de oven (oven), de magnetron (microwave), het mes (knife), de vork (fork), de lepel (spoon), het snijplank (cutting board), de kom (bowl), de maatbeker (measuring cup), de weegschaal (scales), de afzuigkap (extractor hood). Ingredients: het zout (salt), de peper (pepper), het meel (flour), het ei (egg), de boter (butter), de melk (milk).
Dutch recipe language uses specific imperative constructions: “Verwarm de oven voor op 180 graden” (Preheat the oven to 180 degrees), “Snijd de uien fijn” (Dice the onions finely), “Voeg toe en meng goed” (Add and mix well), “Laat 20 minuten sudderen” (Let simmer for 20 minutes). Reading Dutch recipes is excellent grammar practice as it reinforces the imperative mood and sequencing vocabulary in a meaningful, memorable context.