cách thuỷ

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Heat-isolated, water-separated: Describes a cooking method where food is not placed directly in water or over direct heat, but is instead cooked by the heat of steam or hot water surrounding it. This often involves placing a container of food inside or above another container of boiling water.
   • Steamed (by indirect heat): Refers to the state or result of being cooked using this indirect steam method.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Món bánh flan này được hấp cách thủy. (This flan is steamed using the bain-marie method.)
  • Để giữ nguyên dưỡng chất, bạn nên nấu cá cách thủy. (To preserve nutrients, you should steam the fish indirectly.)
  • Công thức yêu cầu làm chín hỗn hợp trứng sữa bằng cách thủy. (The recipe requires cooking the egg-milk mixture in a bain-marie.)

Advanced Usage

• "nấu cách thủy": to cook using a or double boiler method.
  • Nấu cách thủy giúp thực phẩm chín đều và không bị cháy. (Cooking au bain-marie helps food cook evenly and prevents burning.)
• "hấp cách thủy": to steam using indirect steam (a specific type of "nấu cách thủy").
  • Hấp cách thủy là phương pháp lý tưởng cho các món cháo hoặc bánh. (Steaming indirectly is an ideal method for porridges or cakes.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cách: (n) method, way; (v) to separate, to isolate. The core meaning here is "to separate/isolation method."
• Thủy: (n) water. The term literally means "water-isolating method."
• Nồi cách thủy / Nồi hấp cách thủy: (n) double boiler, steamer pot (specifically designed for this method).

Synonyms

• Hấp (gián tiếp): to steam (indirectly). While "hấp" can mean general steaming, "hấp cách thủy" specifies the indirect method.
• Đun cách thủy: to heat/boil using a .

Related Phrases

• Kỹ thuật cách thủy: technique.
  • Kỹ thuật cách thủy thường dùng trong làm bánh và nấu ăn kiểu Pháp. (The bain-marie technique is often used in baking and French cooking.)

Related Idioms

(This specific culinary term is technical and does not have common idiomatic expressions. Its usage is primarily literal and descriptive.)