A potato omelette with kimchi
Read a B1 Spanish story about a fictional cooking test that combines Spanish tortilla de patatas with Korean kimchi.
Una tortilla de patatas con kimchi
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What you'll learn
fusion cooking vocabulary, preparation verbs, food textures and B1 past and conditional structures
In a clearly fictional Madrid kitchen, two cooks compare a familiar potato omelette with a small version containing cabbage kimchi. The article also explains what kimchi and kimjang are.
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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
comprobar si
newcheck whether
Comprobar si introduces the fact or possibility that someone wants to test.
Useful for experiments, decisions and comparisons.
darle la vuelta
newturn it over
Dar la vuelta means to turn something so that its other side faces up.
Essential for recipes and practical instructions.
no busca sustituir
newdoes not aim to replace
Buscar followed by an infinitive can express the aim of an action.
Useful for stating the purpose and limits of a project.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
fermented
fermentadas
fermented
Food transformed over time by microorganisms under controlled conditions.
Key vocabulary for kimchi and many preserved foods.
napa cabbage
col china
napa cabbage
A pale leafy cabbage widely used for cabbage kimchi.
Identifies the main vegetable in a common kimchi variety.
frying pan
sartén
frying pan
A shallow cooking vessel with a handle used on a stove.
Basic vocabulary for following Spanish recipes.
drain
escurrir
drain
To let excess liquid or oil leave food.
Common cooking verb in recipes.
set
cuajar
set while cooking
For eggs, cuajar means to change from liquid to a firm cooked texture.
Important when describing omelettes, custards and sauces.
spicy
picante
spicy or hot
A taste that produces a hot sensation, often from chilli.
Useful for describing food and personal preferences.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
A recent decision with han decidido
han decidido combinar
have decided to combine
The present perfect links a completed decision to the current cooking situation.
Useful for recent decisions that affect the present.
Before an action with antes de
Antes de añadir
before adding
Antes de followed by an infinitive places one action before another.
Useful for ordering steps in instructions.
Contrast with aunque
Aunque conservan
although they keep
Aunque introduces a fact that contrasts with the main statement.
Useful for comparing results without presenting a contradiction.
Future possibility with podrán
podrán cambiar
they will be able to change
Podrán is the future form of poder for ellos or ellas.
Useful for future options and abilities.
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