Rice from l'Albufera: Spanish reading (A1)
Marta wants to stir the rice in her grandfather's pan near l'Albufera. In Valencian, paella means frying pan. The rice stays still, then rests.
El arroz de l'Albufera
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What you'll learn
Present tense, the question ¿Puedo moverlo?, and rice words: paella, garrofó, azafrán, and pimentón.
Marta helps her grandfather near l'Albufera, a natural park by Valencia, where some varieties of Valencia rice grow. In Valencian, paella means frying pan: his is wide, with two handles. Some people use a wood fire; he cooks in the kitchen. He adds oil, chicken, rabbit, green beans, tomato, paprika, and garrofó, then water, and finally rice and saffron. Marta must not stir the rice. Near the lake some recipes use duck, and in Castellón some use artichokes; today's does not. The rice drinks the water, and the paella rests before serving.
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Phrases for training
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Su nombre viene del valenciano
newIts name comes from Valencian
The phrase explains the language from which a name comes.
Useful when talking about the origin of a word.
fuego de leña
newwood fire
A fire whose fuel is wood.
Useful in descriptions of traditional cooking.
La receta más extendida
newthe most widespread recipe
It refers to the version that is most commonly found.
Useful when a dish has several versions.
antes de servir
newbefore serving
It marks an action that happens before food is served.
Common in recipes and restaurant instructions.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
sartén
sartén
frying pan
A shallow kitchen pan used for frying or cooking food.
A basic word for kitchen objects.
asas
asas
handles
The parts used to hold or carry a pan.
Useful for describing kitchen objects.
garrofó
garrofó
a large Valencian lima bean
A large pale bean used in Valencian paella.
It names a characteristic ingredient of the dish.
azafrán
azafrán
saffron
A spice used in the recipe.
A useful ingredient word in Spanish recipes.
se añade
se añade
is added
The expression says that an ingredient is put into the dish.
Very common wording in recipes.
reposa
reposa
rests
Here it means the food stays untouched for a short time.
Common in cooking instructions.
alcachofas
alcachofas
artichokes
Edible flower buds used as a vegetable.
A useful vegetable name for menus and markets.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
hay campos de arroz
hay campos de arroz
there are rice fields
Hay means there is or there are and does not change before a plural noun.
Useful for saying what exists in a place.
Tiene judías verdes, garrofó y tomate
Tiene judías verdes, garrofó y tomate
It has green beans, garrofó and tomato
Tiene is the third person singular present form of tener.
Useful for listing what a dish contains.
lleva pollo, conejo y verduras
lleva pollo, conejo y verduras
it contains chicken, rabbit and vegetables
In a recipe, llevar can mean to contain an ingredient.
A common way to describe ingredients in Spanish.
¿Qué ingrediente te interesa más?
¿Qué ingrediente te interesa más?
Which ingredient interests you most?
Qué has an accent and asks for specific information.
Useful for asking another person to choose.
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