boil

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 煮 has 12 strokes and denotes cooking ingredients by boiling or simmering.
• Basic usage: 煮る is read にる, and 煮える is read にえる.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Cooking something and its cooked state
  • 魚を醤油と砂糖で甘辛く煮た means simmering fish with soy sauce and sugar for a sweet and savory flavor.
  • 豆が十分に煮えた means that the beans were fully cooked. 煮える describes the ingredient reaching a cooked state.