boiling whole; cooking whole
Refers to boiling or simmering an ingredient in its entirety, without cutting it up. Common in Japanese cooking for vegetables, fish, or other items.
When you boil the daikon whole, the flavor soaks in well.
In this recipe, we boil the fish whole.
Compound of 丸 (まる, 'whole') and 煮 (に, 'boiling'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word transparently describes the cooking technique.