Impukane yomgqomo yenziwa ngomgqomo omusha osezingeni eliphezulu ngokuhlanza, ukusika, ukumisa okomile okushisa okuphansi kanye nokugaya kahle. Igcina iphunga elimnandi lemvelo, i-gingerol kanye namafutha anomoya, ngokuthungwa okuhle nokunambitheka okuhlanzekile.

Isetshenziswa kabanzi ekubeni izinongo zokupheka, ukuxubana kwezinongo, ukubhaka, iziphuzo eziqinile, ukubuyisela ukudla, imikhiqizo yenyama, izidakamizwa kanye nezinto zokusetshenziswa ezintweni zokudla.