مادرم میخواهد امشب در خانه غذا درست کند.

A careful pronunciation is:

mâdaram mikhâhad emshab dar khâne ghazâ dorost konad

A more natural everyday pronunciation is often closer to:

mâdaram mikhâd emshab dar khune ghazâ درست kone

You may also see the verb written more formally as می‌خواهد with a half-space.

مادرم means my mother.

It is made of:

• مادر = mother
• -م = my

So:

• مادر = mother
• مادرم = my mother

This attached ending is very common in Persian:

• کتابم = my book
• دوستم = my friend
• خانه‌ام / خونه‌م = my house/home

In Persian, possession is often shown by attaching a short ending to the noun instead of using a separate word like my.

Common endings are:

• -م = my
• -ت = your
• -ش = his / her / its
• -مان = our
• -تان = your (plural/formal)
• -شان = their

So مادرم literally works like mother-my, but in natural English that becomes my mother.

It means wants.

This is from the verb خواستن = to want.

In this sentence:

• می‌خواهد = he/she wants

Because Persian usually does not mark gender in the verb, می‌خواهد can mean:

• he wants
• she wants
• it wants

Here, because مادرم is the subject, we understand it as my mother wants.

Also, in everyday speech, می‌خواهد is often pronounced more like می‌خواد.

The standard spelling is usually می‌خواهد with a half-space between می and the verb stem.

You may also see:

• می خواهد = with a full space
• میخواهد = fully joined

All three are understandable, but می‌خواهد is usually considered the most standard modern spelling.

The می part often marks an ongoing, habitual, or present meaning depending on the verb.

امشب means tonight.

It is a very common time expression.

Related words:

• امروز = today
• امشب = tonight
• فردا = tomorrow
• دیروز = yesterday

In this sentence, it tells us when the action will happen.

در خانه literally means in the house / at home.

• در = in / at
• خانه = house / home

In this sentence, natural English is usually at home, although the literal meaning is closer to in the house.

In everyday spoken Persian, people very often say خونه instead of خانه.

So you may hear:

• در خانه
• تو خانه
• تو خونه

All can be used depending on style and speech.

This is a very common Persian way to express to cook / make food.

• غذا = food
• درست کردن = to make / prepare

So غذا درست کند literally means prepare food, but in natural English it often just means cook.

Persian often uses light-verb combinations like this. For example:

• کار کردن = to work
• صحبت کردن = to speak
• تمیز کردن = to clean
• درست کردن = to make / fix / prepare

So even though English prefers one verb like cook, Persian commonly uses a noun + a general verb.

کند here is the subjunctive form of کردن for he/she.

• کردن = to do / make
• کند = that he/she do / make

It appears because it follows می‌خواهد.

After خواستن (to want), Persian normally uses the subjunctive for the next verb:

• می‌خواهم بروم = I want to go
• می‌خواهد بخواند = he/she wants to read
• می‌خواهد غذا درست کند = he/she wants to prepare food / cook

So کند is used because the meaning is wants to make/cook, not a simple present statement like she makes.

Persian usually follows Subject–Object–Verb word order, so the verb often comes at the end.

This sentence breaks down like this:

• مادرم = my mother
• می‌خواهد = wants
• امشب = tonight
• در خانه = at home
• غذا = food
• درست کند = prepare / cook

So a very literal order would be:

My mother wants tonight at home food to prepare.

That sounds strange in English, but it is normal in Persian.

را marks a specific direct object, but it is often omitted when the object is general, non-specific, or indefinite.

Here, غذا means something like food / a meal in a general sense, so را is not necessary.

Compare:

• غذا درست کند = cook food / make a meal
• غذا را درست کند = prepare the food

The version with را sounds more specific, as if both speaker and listener know which food or meal is being referred to.

Yes, depending on context, that can be a very natural translation.

غذا literally means food, but in context it often refers to a meal. So possible natural translations include:

• My mother wants to cook at home tonight.
• My mother wants to make food at home tonight.
• My mother wants to prepare a meal at home tonight.
• My mother wants to make dinner at home tonight.

The best English version depends on the situation.

It is fairly neutral and standard.

A few notes:

• خانه sounds a bit more standard than خونه
• می‌خواهد is more standard than spoken می‌خواد
• غذا درست کند is perfectly normal standard Persian

In casual speech, someone might say:

مامانم می‌خواد امشب تو خونه غذا درست کنه.

That means the same thing, but sounds more conversational.

Both can mean my mother / my mom, but the tone is different.

• مادرم = more neutral or slightly more formal
• مامانم = more informal, warm, everyday speech, like my mom

So your sentence with مادرم is completely correct, but in everyday conversation many people would naturally say مامانم.

Yes.

The literal meaning is closer to in the house, but in many situations the natural English translation is at home.

So in this sentence:

• literal: My mother wants to prepare food in the house tonight
• natural: My mother wants to cook at home tonight

When translating Persian, it is often better to choose the most natural English wording rather than the most word-for-word one.