Dishes made with cornmeal
14 dishes from around the world that list cornmeal as a main ingredient.
Blood sausageMeat
🇫🇷 France and 5 moreA sausage made with animal blood, fillers and spices, cooked or dried until firm
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
PolentaVegan
🇮🇹 Italy and 5 moreBoiled cornmeal porridge from northern Italy, served soft or set and sliced
Main dish
Kpekpele
🇬🇭 GhanaSteamed and fermented cornmeal eaten with palm nut soup and smoked fish
Main dish
Gnocchi
🇮🇹 Italy and 5 moreSoft dumplings of dough, often made with potato, flour and egg
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
MămăligăVegan
🇷🇴 Romania and 3 moreThick cornmeal porridge, a staple in Romania and Moldova
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Cornbread
🇺🇸 United StatesA quick bread made from cornmeal, central to Southern U.S. and Native American cooking
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
Pupusa
🇸🇻 El Salvador and 1 moreStuffed griddled cakes filled with cheese, beans, or meat, eaten hot by hand
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
KačamakVegetarian
🇹🇷 Turkey and 5 moreCornmeal porridge from the Balkans, often enriched with cheese or potatoes
Main dish
Hallaca
🇻🇪 Venezuela and 5 moreCorn dough parcels filled with meat stew and wrapped in plantain leaves
Main dish, Dinner
HushpuppyVegetarian
🇺🇸 United StatesDeep-fried cornmeal balls often served with seafood in the Southern United States
Sauce, pickle or ferment, Lunch, Dinner
Banushбануш, банош
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 1 moreCornmeal porridge with sour cream, pork rind, mushrooms, and bryndza cheese
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
BroaVegan
🇵🇹 Portugal and 4 moreRustic bread made with cornmeal, rye or wheat, found in Portugal and Brazil
Bread
BustrengoVegetarian
🇮🇹 Italy and 1 moreDense fruit cake from Romagna and San Marino, made with bread, apples and dried fruit
Sweet or dessert
Shrimp and gritsFish or seafood
🇺🇸 United StatesSautéed shrimp served over creamy cornmeal porridge from the Lowcountry
Main dish, Breakfast
PolentaVegan
🇮🇹 Italy and 5 moreBoiled cornmeal porridge from northern Italy, served soft or set and sliced
Main dish
Kpekpele
🇬🇭 GhanaSteamed and fermented cornmeal eaten with palm nut soup and smoked fish
Main dish
Gnocchi
🇮🇹 Italy and 5 moreSoft dumplings of dough, often made with potato, flour and egg
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
MămăligăVegan
🇷🇴 Romania and 3 moreThick cornmeal porridge, a staple in Romania and Moldova
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Cornbread
🇺🇸 United StatesA quick bread made from cornmeal, central to Southern U.S. and Native American cooking
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
Pupusa
🇸🇻 El Salvador and 1 moreStuffed griddled cakes filled with cheese, beans, or meat, eaten hot by hand
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
KačamakVegetarian
🇹🇷 Turkey and 5 moreCornmeal porridge from the Balkans, often enriched with cheese or potatoes
Main dish
Hallaca
🇻🇪 Venezuela and 5 moreCorn dough parcels filled with meat stew and wrapped in plantain leaves
Main dish, Dinner
HushpuppyVegetarian
🇺🇸 United StatesDeep-fried cornmeal balls often served with seafood in the Southern United States
Sauce, pickle or ferment, Lunch, Dinner
Banushбануш, банош
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 1 moreCornmeal porridge with sour cream, pork rind, mushrooms, and bryndza cheese
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
BroaVegan
🇵🇹 Portugal and 4 moreRustic bread made with cornmeal, rye or wheat, found in Portugal and Brazil
Bread
BustrengoVegetarian
🇮🇹 Italy and 1 moreDense fruit cake from Romagna and San Marino, made with bread, apples and dried fruit
Sweet or dessert
Shrimp and gritsFish or seafood
🇺🇸 United StatesSautéed shrimp served over creamy cornmeal porridge from the Lowcountry
Main dish, Breakfast
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Gnocchi: Amy Aletheia Cahill, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cotechino: J.P.Lon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hushpuppy: Whitebox, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cornbread: Douglas P Perkins ( Douglaspperkins ( talk )), CC BY 3.0, source
- Hallaca: Wilfredor, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Broa: Mvdiogo, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pupusa: Ll1324, CC0, source
- Kpekpele: Nii Ashiloh, CC0, source
- Mămăligă: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Shrimp and grits: Jason Riedy, CC BY 2.0, source
- Kačamak: Ssofija, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Banush: Trzewik, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bustrengo: Peter Smith, CC BY 2.0, source