Dishes made with cornmeal
17 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
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
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
Makki ki rotiVeganمکی دی روٹی
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreCornmeal flatbread cooked on a griddle, common in northern and western India
Bread, Lunch, Dinner
Cou-couVegan
🇧🇧 Barbados and 3 moreCornmeal and okra cooked to a firm, smooth dish, often served with fish
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
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
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
Makki ki rotiVeganمکی دی روٹی
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreCornmeal flatbread cooked on a griddle, common in northern and western India
Bread, Lunch, Dinner
Cou-couVegan
🇧🇧 Barbados and 3 moreCornmeal and okra cooked to a firm, smooth dish, often served with fish
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
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
- Hushpuppy: Whitebox, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cornbread: Douglas P Perkins ( Douglaspperkins ( talk )), CC BY 3.0, source
- Pupusa: Ll1324, CC0, source
- Mămăligă: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Banush: Trzewik, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Makki ki roti: Vsigamany, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cou-cou: KINGBROBLOXZZZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, source