Polenta vs. Ugali

Polentanoun

Any of various types and consistencies of a starchy accompaniment to a meal made from coarse maize-meal porridge, sometimes fried or grilled.

Polentanoun

Pudding made of Indian meal; also, porridge made of chestnut meal.

Polentanoun

a thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in stock or water

Polentanoun

maize flour as used in Italian cooking; cornmeal

Polentanoun

a paste or dough made from polenta, which is boiled and typically then fried or baked

Polenta

Polenta (, Italian: [poˈlɛnta]) is a dish of boiled cornmeal that was historically made from other grains. It may be served as a hot porridge, or it may be allowed to cool and solidify into a loaf that can be baked, fried, or grilled.

Ugalinoun

African cornmeal porridge

Ugali

Ugali, or nsima, is a type of stiff maize flour porridge made in Africa. It is also known as vuswa, bogobe, fufu, gauli, gima, isitshwala, kimnyet, kuon, mieliepap, ngima, nshima, obokima, obuchima, obusuma, oshifima, oruhere, pap, phutu, posho, sadza, ubugali, umutsima, obusuma other names.