Polenta, 500 g - 1.1 lb

Polenta is precooked corn flour from yellow corn that was coarsely ground into cornmeal to make a delicious Polenta just in a few minutes. Finer grinds make a soft and coarse grinds make it firmer in texture. After grinding, the cornmeal is boiled in milk or water or both and by using the ratio of 4 cups of liquid to 1 cup of cornmeal. Polenta is a dish of boiled that was historically made from other grains and not an ingredient, from Northern Italy. It can make into a loaf by allowing to cool and solidify that can be baked, fried, or grilled. It may be served as hot porridge. Quick-cooking polenta is pre-cooked and re-dried before being sold as it only takes about 5 to 10minutes to prepare. Polenta is similar to other whole grains that are cooked in a liquid and are low calorie. It provides about 70 calories per 100 grams (g) cooked serving thus can be a good choice if you like to lose weights or maintain your weights.It contains protein and carbohydrates, good source of fiber as it h