No, they’re not the same. While cornmeal and corn flour are both made from milled, dried corn, they differ in texture completely. Cornmeal feels gritty, while corn flour is fine and smooth. The degree of milling determines the texture of the flour: corn flour is finely ground, while cornmeal is coarsely ground.

Corn meal is also known as polenta. I’m not sure if semolina does the same job.

No definitely not the same !

As said below, corn meal us also known as polenta. If you tried it with cornflour instead, I imagine it would be a claggy mess

Corn meal is also known as polenta. Corn flour looks more like plain flour, whereas corn meal looks more like sand.

No, they are not the same, certainly different. Corn meal is a lot coarser then corn flour. There would be a completely different flavour too

Both are ground corn (maize, as they would have it in Europe). The difference is that corn flour is usually ground to a much finer texture than cornmeal. Therefore you will get different textural results.

I use polenta too for this recipe.

lol yeah dagwood dogs are great hey!

I use polenta too

I learnt the difference the hard way :/

I am now hankering for a Dagwood Dog – have never heard of the other name for these ‘naughty’ treats. But regardless of name – they are good!

There is a difference between corn meal and corn flour. Smaller deli style shops will probably be able to help you out with finding/sourcing corn meal. Dagwood Dogs are such a special treat!

woah i just thought that it was cornflour lol

Pretty sure there’s a definite difference between corn flour and corn meal. Corn meal is coarser. Try polenta or maybe even semolina. Polenta would be my first choice though

Cornmeal is courser than cornflour. Use polenta for your recipe

I think corn meal is like polenta or semolina. Corn flour is actually a flour while corn meal is gritty and grainy. They are very different.

I would never of thought polenta. I picked up polenta and put it back. Yes we call then dippy dogs here but they are also dagwood dogs. Would polenta give the batter the yellow look also?

Cornmeal = maize flour…course grains
cornflour = is a byproduct of cornmeal.

For all deep fry things/dumplings, use cornflour.
If at all, you’re not after cornflour…. In india, we use another option, “besan”…. its in between cornmeal and cornflour :)………
with example: besan makes kofta…….. cornflour+ little besan make manchurian
In Indian shops:
cornmeal = makki ka aata………. you cant use this for frying…its coarse and used for making corn breads

Cornmeal is the same as polenta. Definitely not the same as cornflour.