Semolina

Hi there! Today we're going to talk about a type of grain called semolina.

Imagine you have a big bag of wheat - you know, the stuff that makes flour for bread and cookies. If you take that wheat and grind it up into little pieces, you get something called semolina.

Semolina has a lot of uses, but one of the most common is as an ingredient in pasta dough. You know how your grown-up friends use a rolling pin to flatten out dough and make it into spaghetti or fettuccine? Well, they're probably using semolina as part of their recipe!

Semolina is great for pasta dough because it has a slightly coarse texture - kind of like sand, but not as scratchy. That means it helps the dough hold its shape, instead of turning into a soupy mess in the pot. Plus, it gives pasta a little bit of a nutty flavor - yum!

But semolina isn't just for pasta. You can also use it in things like cakes and breads to give them a little bit of extra chewiness. And some people even use it to make a kind of pudding called halva - it's kind of like rice pudding, but with semolina instead of rice.

So there you have it - semolina is just ground-up wheat that's great for making pasta, bread, and other yummy foods. Happy eating!