Hominy vs Chickpea - What's the difference?
hominy | chickpea |
A food made from hulled corn (maize) kernels soaked in lye water, rinsed, then cooked and eaten; or, the rinsed kernels are dried and coarsely ground into hominy grits.
An annual Asian plant (Cicer arietinum ) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
A seed of this plant, often used as a food.
As nouns the difference between chickpea and hominy
is that chickpea is an annual Asian plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods while hominy is a food made from hulled corn (maize) kernels soaked in lye water, rinsed, then cooked and eaten; or, the rinsed kernels are dried and coarsely ground into hominy grits.hominy
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* nixtamalReferences
chickpea
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* chick peaNoun
(en noun)- Chickpea is valued for its nutritive seeds with high protein content. [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropfactsheets/chickpea.html]
