Curau de milho can also be made with “fuba” to replace corn on the cob.

Fubá is a word inherited from Africans, who use the term to designate flour.

It is a fine ingredient extracted from raw corn, which the Portuguese began to use as an ingredient in dishes such as porridge, puddings, bread, corn cream, among others.

Unlike corn flour, fuba is a medium-grain product, in which degerminated corn is ground. The result, in this case, is a finer flake flour that absorbs more water.