Semolina is the coarse, purified wheat middlings of durum wheat used in making pasta, breakfast cereals, puddings, and couscous.The term semolina is also used to designate coarse middlings from other varieties of wheat, and from other grains, such as rice and maize.oiled semolina turns into a porridge, known in some areas as Cream of Wheat. In Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Slovenia, Romania and Croatia, semolina is known as Griess (grieß a word related  to ) grits and is mixed with egg to Make, griessknoedel grießknödel which can be added. to soup