Preparation Time : 5 mins
Cooking Time : 20 to 25 mins
Serves: 6 to 8
Popcorn Kernels - ½ cup
Oil - 2 tblspn
For Caramel Sauce:
Sugar - 1 cup
Water - ⅓ cup
Unsalted Butter - 3 tblspn
Salt - 1.5 tsp
Vanilla Essence - 2 tsp
Baking Soda / Cooking Soda - 1 tsp
Method:
Start by making popcorn. Take a heavy bottom pan with lid. Heat oil in it, add few kernels in and cover with a lid, heat it and allow the popcorn to pop. Once it pops you know the oil is ready. Now remove the poped corn and add the remaining corn all at once. Immediately close the lid and shake it lightly.
Now let it heat and cook till the corns start popping. Inbetween keep shaking the pan, and gently open the lid a little so the steam can escape and you dont end up with soggy popcorn.
Once the popping subsides you can take it off the heat and set aside to cool.
Now make the caramel sauce. Heat sugar, water, butter in a sauce pan and bring it to a boil. Boil it for 6 to 10 min on medium high heat till the sugar syrup turns dark and golden.
Now take it off the heat and add in salt, vanilla and baking soda. Mix well, it will get foamy.
Now pour this caramel over the popcorn and stir gently to coat all the popcorn.
Now spoon this in a parchment lined baking sheet and set aside to cool.
Now you can break them and separate them.
Enjoy or store it in a air tight container for upto a week.
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| You need some popping corn kernels |
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| measure ½ cup |
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| Heat couple tblspn of oil in a heavy bottom sauce pan |
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| add few corn kernels in |
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| cover with a lid and let it heat till the corns are popped |
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| now it is popped, now you know that the oil is hot |
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| remove the corn |
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| immediately add the corn kernels |
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| add it all at once |
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| mix lightly |
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| cover with the lid and heat it |
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| it will start popping |
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| now you can see it has come almost to the top |
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| you can open the lid lightly and allow the steam to escape so you dont end up with soggy popcorn |
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| now the corn has stopped popping |
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| which says it is done |
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| now lets make the caramel sauce for the popcorn |
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| first line a sheet or plate with parchment paper, you can grease it lightly with oil |
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| take sugar in a heavy bottom sauce pan |
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| add in water |
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| add in butter |
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| put it on heat and cook |
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| the mix will come to a boil |
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| dont stir the pan, you can swirl it lightly |
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| first it will look white and frothy |
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| slowly as you heat it will darken |
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| look how dark it has got |
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| now it is done..dont let it burn |
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| add in vanilla |
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| add in salt |
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| add in baking soda |
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| and immediately mix |
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| the caramel will get frothy |
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| you can see how frothy it is getting |
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| immediately pour that over the corn |
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| BE CAREFUL |
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| mix gently |
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| now the caramel is well coated |
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| spoon this over the parchment sheet |
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| spread it and let it cool down |
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| Enjoy |
Yeleena Thomas
Hi,
Just wanted to know if popcorn is a good snack for 1 year old. Btw your recipes are very good and your patience and consistency is well appreciated. Keep up the great work.
Yeleena
Linu Sunish
Thank you Aarthi, I was searching this recipe from long back over the internet. It is famous snack in the malls and many shops at here in Dubai. My husband and kids likes alot. Thanks for this recipe. I will try this soon. Wishing you all the success. When I enter your blog, I used to get a positive energy from you, you are an amazing women who were chasing your on passion. God bless you.
sangeetha
Hi aarthi.. Your recipes and your explanations with stepwise pics are amazing and easy to understand. This popcorn recipe superb... Keep going with ur good work..
Anonymous
@Yeleena Thomas
popcorn if not chewed well before swollowing can choke up throat for toddlers
Anonymous
whether u r using dried corns or fresh ones??
Aarthi
@Anonymousit is dried popping corns, corns which are used for popcorn
Nida Ansari
My popcorn turned sticky hard dambar like :(. The caramel after cooling got all joint with entire popcorn and got hard.. Wat went wrong
Aarthi
I think u have over cooked the caramel.
Shaista
Just made it and it turned out great. Please share more flavors of popcorn.
Anonymous
Yummy, Thanks a lot.
Rekha
It came out awesome. I tried the recipe before but the pictorial recipes are very very helpful