A Singaporean In Australia

Sweet popcorns done at home

If you like popcorns, be it sweet or salty, you can do it all at home.

No, it doesn't take long and it doesn't create a mess - as long as you know what you are doing.



In Australia, I heard from Joanna, sweet popcorns is not common. They sell the salty ones here.

Solution: Do it yourself.

All I need was a pan (deeper if you want to do bigger quantities) and a cover.  The cover is unnecessary if you like to witness a mini fireworks right in your kitchen.

So you'll need a bag of popcorns.  I got mine for AUD$1.25 for 375gm, not sure that is expensive or not.  After you do this a couple of times, you will realised how ripped off you are by the cinemas. Not just ripped off, but totally ripped off.

For 1/2 cup corn:
Prepare 5 tablespoon oil
1-2 tablespoon butter (optional)
2 tablespoon honey (optional)
3/4 cup of icing sugar (more if you like it sweeter)

Just sprinkle that oil and butter (if you choose to use it) in your pan and set it on medium heat.

Next pour the corn kennels in and cover pan with lid.

Wait.

and Wait.

and Wait.

Once you hear the first pop, reduce the flame to low.  The pan is hot enough to pop the rest of the kennels so keeping it medium may overcook or burn the corn.

Enjoy and popping and dance around while it does, it was fun.  I did that, so tried it.

When you think you hear the last pop, count to 10. Recount if another pop occurs. When you finally hit 10, remove lid and pour sugar and honey (if you choose to use it) EVENLY across the pan.

This is the stage that makes or break your popcorn.  Observe. If the pan is emitting light smoke, remove pan from fire or switch it off before it is too late.  If you put it on low flame, you should see the sugar gently melting and turn light brown. I was doing it in 14 degree celsius environment so I am not sure how quick the browning will be at normal room temperature elsewhere.  So it is critical to observe and act fast at this stage.

Stir the corn around constantly. You will see some corn gets coated pretty nice like how the pros do it. Control the heat. You need that to caramelise the sugar but it burns very quick so always go slow and steady here.

When all sugar melted and coated your popcorns the way you like it, let it cool down before you consume or store.

It's a lot of instruction but in reality, the whole process takes you 10-15 minutes. It takes very little kennels to produce a lot of popcorns.  Jen and I had our fill thrice and did a big batch for the housemates to try but we barely used up 1/3 of the small bag only.  Worth trying to delight the kids or ease boredom.