Who doesn’t love a bowl of perfectly made buttered and salted popcorn while watching a movie?
But sometimes it becomes upsetting when they are not well made.
Well, that happens because of certain mistakes we make that we are pretty much unaware of.
Here we have 8 mistakes that we need to avoid while making popcorn:
1. Old kernels
The initial mistake we make while making popcorn is by not choosing the right kernels. Stale and old kernels often lose their moisture because of which the popcorn is just not well made. The kernels that we use should be sealed properly so that it doesn’t lose its quality and its shelf life is maintained.
2. The salt granules are too big
Have you ever seen grocery stores selling something called ‘Popcorn Salt’? There is a reason behind it. The salt granules we use at home for basic cooking are too big in size and they do not stick to the popcorn. However, it is not necessary that you buy separate salt for popcorn, you can also grind the regular salt in your blender at home to get fine granules.
3. You rely on a timer
4. You try to be too efficient
5. You use the wrong oil
It pops only when the temperature of the pan you’re making it in is high hence we need to choose the oil we cook it in accordingly. For instance, if we use butter then we also need to know that butter has a low heating point so it can start burning and ruin the popcorn. Hence alternatively we can use sunflower, canola, corn and grape seed oil which have high heating points. If you love the flavour of butter in your popcorn ,you can add it once the popcorn is done.
6. You add too many toppings
7. You use too much oil
Now that we’ve talked about which oil to use we also need to take care of the fact that too much oil can also ruin your popcorn. Kernels that have too much of oil slathered around them are difficult to pop and they end up being soggy. In order to avoid this from happening you can use two tablespoons of oil for half a cup of popcorn.
8. You don’t shake the pot enough
Shake shake shake! Don’t forget to shake the pan you’re cooking the kernels on stove because if it sits for a very long time at the bottom of the pan then it might end up burning and you obviously don’t want that to happen.