Popcorn is associated with watching a movie in a movie theater, because it is a popular delicacy of this event. But you can arrange a home watching a movie with a low-calorie and nutritious popcorn! Make your own popcorn, and it will be more useful than bought in a store.
How to cook popcorn - preconditioning
For the preparation of delicious popcorn you will need:
- corn. Cooking does not fit all the corn kernels. Designed for cooking corn, which is grown in the gardens, will not work. Take a wild variety, these grains are more elastic and dense shell. A conventional corn quickly burst during cooking and not well roasted. It is recommended to fry the popcorn of "wildings" - Pasture corn. But did not find such a variety - buy at the store prepared for roasting semi-finished popcorn or take a grain of genuine conventional maize;
- heat-resistant piece of plate. Take the largest frying pan, which you have in the house. You may use a pan with a thick bottom;
- vegetable oil. The best option - corn oil, but the fit and sunflower refined. For the preparation of dietary popcorn without oil pot take-stick coating;
- salt, sugar and spices to taste.
Before frying, place a well-dried corn kernels in the freezer for at least half an hour. If you can - hold them there for 2 to 3 hours.
How to cook popcorn on the stove
100 g of corn take 2-3 tablespoons of butter. Pour oil on the frying pan or saucepan. Put on the stove and a good warm up. Then your actions are as follows:
- pour in the bottom of a hot crockery corn kernels and immediately cover with tight lid. Saute over medium heat. In the preparation of one batch takes about 10 minutes;
- expect the appearance under the lid of characteristic sounds - cotton from exploding grains. First, the cotton will hear often, then the intensity decreases. Take the pan behind the handle, do not open the lid and shake slightly so that all corn is impregnated with oil. Do not open the lid, get a burn! After 2-3 minutes of corn, stop exploding;
- turn off the gas and retain a frying pan to cool down a bit. All inexpliants in the process of frying grains will still be revealed in hot oil.
After 10 minutes, open the lid and look at popcorn. Sprinkle with shallow salt or sugar and shake it again with a closed lid. Drink the delicacy only when it completely cools.
How to cook popcorn in the microwave?
On the bottom of the plastic container, put the corn grains in one row. Well, if the sides are high. Do not put a lot, grains will increase in volume. Pour a small amount of oil. Blank the container cover and shake for a uniform oil distribution in the corn. Send it off covered with a lid in the microwave and turn on full power. For the preparation of one portion will take 2 minutes. After a decrease in frequent strong cotton, it is desirable to check the dish so that it is not burnt. Finished popcorn pour salt or sugar.
How to cook popcorn - give the dish taste
In addition to salt and sugar, you can diversify the taste of popcorn in the following ways:
- purify the taste taste citrus. Remove the zest from orange or lemon in advance and dried. Grind with sugar sand in a coffee grinder and sprinkle with finished air corn. Popcorn will succeed in yellow and with a pleasant taste;
- make caramel popcorn. In advance, melt some butter of creamy in the bucket or in a separate frying pan. As soon as you feel a pleasant fragrance - add some sugar. Constantly stir and look when caramel starts to melt. After a couple of minutes, the mixture will become caramel. Turn it into popcorn after the grains are opening in a skillet.
Drink air grains as a separate dish or use for the preparation of salads and desserts. Add popcorn to ice cream or milk cocktail and the joy of children will not limit. Season the dish by any spices to your taste and enjoy a delicious popcorn.
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