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    Home » Recipes » Snacks and Appetizers

    Easy Microwave Curry Popcorn

    Published: Feb 6, 2020 · Modified: Nov 15, 2021 by Alonna

    Curry popcorn is a quick, cheap, and easy appetizer that everyone loves. Seasoned with Indian spices, this popcorn is a little bit spicy, savory, salty, and just delicious—the perfect entertaining recipe.
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    Easy Microwave Curry Popcorn A perfect snack or appetizer served with sweet and salty nuts and flavored with Indian spices.
    Easy Microwave Curry Popcorn Served with sweet and salty nuts and flavored with Indian spices.
    Curry popcorn is a quick, cheap, and easy appetizer that everyone loves. Seasoned with Indian spices, this popcorn is a little bit spicy, savory, salty, and just delicious — the perfect entertaining recipe.

    Quick & Easy

    Popcorn is a variety of corn that pops when heated. There is a long history of popcorn as a snack, and six places in the United States claim the title of “Popcorn Capital of the World.” Americans eat more popcorn than anyone else.

    Microwave Popcorn

    My first popcorn popper was an old-fashioned stovetop model with a “unique spinner stirring mechanism.” It worked, but I was recently given a popcorn popper for the microwave that doesn’t require any oil. It cooks popcorn kernels perfectly in about 3 minutes and is easy to clean. I find it interesting that there are quite a few microwave popcorn poppers with the same exact size and shape, and almost indistinguishable from each other. Proof that this design works well.

    However, you don't need any special equipment to make microwave popcorn. Use a glass bowl that will hold at least 6 cups of popped popcorn and cover the bowl with a plate. Sometimes simple is best.

    From Breakfast to the Movies

    Popcorn went from a popular breakfast cereal in the United States in the 1800s to a favorite salty, buttery movie-watching snack today. Inexpensive and healthy-ish—depending on what you put on it—popcorn is an easy and endlessly customizable appetizer. When I have friends over for dinner, I season popcorn with spices used in the rest of the dinner. Sichuan chili pepper and five-spice powder for a Chinese meal, or in the case of Indian food, chaat masala, and red Kashmiri chili powder are a favorite combination. Chaat masala, tangy, hot, sweet, and funky all at once, is dispensable in this curry popcorn. Make chaat masala or look for MDH Chunky Chat masala or Shan chat masala from your local Indian grocer or online.

    Curry Popcorn

    My current favorite popcorn is Trader Joe’s Organic Popping Corn. The popcorn kernels are large, white, and fluffy. Feel free to experiment with various brands of popcorn and find your perfect spice combination. I’ve used oniony nigella seeds here, but you could use cumin seeds, fennel seeds, or carom (ajwain) seeds as well. It might be fun to mix in your favorite nuts, toasted, candied, or not. If you don’t have Kashmiri chili powder, use half the amount of cayenne pepper. And if you don’t have garam masala for this curry popcorn, use your favorite all-purpose curry powder.

    Happy popping!

    ~ Alonna

    See the Notes below before you cook.

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    Easy Microwave Curry Popcorn Served with sweet and salty nuts and flavored with Indian spices.

    Easy Microwave Curry Popcorn

    Curry popcorn is a quick, cheap, and easy appetizer that everyone loves. Seasoned with Indian spices, this popcorn is a little bit spicy, savory, salty, and just delicious—the perfect entertaining recipe.
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    Course: Appetizer, Snack
    Cuisine: Indian-ish
    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Cook Time: 3 minutes
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    Total Time: 8 minutes
    Servings: 6 cups
    Calories: 69kcal
    Author: Alonna

    Ingrediants

    • 1/3 cup popcorn kernels ~ Depending on your popper
    • 2 to 3 tablespoons butter ~ Melted, or ghee or oil
    • 1/4 teaspoon Kashmiri ground red chili ~ 1/8 teaspoon cayenne or substitutions
    • 1/2 teaspoon chaat masala ~ Buy or make
    • 1/2 teaspoon garam masala ~ Kerala or all-purpose
    • 8 to 10 fresh curry leaves ~ Optional; slivered
    • 1/2 teaspoon nigella seeds (kalonji) ~ Optional
    • salt to taste ~ See Notes below
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    Instructions

    • Gather all your ingredients.
      Easy Microwave Curry Popcorn Ingredients gathered.
    • Add the popcorn to the popcorn popper and put the lid on. Make sure to follow the instructions for the popcorn popper you are using. Some say to put the lid on partially ajar.
      Easy Microwave Curry Popcorn Kernels at the bottom of the popper and ready for the heat.
    • Place in the microwave and cook on High for 3 minutes. Add another minute if necessary. Use the popcorn setting if your microwave has that feature.
      Easy Microwave Curry Popcorn Finished popping and ready to be spiced up.
    • In a small bowl add the melted butter (ghee or oil) and mix your spices together including the curry leaves and nigella seeds, if using.
      Easy Microwave Curry Popcorn Melted butter flavored with garam and chaat masalas.
    • Add the spiced mixture to the popcorn and stir thoroughly. Your hands might be the best tool for this job. Taste for salt. If you want more flavor, add some of either or both of the masalas.
      Easy Microwave Curry Popcorn Served with sweet and salty nuts and flavored with Indian spices.

    Notes

    • Salt: If you used chaat masala in your curry popcorn, this spice mix has salt in it so you may not need any additional salt.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1cup | Calories: 69kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 34mg | Potassium: 25mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 167IU | Vitamin C: 27mg | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 1mg

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