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KALA NAMAK
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Description:
Black salt is an unrefined table salt with a strong sulphurous taste.Chemically, black salt is potassium chloride. It tastes less salty than common table salt.
How to select:
Although it is indeed blackish as mined, the powder is more a light purple colour.It is also available in crystal form that must be dissolved in water or ground.
Use:
It is used extensively in Indian cuisine as a condiment as well as in ayurvedic medicine and is commonly sold in the form of a fine, almost completely odourless powder.
How to store:
Once the packet is opened store it in an airtight container.
Health benefits:
It is often used by people with high blood pressure or on low-salt diets because it does not contain significant amounts of sodium. It is also believed to relieve both heartburn and flatulence.
Description:
A chemical compound, technically referred to as sodium chloride, that can be mined from the ground (mined salt) or harvested from the sea (solar salt). Today most salt is mined from large deposits that have remained from dried salt lakes, resulting in small particles with a cubed shape. Solar or sea salts are produced from sun evaporated water creating particles that are irregular in shape.
How to select:
Salt is available in a variety of types, such as table salt, citric salt, fleur de sel and sel gris, kosher salt, iodised salt, pickling salt, sea salt, seasoned salt, and rock salt. The different types vary in composition, texture or grain (granular, fine grain, crystalline, flaked), and use.
Use:
Salt can be used for more than simply enhancing the taste of foods, such as tasks which include:
1)a flavouring or seasoning to improve food flavours;
2) a roasting ingredient which seals in juices to keep meats moist or withdraws juices to decrease moisture in foods;
3) a preservative to enable foods to be stored for longer periods of time without spoiling; and
4) as a cleaning agent for foods.
It is a good seasoning to use as a rub to be placed inside the cavity of poultry before cooking so that the meat remains moist. Salting vegetables prior to cooking is a process often used to draw out excess moisture that may adversely affect the taste or consistency when the vegetables are being prepared. A salt bath is another use of salt to assist with washing salad greens in order to remove excess dirt and debris.
How to store:
Store in an airtight container in a cool dry place.
Health benefits:
Iodised Salt:
Iodised salt is refined salt to which a small percentage of iodine is added to increase its nutritive value. Consumption of iodine prevents the occurrence of a condition called "Goitre" in the thyroid gland.
Refined Salt
Refined salt is obtained by purifying and processing sea salt. Often anti-caking agents are added to prevent the salt from getting moist or damp.
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