10 Exotic Salts

Fun, fancy versions of the kitchen staple.

Salt

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Interesting question! Black salt is new to me, too. Here’s what I found out. It’s an Indian spice. Its Indian name is either kala namak or sanchal. It is a strong-smelling rock salt that adds a "very unusual flavor...

Recently bought 9.5 oz bottle of Artisan Salt - Kala Namak, black mineral salt – fine. Love the pink and black color, but should have read the fine print on the back, "...used in authentic Indian Cuisine. The distinctive...

Kala Namak is called “black salt” in English. It is mined but has a high and very noticeable mineral content compared with regular rock salt. Vik’s uses it on cashews, the sulfur in the salt gives them a...

"kala namak" which is sulfur. Yep, that’s right, sulfur, but it tastes good, try it on a fruit salad, it lifts all the flavors. (you can make fruit chaat by sprinkling chaat powder on fruit salad, too by the way. You should...

it for their taste. Make a basic simple syrup * 2 cups of sugar to 1 cup of water then add lime juice to taste splash of rose water kala namak (black salt) 1 watermelon Basically here’s what you do. Dice up the watermelon into...

hey joan, thanks for the info kala namak aka black salt is a big ingredient in most chaat recipes and you can find it at any indian grocery (they also often have pre-mixed chaat masala which includes it as well aother spices) Its...

Rohnert Park update: Artisan Salt Company – many flavors 9.5 oz for $3.99 black mineral coarse, sel gris, Salish- alder, Kala Namak black mineral fine. 5 oz for $5.99 Fusion salts – lime fresco, roasted garlic, spicy...

chaat masala/kala namak, tamarind, lime juice, fresh exotic fruit. Always goes down a treat at dinner parties especially when served in tall glasses with long spoons. Tip of the hat to Howler for the aam papad rec. I was one of...

ingredient store. Exotics, if possible, please. Fleur de Sel, Kala Namak, white and black truffles (fresh when in season), boquerones, rocambole (carpathian, german red) and purple stripe (chesnok red, persian star, metechi)...

Lift the flavor of your fruit salad by sprinkling on it some red chile powder and “black salt” (kala namak from the Indo-Pak grocery) on your fruit.

Not sure it’s dead sea, it’s from India & Pakinston. Looked up the name at home - it was from a company called Flavorbank: "Finely ground Black Sea Salt, also known as Kala Namak Salt. Mined from the volcanic regions...

, as expertly and confidently identified by Shreesh, a bit of saltpeter, called kala-namak in Hindi. Together, the creaminess of the yogurt and crunch of the chick peas made a perfect textural marriage and the flavors brought all...

radishes, still intact and as if just removed from the soil itself, accentuated the rustic, bucolic sense. Black salt, or kala namak, was mild and woody whilst the Dijon dressing, made with sweet-sour Banyuls vinegar, was strong...