Product Description

Kala Namak (or Black Salt) comes from the Himalayan Mountains in India and has been used for centuries in Indian cuisine as cooking and finishing salt. It has very unusual aroma reminiscent of cooked eggs. When ground into the small crystals or powder, it actually changes color to pink. In addition to the supreme taste it also has some exceptional health benefits. In India black salt is recommended for people with high blood pressure and to people who are on low-salt diets, because it is lower in sodium and does not increase sodium content in the blood. It is also know for comforting intestinal gas and heartburn. It is believed to help with indigestion. It is also considered a cooling spice in ayurvedic medicine which uses this salt as a digestive. Great on: yogurt and cheese Exceptional on summer favorites such as cucumbers, watermelon and mangoes.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1527 in Gourmet Food
• Size: 6 OZ
• Color: Pink
• Brand: Das Salt
• Ingredients: 100% Natural Salt
• Dimensions: .37 pounds

Features

• 100% Natural
• Hand Harvested by the local cooperative
• Unusual Flavor

Customer Reviews

The Nose Knows
Limberger cheese? Yummy. Lutefisk? Yah sure, you betcha. Durian fruit? Any time. But Kala Namak Salt? Well, let's pause... Have you ever visited India? or Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh? If so, do you remember the pervasive odor everywhere except your hotel lobby? That odor even impregnates the money; I brought home a wad of rupees from Nepal twenty-five years ago and the odor still clings to the paper.

A friend of mine brought me a selection of 'gourmet' sea salts a few weeks ago. One of them, Hawaiian Alaea, has become a favorite, but this Kala Namak is the sort of stuff you might offer a dubious guest as a practical joke. I note that one previous reviewer has objected to the smell. It reminds me of tide pools at the mouth of the Ganges. But the surprise is that the taste perfectly matches the aroma, and permeates any food to which it is added. If this is the 'salt of the earth', that earth has absorbed too much of humanity's effluence.

I wonder how it would taste on tofu....

Kala Namak
This salt's really yummy-especially when used in a vegan "egg" salad. It gives the tofu a little bit of a mineral-y flavor. Also, Das Salt has great customer service.

Salt Of the Earth? No.
This salt is really terrible! A very weird texture, doesn't dissolve easily, and it's more of a powder than a salt.I use a lot of flavored
salts in cooking, but this will not be one of them. No fault with
the supplier though,they shipped quickly.