{"title":"Salt","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhite rock salt, sendha namak or lahori namak, is mined salt used in place of ordinary salt during Hindu fasts such as Navratri and Ekadashi, when many families avoid regular table salt. It has a clean, mild taste and is also used in some pickles and sweets. Black salt, kala namak, is rock salt fired at high heat with plant material, which gives it its dark colour and sulphurous, egg-like aroma, and ground it turns pinkish grey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse rock salt for vrat recipes such as sabudana khichdi, kuttu puri and fasting aloo, and anywhere a mild salt is wanted. Use black salt for chaat, fruit chaat, raita, jaljeera, nimbu pani and pani puri water, and in tofu scrambles for an eggy note. The two are not interchangeable: black salt is used by the pinch for flavour, rock salt by the spoon for seasoning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRock and black salt are sold both as crystals and as powder, and crystals grind easily in a mortar or a clean spice grinder. Keep them sealed and dry, since black salt in particular clumps in humid weather. See seasonings for ready blends, chaat masala for the mix built on black salt, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/sago-sabudana\"\u003esabudana\u003c\/a\u003e for fasting dishes, and the rest of our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/salt-and-seasonings\"\u003esalt and seasonings\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"heera-white-rock-salt-400g","title":"Heera White Rock Salt 400g","description":"\u003cp\u003eHeera White Rock Salt is sindhalu, the white crystal rock salt known in Hindi as sendha namak. It comes as rough lumps and coarse grains and has a clean, mild saltiness. Rock salt is the only salt many families use during Navratri and other vrat days, when ordinary table salt is set aside, so it is a staple of the fasting kitchen. The 400g bag lasts through the nine days and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow to use it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrush the lumps in a mortar and pestle, or pulse briefly in a spice grinder, and keep a small jar of the fine salt by the stove. Use it to season sabudana khichdi, kuttu puris, singhare ki roti, aloo jeera and vrat raita. Sprinkle it with black pepper over roasted makhana or sweet potato chaat. Taste as you go, because a crushed spoonful can be a little coarser or finer than table salt. Outside the fasting season it seasons fruit chaat and lassi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGood to know\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhite rock salt, also called sindhalu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSold in lumps, crush before use\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuitable for vegetarians\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeep dry to stop the lumps caking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeason some \u003ca href=\"\/products\/heera-phool-makhana-100g\"\u003eHeera Phool Makhana 100g\u003c\/a\u003e with it, or browse all our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/salt\"\u003esalt\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heera","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55242042540371,"sku":null,"price":1.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1101\/7433\/9411\/files\/heera-white-rock-salt-400g-front.png?v=1791369173"}],"url":"https:\/\/chandrastores.co.uk\/collections\/salt.oembed","provider":"Chandra Stores","version":"1.0","type":"link"}