Salt 🧂

*salt*

Salt is an important dietary ingredient that has been used since ancient times for cooking and food processing in human societies around the world. It is a type of salt. It is found in crystalline form. Common Salt refers to the salt used in food. Chemically, it is sodium chloride (NaCl), whose crystals are transparent and solid. Pure salt is colorless, but due to iron impurities it turns yellow or red. The salinity of the sea is mainly due to its presence of sodium chloride.

*Pebble Salt* :- Natural sea salt obtained from sea water. When it is pounded it becomes simple fine salt.

*Simple salt or fine salt* :- It is made from rock salt. It is sodium chloride with a small amount of magnesium chloride. It can lose water due to moisture in the air. If you put some grains of rice in a bowl of salt, the salt does not dissolve.

*Shendelon aka Saindhav* :- It has rocks. This salt helps digestion. This salt is mixed with fennel seeds, ova, crushed seeds of sloth to make a good mask.

*Padelon aka Sauvarchal (Sanchal) Salt* :- It is a mineral obtained from the ground. There are pebbles. Its color is pale pink.

*Table Salt* :- Very finely ground pure sodium chloride. It does not get watery even with moisture in the air. It is kept on the dining table in fine-holed vials, and can be sprinkled on the food at hand when needed.

*Himalayan Pink Salt* :- This is the purest form of salt. It is found at the foothills of the Himalayas. This is called black salt. It is very tasty. It contains calcium, potassium, sodium and iron.