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Table Salt,Kosher Salt & Sea Salt

Discussion in 'Indian Diet & Nutrition' started by Jithiks, May 4, 2008.

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Hi Krithika

I have been using the sea salt that is available at Sprouts market that thay sell in bulk. It is the same texture as the Morton salt. I will find out whether it is the same as Kaluppu.

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Hi Sundarusha,

What is the texture of the sea salt that you use? Is it the same as Morton table salt or Morton Kosher salt?

When these are coarse, the crystals resembles the Kal uppu that we get in chennai.
Will wait for your reply.

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Krithika

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Hi Krithika,

The sea salt that I use has the same texture as Morton iodized table salt. I have never used kosher salt. I asked my homeopath friend and she confirmed that sea salt is kaluppu.

Koshering is term used in relation to some purification by Jews. Kosher salt does not contain any additives like iodine although Morton salt contains iodine.

She says that irrespective of the texture, sea salt is Kaluppu.

Hoe this helps

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Dear krithika, Sorry for the delay in reply ... I use Kal Uppu which is called here in French as 'Sel de L'Atlantic' (Atlantic / ocean Salt) which is rich in Magnesium ... Please let me know if need more info on this ... Regards, Suni ...

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Hi Sundarusha,

Thanks a lot for your clarification. Sure will look for sea salt when I go to the store the next time.

Since there is no market that sells salt here, I need to look for it in Walmart ..i guess !

Anyway, thanks for the info.

Cheers
Krithika

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Hi Krithika,

The sea salt that I use has the same texture as Morton iodized table salt. I have never used kosher salt. I asked my homeopath friend and she confirmed that sea salt is kaluppu.

Koshering is term used in relation to some purification by Jews. Kosher salt does not contain any additives like iodine although Morton salt contains iodine.

She says that irrespective of the texture, sea salt is Kaluppu.

Hoe this helps
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Hi Sunitha,

Thanks for the info ! So does that mean , you use the same amount as you would use Kal uppu? Does it vary in the saltiness?

What about the iodine content in "Sel de" ? Does it blend well for our Indian cooking?
Sorry to bombard you with so many questions?

Cheers
Krithika

lahy15 said: ↑

Dear krithika, Sorry for the delay in reply ... I use Kal Uppu which is called here in French as 'Sel de L'Atlantic' (Atlantic / ocean Salt) which is rich in Magnesium ... Please let me know if need more info on this ... Regards, Suni ...
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Hi IL'ites,

All of us use salt in our daily cooking. As the saying goes in Tamil
"Uppillaa Pandam Kuppaiyile" meaning "Food without Salt goes into Trash" ! :exactly:

In fact , even when we make some sweets, I remember, my mom used to add a pinch of salt ..and she would say that will enhance the sweetness.

Also when we make fresh juices too..i add a pinch of salt..even though sugar will be added for sweetness.

There are so many different types of salt in the market today.

Yesterday, for the very first time, I used Kosher Salt for cooking. Usually, I use table salt for all my cooking here in USA. But, i wanted to try this Kosher salt for a long time

Before, in chennai (following my mom) I was using "Kal Uppu" for making sambar, rasam, gravies but table salt for making curries, chutneys etc.

Here, I find there is table salt (with and without Iodine), Sea Salt, Rock salt and Kosher Salt.

I was under the assumption that Kosher salt was the "Kal Uppu" that we used in Chennai. But I remember "kal uppu " had more saltiness than "Table salt"..that is "podi uppu". But the grains of Kosher Salt are a little smaller than the Kal Uppu that I've seen @ Chennai.

Then after cooking & tasting, i realised that I had to use a little bit more of Kosher salt than the Table salt wherever required.

It was also mentioned on the box that Kosher salt is used for Gourmet cooking..and if needed , we need to add a little bit more.

Has anyone used different types of salt for your cooking?

I also noted that Kosher salt does not have Iodine..so my question is , do we have to balance both these salts ...meaning table salt with iodine and Kosher salt..so that we do get the necessary intake of Iodine in our diet?

By the way, what is Sea Salt ? Is it used in our Indian cooking?

Meanwhile, i will try to look up some info online.

IL'ites, hope all of you can share more info on this and let us know what type of salt you all use in your kitchen?

Cheers
Krithika
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What is Rock salt?used to upu chitti.

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Hi Imani,

I've just seen Rock salt in the stores and have not used them. That is why I started this thread to get ideas from other IL'ites.

I don't know what upu chitti is? Upu is salt..what is chitti ?

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Krithika

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Dear Krithika,

No probs for your quest and you r welcome ask so many so that all can share and clear our doubts ... well, 'Sel in french, which means Salt' 'De is french word for 'of' so it means as 'Sel de l'atlantic' means salt of atlantic ... And yes, this is pure kal uppu and it does blend well ... it is more salty than table salt ... Hope I have cleared ... pls. let me know if u have more doubts tooo.... Thanks friend ... Regards, Suni ...

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Hi Krithika

The post that I sent you has a minor error

Koshering is term used in relation to some purification by Jews. Kosher salt does not contain any additives like iodine although Morton salt contains iodine.

In the secnd line it should say Morton Kosher salt contains iodine.

In your post you have mentioned that there is no market that sells salt in your area. You may want to check any health food stores, like Trader Joes, Whole foods etc.
In our area, regular groc. stores carry sea salt in small containers in their health foods section.

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