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Regional and named salts

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Rough reddish-purple kala namak lumps fill a shallow cream ceramic bowl, with two lumps resting on the warm ivory tabletop.
Salt

Black salt

Black salt, or kala namak, is a South Asian rock salt fired with plant material until it holds sulphur compounds and smells of boiled eggs. It seasons chaats, chutneys and fruit, and it gives vegan egg dishes their eggy note.