Salt is well known as a food preservative and flavouring agent. It has been used to preserve food for many years and is the main seasoning ingredient. It gives the food flavour, essential nutrients, texture, and enhances the colour. But it also plays other, lesser-known roles such as in cosmetics. The richness of minerals it contains proven can cleanse and soften skin and hair. Also, benefited in modern medicine to regulate blood pressure, balance body fluids in the blood, and secretion of gastric acid. Salt contains two main minerals, sodium and chloride. Which are essential for human health. Sodium is essential for nerve and muscle function and is involved in the regulation of fluids in the body, also Sodium plays...
Have you ever wondered about all the hype over sea salt? How does it differ from table salt? The key differences are in the tastes, texture and process. Table salt is a refined salt that comes from salt mines that have gone through processes which usually contain iodine -an additive to prevent clumping. Meanwhile, sea salt comes from evaporated sea water and has limited processes without adding any anti-caking. Since it’s minimally processed, the minerals in it such as potassium and magnesium are still retained. This is one reason why it’s often considered more nutritional than table salt. Because getting enough sodium is important for fluid balance, hydration, and digestion. Sea salt is suitable to enhance both savory and sweet recipes because it comes in...
Who doesn’t love desserts? Most of us love having it even after we are full. As one says “there’s always room for dessert”. Then, what’s your favourite dessert? Mine and most of humanity is chocolate, we love it to death. The age range doesn’t matter, it is loved by toddlers to elders. We swear on the smell and it's a sweet-bitter rich flavour of chocolate. But did you know your favourite chocolate devour mostly contains salt? Again, "a pinch of salt" is always added in dessert recipes, including chocolate. Even chocolate makers and chocolatiers are still adding salt to the chocolate as you will always find a Sea Salt bar in their assortments. It must be because salt pairs wonderfully...
Black garlic is a product of ageing regular garlic bulbs over the course of weeks or months, which requires strictly regulated temperature and humidity to achieve the perfect consistency and colour. The change in color is caused by the Maillard reaction. In short, it is a process of a chemical reaction between amino acids and reducing sugars that gives browned food its distinctive flavour. Such as, the browning of various meats when seared or grilled, coffee roasting and the browning and umami taste in fried onions. Most people would assume it’s a caramelization process but it is not, even though the results can be similar to the naked eyes. In this particular Maillard process, it’s a fresh raw garlic that...
Salt is a necessary ingredient in the kitchen. Just about every savoury and even some sweet dishes use salt. In cooking it is used in different ways such as curing, baking, finishing, grilling, and BBQ-ing. But because of everyday use, we would crave for something a little different, a simple tweak. Hence, on certain days like those, when you are in need of something a little more, consider using smoked salt. It gives dishes some smoky aroma and a nice twist to your dishes. Smoked salts are sea salt flakes that have been infused with smoke from untreated, real wood, with no artificial flavours or colours at all. The salt is smoked with bark-free woods for a long time. In the process, the wood...
