How Himalayan Black Salt Is Made At Dangerous Temperatures In India | Still Standing
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- It takes a full day working in temperatures up to 1,000 degrees Celsius to make one batch of Himalayan black salt, or kala namak. The salt was once used as a medicine to treat indigestion. Today, it’s a staple in South Asian cuisine - known for its unique eggy and umami taste. But the long and dangerous process of making it has pushed people away from the craft.
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00:00 - Intro
01:05 - Preparing The Kiln
01:59 - Making Pots
03:40 - Adding Pots To Kiln
04:25 - Cooking The Kala Namak
06:27 - Removing And Breaking Pots
07:20 - Breaking Kala Namak
07:56 - Packaging Kala Namak
08:26 - Challenges
10:56 - A New Market
13:33 - Looking Ahead
14:09 - Credits
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What would have made the documentary complete is if they would have shown the modern way of how the black salt is now produces in factories in less hazardous and hygienic conditions
But that would take the fun out of dissing India.
Right because I wouldn't buy it in fear of this is where it came from
There is no other way
@@tindrumssays the labour from the factory
@@Channel-kc4zrbruh one thing demand isn’t dying, its used in everything in you household. go get it from a tata or reliance they’ll sell you a factory processed salt
Ahh, the old-fashioned, cut-up bits of bike tyre. As has been used for centuries.
Fun fact! The guy who invented bikes was like “huh, these weird loops of rubber used to make salt is very conveniently the exact shape I need to make my weird contraption roll better”, and thus the bike was invented. It’s an amazing story, brings tears to my eyes, probably because of all that burning rubber but still.
😂😂😂😂 funny..
Not what they meant. What is being used for burning isn't the old method but how the salt is made.
Though you're right and they should clarify this.
fr fr, I don't know why we eat anything from these shit holes
Adds to the health benefits of the salt. :D
There are times when traditional practices need to change. Seems like it is a good thing that have been moving away from this method
they have changed, but Business Insider and others always like to cherrypick such factories which are known to be hazardous even among locals. Notice how they didnt give even a slight mention of how it's made in modern factories
That's a tradational practice without tradational equipment, tire, diesal or coal did not exist milleniums ago, cow dung was used as fuel, but that doesn't cause harm. The synthetic materials are coz people working are below poverty line and that is their only source of income, this is declining coz this is being replaced by cleaner modern process by bigger companies.
This is not a factory of well known brands ...... this is most likely made and sold in local villages
@@iliketurtles9719 this is the kind of salt we se being sold on the shops with those big blocks of black salt
@@shrey.theholyswan not to mention the fact that they most likely tell the people they're interviewing to speak in their native language, note that unless the person is supposed to be american they never speak english, even if the person is from an extremely well educated idea.
Bro no one wants this tradition to survive except the owner lol
ur wording is wrong, the tradition is alive where its automated with technology but this specific owner does it all manually and it is grueling work
Polluting the dam world stop it
@@Michael-vw6rg The bike tires add that special flavor though.
@@yongliu1230
SnailMan’s words were not wrong. The tradition of making and using the salt in foods was never the issue. The issue the rest of the world has with this particular owner is the fact that his factory makes the salt under such nasty conditions! Make the salt under cleaner conditions and more people worldwide would want it. More modern factories are taking all the owner’s business and workers. The owner has a choice. Either upgrade and update the factory (at significant cost) or go out of business. Looks like he’s gonna go out of business. He doesn’t want to upgrade or he can’t afford to.
As long as they are happy with it, and their customers, I see no problem.
I've visited a black salt factory few years ago. They had machineries yet some what traditional way of making, similar to furnace in this video but mordenised and minus the burning tyres part of course.
I'm glad that this factory is the last one which makes it this way. I hope his sons upgrade it and keep it running.
This tyre burning thing is just wrong. The state where this factory is functioning, the people there are just not educated enough to care.
Sadly India is the largest recycler of tires in the world which makes for cheap fuel and gets used in ways like these. Hope the countries that ship those unwanted tires and the India govt do something to not take trash in from of other countries.
Carcinogens and PFAS in my salt. Lovely!
@@kaing5074 do you eat this salt?
look at that well dressed owner compared to his "employees". solid dude eh?
always getting the maximum out of his "coolies " and they make 4 dollars for this kind of shitty ass job .
TRUEST COMMENT. “Employees “ are in/ using rags and tattered clothing, living in the factory eeking by. Then top governor strolls in with his iPhone gleefully talking about this is his identity.
That's modern feudalism for ya!
@@Xeonerableno it’s capitalism bro
thats true even for the case of MNCs. look where elon mask lives, compared to the rented apartment of their ground level employees.
Bro making pots all day only to be broke down, has to be nerve racking lol
Idk why but this got me😂😂😂
? Clay is always recycled. It's just the process
@@AbsolemDavisson You may grind the fragments of broken pots to use a grog for the next batch of clay perhaps, but you'll still need fresh material. It isn't as recyclable as something like metal
its the beauty of ceramics. Completely environment friendly and can be reused to make more pots.
@@Cloud7050 Ceramics are fully recyclable, it's just that it is difficult and it just isn't cost efficient because broken ceramics are still useful and the raw resources are readily available. So while it's not correct to say you can't recycle it, there has to be a big environmental need to recycle and that doesn't really exist.
We have to work continuously in extremely high temperatures without any modern protective gear.
I can't imagine working under those circumstances. It must take a lot of resilience.
I hope you all receive the recognition and support you deserve for doing such demanding work.
It's amazing how you can handle that kind of heat without proper protection. Much respect!
@@manojv9259 Yeah thefinalUSA is making salt in india right?
It's the burning tires that concerns me because it's smoke is very harmful when inhaled by humans or animals as well plus it's effects to the environment & the atmosphere.
The entire process can be automated and made environment friendly, The kiln can be made permanent, Just by watching the video I was thinking To make Kala namak/ black salt what you need is high temperature to melt the salt and the masala blend that goes into the pots, An electric kiln that is used to sinter/ Heat clay/ceramic pots can easily be used to control the temperature and make kala nanak, Each pot can be filled with a precise mix of the ingredients heated and let cool, Voila you would have Kala Namak/ Black Salt.
As Humans we should try to find solutions for problems.
I was thinking the same
Black salt is made in the same way you told in big factories and must of the people but that one only but there are some small industries
Like this who do this and say it's tradition which it is not they do it for money. My grand father once took me to a local factory to show me how black salt is made in traditional way I which the pots are made with lid and then put in the furnace
@@unknown5152p yeah because they had diesel fuel and bike tires back in the day
"Make it the traditional way" 0:38 shows burning bicycle tires lol
Don’t forget the cow dung and coal. And diesel fuel when they can get it. But it’s more expensive. Real traditional, huh?
Traditionally made like everything else in India sh**y. Why do you think they all go other places in the world or still have a cast system. To keep others down………. But like whatever I don’t want salt soaked in tire oil
@@leroyjenkins4811 I mean, the cow dung IS traditional as grass fed cow dung is basically just dried up plant matter, but as for the rest of it...
the salt looks filthy and full of sticks and trash too.
I can understand the cow dung, I can somewhat understand the coal, I don’t understand burning bicycle tires or diesel burning for “traditional anything “
Yes, it's absolutely insane, cow dung too is not an efficient fuel with a very low calorific value
@@AlwyneAvinash Don't go with the flow desi boy.. In India Sun Dried Cow Dung is used as a fuel from ancient times. If you did not know this then you have wasted your parents resources or bunked your classes.
@@AlwyneAvinashcow dung isn't efficient but
It's cheaper and readily available as we have many cows here in India. And burning tyres is the worst thing I have ever seen
@@unknown5152p in my 5th grade, I had studied that cow dung has the least calorific value than any other fuel with high carbon emission, just because we have cow dung in abundance doesn't mean we need to use it as a fuel.
@@AlwyneAvinash ya i think so too, I just googled and found that coal gives 3 times as much energy for the same amount of money as cow dung. I think like they said how it is a "traditional way" (Which I don't agree with cuz I have seen traditional way of making black salt when I was younger and they used wood/coal) they are using it
Cow dung, burning tires really put the "flavor" in the salt.
🤣 I was thinking the same thing!
You ask for a traditional way, you got it :D
I think after publishing this video, they will really close their business very soon >.
Better than using bat meat and dropping - the China way! 😂
Cow dung is a normal thing here, it's dried and can be burned. Tyres that's just shitty
Worker work like hell , owner live like heaven
I wonder if it is caused by the caste system there
@@gemmameidia8438 i wonder if amazon workers peeing in bottles is a result of caste system
@@coldestbeerwhy u pissed bro, it's not like casteism doesn't except in India
@shivanisamyal3143 is your poor english the result of casteism too?
@@coldestbeer Its capitalism pay as low as you can to maximize the profit
So we have cow dung fumes and bike tire fumes getting into the salt. Also droppings of the coal and cow dung mixture into the salt. And it looks like the salt has plenty of impurities as well. They apparently are unable to make chimneys, or in any other way modernise their kilns. How is this thing not shut down by the local health department decades ago?
its in India we call every kind of impurities and health hazards as traditional way of living .
Cause no one got sick from the product. No Indian that is.
Boohoo it's india and made for india. If u don't wanna eat it don't. No one is forcing u to eat it
India and health hazard has no relation. This business could make billions of dollars but, they wouldn't change a thing about food safety and cleanliness. This is just their culture which the Indians defend like their life depends on it.
@@ossifiedprophet7495it is salt, a product that is only used in small amounts. Even if it has carcinogens and heavy metals etc dose not likely to hurt consumers. Inhaling all that coal and tire smoke is almost definitively harming the workers though. Not surprised that no workers wanted their children to follow in their footsteps.
It's their fault that they are not modernising and not improving safety at all. They could use masks (gas masks, anything is better than none, though), not burn rubber, buy modern equipment/a well-made furnace... Also buying a simple hand operated crusher (or electrical one) would save those poor people the constant hammering...
Money, the problem its money
@@patriciopincheira3552 The problem seems to be greediness, lack of education and being unconcerned with the workers health.
@@mabeScI agree. The owner isn't required by law to waste the profits on his fancy outfit and could choose cost-effective improvements instead.
Oh, wait, this is India. There's so many people that those closer to the bottom of the atrocious social strata that they're the one of the most disposable workers in the planet.
Nah.. They're used to it. Give them safety equipment, they'll just throw it away. We provided safety hats and masks to our construction workers and not a single one of them even tried to wear one. They would rather d!e in the name of comfort than stay safe.
I've seen factory workers breathe in toxic firecracker powdered chemicals and still refused to wear basic surgical mask. These workers are incredibly stubborn and have no sense. They know its bad for them but still refuse to wear masks.
Maybe this owner should pay his workers a better wage and give that factory an upgrade
oh whitie
Oh... If he had money why would be his company on the verge of collapse?
This reminds me of an old story of two families with the same business. One family wanted to pass the hard traditions down, so their children's children did pain staking work in their village. The 2nd family decided to invest in better equipment and make deals. The 2nd family was able to hire workers and produced safer/better products in their factories.
The dude that can make 35 pots a day would earn so much money in europe. If you can dish out 35 pots per day that look THAT good, bruh...
Why would he earn as much money as you say?
@@parthulemale4876coz if he starts a pottery business there will sell his items at a much better price and seems to be very skilled person.
The owner is definitely paying him god damn pennies for this level of focused work, somebody call Cal Newport deep work isn't always rewarding especially if the people above you are ready to exploit you at every opportunity.
dude there are millions in india who can make such types of pots.
@@parthulemale4876 Because no one in europe makes pots that good at that rate. handmade fetches a premium in europe.
“He has to constantly change the speed at which he spins the clay to get the perfect shape”
“An electronic potters wheel can not do this work.”
Apparently they’ve never heard of a variable speed pedal that come with electronic pottery wheels that allow you to adjust speed depending on how much you push the pedal. So it actually can do the work, you just want to keep tradition alive, which is admirable, but lying doesn’t help your case.
It will be good if 1. They clean raw material before poring in pots. 2. Do not use tyres as fuel. 3. They install a chimney and 4. Explain what is contained in masala which goes with raw salt.
Can’t beat that cow dung and bicycle tire flavoring!
It doesn't affect the flavor, but the tires in particular would release harmful chemicals. That alone is reason for these guys to get shut down, and open a factory in Lucknow.
I can see why this salt is becoming more popular. It's so much easier/simplier to produce than Korean black salt, thus making this black salt cheaper than the Korean variety
I refuse to believe an electric pottery wheel can't produce what a manual pottery wheel does. That just seems like they're afraid of anything that reduces the need for man power. Things would be so much better if they modernized
Yeah but then your not in a trance looking into a hole that can affect the pot with the slightest move and get to kick it with your bro late into the night listening to songs on your phone after you just smoked one
@@hex1443lol what a g!! That’s what’s up so true
Indeed there are large factories doing the same but better and safer, they only wanna show the ones that are dangerous for clicks
Some traditions deserve to be relegated to history… This is one!
as a south indian i always found black salt weird. it always gave a mild egg-fart smell when you eat something with it sprinkled on, always wondered why you'd use seasoning that smells like a fart.... looking at the process it kinda makes more sense lol
Sulfur compounds resembling the rotten egg smell used in the vulcanization of rubber are leached into the salt during burning of the tires. That is why it tastes eggy.
@toolbaggers i think tires are not an integral part of the recipe lol. That's just the problem in small non mechanized factories like this. We do have actual factories in india ya kno 😆
South indians will never be white
It has more sulfur content and that's why the smell. Even I don't like it in cooked food, but only for seasoning.
Is asafoetida much different other than its safety?
Honestly the clay processing into pots is a most wonderful and satisfying feat. 35 of those a day! I delight and marvel at his ability but also morn the clear loss in life it took to reach that lvl of craftsmanship.
Interesting and kudos for our hard working brothers but burning tire and thinking its residue can be mixed in the salt, I was convinced not to even try a pinch. I believed this is not the old fashioned way of preparing it. Please preserved this gem the right and healthy way. ❤
It's just for earning money traditional way is much more better and healthy
Tradition should never be an excuse for exploiting workers.
Your employees aren't interested in passing the craft down to the next generation? I wonder why 🙄
0:37 in, they are burning bicycle tires to do it "the traditional way"
They can probably sell more if they replace the burning tires with burning vinyl records. You can really taste the better sounding music. 😂
All Ravi Shankar records
Appreciate all the people who work like this 💯
"... is one of the last factory making the salt this way, but it s on the brink of shutting down" THANK GOD.
This is the most appalling narration of a Business Insider video ever done! Kudos to the Channel's Editor who signed off on this video. I've seen so many fascinating videos and learned about more things from this channel.
Agree there are some food products made in unhealthy ways in India because of lack of knowledge or education on how to produce them in a safe and efficient manner. But you wouldn't think Business Insider would be reporting about a company that has no regards to health & safety.
I think it's good to show how bad it is
I actually like the entire process. I didnt know those salt even exist. Now that I know, I would avoid buying it.
@@Tabula_Rasa1 Your like of burning cow dung and tires is disconcerning...
@@platysplatys3967 English must not be your first language or you need to learn to read.
@@Tabula_Rasa1well if u haven't tried black salt i would suggest do give it a try... I'm not saying this method is accurate or anything
Just try the ones which are processed in factory!! It really does enhance the taste n also tye entire black salt market don't follow this method so maybe give it a try sometimes
I'm not really a humanist or ecologist, but it seems very dumb to risk human lives, health and the environment just to make some colored salt that has no benefit.
It really does taste like eggs though, actually it's pretty popular in vegan dishes because of it. But I agree, it's dumb to produce it in the traditional way by underpaid workers when you can have better machinery for it.
@@liliana.6053 someone will probably complain that machines are taking away people's jobs
Especially since there are modern ways to produce it
The benefits are profits to the owner.
@@liliana.6053 Sulfur compounds resembling the rotten egg smell used in the vulcanization of rubber are leached into the salt during burning of the tires. That is why it tastes eggy. You are literally eating burnt rubber tires.
Are basic bricks or even mud chimneys really that impossible to make? They can build entire castles out of mud but not something so simple?
'This Potters wheel relies on the momentum to spin it'. That's literally how a potters wheel work, it spins... Either by a machine or putting something as basic as a small pedal at the bottom that you repeatedly press to make it spin.
'Workers have to be careful as they pour it.' Then just use the same fricking plank that they just used to pour the salt in, or how about a very long spoon so they can keep their distances?
None of this is expensive, just unknown technology. No wonder nobody wants to work there.
looks very unhygenic... rubber tyres and grinding salt on the concrete floor...
You're forgetting the excrement. Feces are the absolute height of sanitation!
It's India 😂
@@MomMom4Cubs That is what give them the eggy flavor lol
Nice to see the intricate process of how India's black salt is made-I had now idea of the difficult process
In India we use Himalayan pink salt which is mined straight from Himalayan beds.
Pink salt is from Pakistan. Isn’t it?
@@rachana777partly
@@rachana777it is
@@rachana777 it is available and made in India too bcz of our Himalayas
Thank you for this kala namak discovery, I was intrigued, so I bought it from Iherb. Yes it tastes eggy and has almost sulfur smell, a very particular salt. Happy with it! (hope there is not a lot of burned tires, cow poop and others dusts in it 😅) Great documentary
99% of black salt isn't prepared this way, they're made in factories 😅
This is why I dont need to drive an EV, as long as these guys are still working like this my car is not a 1/100th as bad as this place, thank you India :)
Bro the vast majority of people buying EVs dont drive them because they car about being green they just like the vehicles.
Taylor swift flies so much in her private jet she produces the same emissions 1000 people do in a lifetime.
She also has the record for shortest flight being 4mins
@@ClintWestVood true thats one of the biggest issues that and farms. Cow farts are a huge contributing factor to rising greenhouse gasses.
Lmao they would do the exact same procedure in Japan and charge 1000 dollars for 100 grams. 😂
What's so funny about that?
True
Pretty sure they wouldn't be using cow dung and tires
@@Akahoshi8859-z9sthe funny thing is the sole bias of human societies in morden times
In one hand people will go nuts after seeing 500+ year tradition of making some thing in JAPAN for only $1000+
While on the other hand would dismiss indian handcrafted products which is selling in like 50 cent or 1 or 2 dollar
( The implementation of my comment goes to all people , indians too have this kinda biased pov )
Buy it from India Brother.
You’re making it seem like it’s some glorious traditional heritage craft when it’s just unhygienic pollution inducing exploitation.
These people are burning tires & I'm over here not allowed to have a grocery bag at the store to save the world 😂
Never used- or will use black salt after watching this.
Thanks for informing me.
It tastes good, and IMO the ones we can buy it's industrialised and standardized for quality standards. I agree with you, of course, when focusing on details 😅 (.. but almost every manufactory had dirty secrets)
@@louspi That was unavoidable hundreds of years ago, before we had the ability to share those dirty secrets.
Now it's time for us to work together to try to do better.
@@stickyfox I understand and don't blame their hard work. Our society soo normalized and controled etc etc also does produce contaminated food, sick fish, polluted soil and so far. Namak salt is delicious 😊
Don't eat farmed fish or mega farmed beef or chicken, they're fed shiit and offal and slaughter remnants
If anyone is wondering it tastes (20% tangy /70% salty /10% pungent like surfer ) overall unique taste cant be replicated by other ingredients .it's used in chats like panipuri .
I was having some soft boiled eggs with black salt sprinkled on top and this video came up. The algorithm knows me too much.
Watching these videos should make everyone think that most of us who are on TH-cam are very privileged and need to be reminded to be truly grateful. Treat their product always with respect
Thank you for this documentary, I showed this to my wife she is mortified as she loves black salt
Thanks for watching!
@@BusinessInsider 🤣🤣🤣💀
अमरूद के साथ काला नमक 🤤
This is effed on so many levels.
I have been using Black Salt for over 3 years. The salt is real great.
what a load of bs at the end again. Pure marketing "oh it adds some flavour". No it won t be noticable with all those spices...
Those who work in such a hot, smoky & accident prone working weather -- they are our God.Also they are our friends .
Take my pronam.
The owner must be held accountable for work hazards. There are no basic safety gloves for the workers.
Burning tyres and inhaling in is jumping into toxic hell fire.
Awesome! The black tire soot gives it it's distinguish salty eggy chemical taste!
Can someone please provide the details/ address of this black salt factory in Lucknow 🙏🙏🙏
Behind jammuna hotel
Lucknow
Here we can't use plastic straws, because it's harmful for the environment, while these guys are using bike tyres as fuel. Great success!
have you ever seen how they dismantle old ships in their shores? why? because almost no other countries take those kind of tasks due to environmental and health issues. So, yeah first world countries has all the cares, however they rarely take care on how are produced or how their wastes are handled. And that applies for every item consumed.
Would you eat the salt made from burning tires and cow dung?
Keep dreaming about being the centre of attraction by insulting others. I pity on you kiddo!🤣
That’s a valid point. How much of the fuel’s carcinogens get into the salt during the process?
@BlamekhamasHello. Is life beautiful in sharia countries? Tell me more
The smoke absolutely gets into the salt. And more worrying was the workers casually dropping cow dung coal mixture into the pots while filling them up.@Blamekhamas
@Blamekhamassmoke goes through just about anything with holesin it aka most materials. This salt is smoked with shit and rubber. As is your brain.
The bike tires vs diesel comment made me think I was watching satire or something from interdimmentional cable … You almost hear the narrator holding back laughter
Just because a method is old doesn't mean that it's good. Hand sewing your clothes doesn't produce as good a product as using a sewing machine which gives better and stronger stitches. Why waste time and have dangerous working conditions using old outdated methods when new methods can produce either an identical result or an even better result?
Perhaps some people want to taste the suffering in every bite.
innovation can keep the business afloat and sustainable
I have a tiny bit of kala namak and now i have reconsideration of my original decision to buy it i hope better factories pop up
This is one of the last factories making it traditionally....most kala namak is produced in modern factories under safer conditions...
how are there still so many people in india?? they are working in such dangerous workplaces, it is actually crazy
The human body and mind is a LOT more study than you can ever imagine. People survive years long wars and come out fine, this is nothing in comparison.
Do you know how babies are made? :D
If you make enough of them, you'll have a big group too.
I remember that these guys posted a video of Bamboo salt made in Korea. It also had wood ash and impurities, but no one posted a single bad comment there. I am not a supporter of using tires but cow dung is fine, it's not so different than wood.
Tires definitely a bad idea. But you're right there's nothing wrong with dried cow dung. It's mostly just grass anyway & has been used for fires for centuries at least.
@@NirrrinaRight. Not great to cook on but the cooking part comes much later into the fire
I don’t really get what the problem with the tires is.
1. The tires are used to start the fire. Heating something up ~1000 C is not exactly a quick process. I don’t think there is any tire left in by the time it reaches that heat
2. With regard to burning tires not being good for the environment, yes, that is true. However, burning a few tires really has no significant impact on the environment. I’d be more concerned with it being bad for the people in the immediate vicinity
anyone from outside of India, can try this recipe - take a cup of curd, add 2 TS of sugar & mix together & then take a pinch of Black salt and mix again.
serve it & enjoy your drink......... thank me later.
Electric wheel can definitely do the job more efficient
@@misssmith7225thats a weird a poor excuse? Imo if a person isn’t able to learn new things and improve over time they aren’t 1 very intelligent 2 are lazy and set in their ways or 3 ignorant.
The bicycle tires sounds amazingly healthy.........
A rudimentary chimney would massively improve their working environment.
People all over the world cook with wood and just make a whole in the roof. A chimney costs money😮
Black salt also known as "Sanchal" or "Kala Namak" is an ingredient in the masala soda called Jaljeera. It is made from limes and mint leaves crushed in a glass add chaat masala powder, toasted cumin seed powder, black salt and filled with Thumbs Up brand cola from India. Refreshing on a hot day!
Mmmm, delicious umami and eggy aroma from the bike tires
Don't forget the cow dung
What was the guy who discovered this trying to do in the first place 😅😅. But thanks to him we have "alu muri", "jhaal muri", and other delicious Indian Street food.
0:45 she says “this is one of the LAST factories making kala namak (black salt) THIS WAY”. Not all black salt is made the same way, this is just one of the last remaining factories that are doing it traditionally.
It removes the water molecule from the salt crystal and adds flavor, most peoples commenting haven’t tasted its crystal, try a true tablet sized crystal it tastes really good.
Never heard of it, now I have to try it.
Since kala namak
is an important ingredient of our food, new
technology must
be introduced to
manufacture
it.This will also
protect workers
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toxic fumes.
These people are burning tyre chunks and making this shit…. No thanks
Lol tires for extra flavour
Burning tires is not a traditional way of making fire. Shame on you
Did you see they use tires as fuel 😂. Good luck eating rubber and plastic!
you mean rubber tyre to the last bit of charcoal ? its some chemistry. you are not eating rubber tyre .
It wasn’t tires, it was caw dung, and coal
@@pcom9209 Rubber tires contain heavy metals and other toxic chemicals that infuse into the salt. Instead of hickory wood smoking bbq meat (all smoke is carcinogenic,) you get toxic fumes smoking salt.
U r not eating rubber as it is the salt is cooked inside a pot
@@toolbaggers no u don't the smoke doesn't enter the pot
It’s tangy, and burning cow dung and rubber tires n the production process really adds a level of earthiness……
I love the pungent flavor and robustness of black salt. We have this in Hawaii too!
It's all the burned bicycle tires.
And the poop@@TheDarkPorkins
Hawai’ian black salt is a completely different thing. It’s black because of activated charcoal and doesn’t have the sulfur taste of Kala namak.
@@cloflomonster yes I understand this. It's called volcano salt. Hawaii also has a red salt too. Not Himalayan either.
@@DaveVargas90012 bali also has that but different method they use the black sand to dry the salt and extract it
But I heard that black salt comes from mountains, and here they are making it with sambhar salt ?
Sorry, but I prefer the way the Japanese make it or anything that's similarly clean. Burning tire, as if there is not enough sh*t in our air, is now called traditional and praised? Besides, all this multicolored salts fad needs to stop!
Ok Gonzalo
and what would the Japanese way be? 1000+ dollars for 100 grams of the same thing but without the burning tires and poop smell? get a grip.
@@vander9678
The 'Japanese way' involves letting seawater evaporate and then collecting the salt.
If you're paying more than what Walmart is asking for a pack of salt, you're a moron.
Bro they don't show the morden factory
So they use ancient burning tire technique when they cant afford the more historically accurate diesel gas fire.
Prehistoric humans could build a spinning table with a foot paddle, but this guy can't, wtf
he doesn't want to spend any money to modernise a little bit to improve the hell of a working conditions for that workers , meanwhile whining about modern factories with machines , typical Indian .
They are Hinduses. 1 think they learned by themselves is to how rape tourists.
Thats top notch indian technology. You should see their bathroom culture.
I am a bit worried about the burning old tires clip there.... Thats gonna do... wonders for flavour.
remember when you drink out of that soggy paper straw, half way around the world people are burning rubber tires with cowshit to flavor salt.
And yet that soggy paper straw drinker is emitting more greenhouse gases per capita. Just a hilarious fact.
Are the burning tires smoke bad for a food product? Or is it still safe? I am just wondering because here in quebec, we had a tire dump who caught on fire, and they had to evacuate everywhere the black smoke was going.
Idk I wanted to try it but the way they make it doesn't sound healthy
I can’t get over the burning tired bruh😵💫
Well people don't want to do this anymore because it's stupid, only people drawn to it are the desperate and unfortunate who then get taken advantage of because they have very little options. It's wild how much pointless suffering there is because people are overly selfish. But... that's human history for you I guess.
The smoldering toxic fumes.
is this salt Organic?
"Made the traditional way" Literally bike tires burning.
"They start with cow dung" Wow, this sounds absolutely disgusting.
Cow dung dried is a fuel source it is used to burn, nobody is forcing you to eat it.get a grip.
I agree the tires are a shitty addition
I love black salt, I use it in all my tofu scambles.
These guys can't build a chimney
They can, they just don't want to (innovate).
You have been promoted, you are now one of my ELITE EMPLOYEES 😁
nice burning diesel and tires and cow poop... the smoke is toxic as hell.. and here in the west we try to change the climate...
That’s why nuclear energy is absolutely crucial
You're definitely correct in the first half.
And also wrong in the second half, lol look at the stats of global warming contributors, the "WEST" plays as a major contributor.
Not just the history, even today. The "WEST" is amongst the top 2.
Just because you yourself are being cautious, doesn't mean the whole of the WEST is being a good boy
@@PatelArpitt true but we set limits and aim for improvement.. while on the other side of the world this shit goes on... it will never get better if we don't do it together.
See how much carbon emission US does alone lol and then lecture
U illiterate people don't know anything bout west and lecture east
The change in climate that is taking now is due to the pollution done by the west decades ago. East doesn't have to be responsible for this.
That potter is amazing
Japanese don't touch everything with their bare feet😂