Black salt
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Black salt (kala namak) is an unrefined table salt with a strong sulfurous taste. Contrary to what its name suggests, this salt is pink in color and has only a faint salty taste (due to its high mineral content). It is used extensively in Indian cuisine as a condiment as well as in ayurvedic medicine and is commonly sold in the form of a fine, almost completely odorless powder.
Black Salt is also the name for a type of salt used in occult practices as a means of protection. The composition of this salt is mainly burnt rue, graveyard dirt, and crushed Sea salt. Do not eat.