Some websites recommend adding a dye or food coloring to the salt. However, when you add liquid to salt it gets clumpy, and then dissolves. So you'll want to use something dry to color it instead. Here's a basic recipe for black salt:
- 2 parts sea salt
- 1 part scrapings from a cast iron skillet or pot OR
- 1 part fine ash from your fire pit OR
- 1 part finely ground black pepper OR
- 1 part dry, powdered black food coloring
Depending on the density of your coloring ingredient, you may need to adjust the portions a little, but that's the basic method of making it. If you have a well-seasoned cast iron pot or cauldron, you should be able to get a good amount of black scrapings out of the bottom of it — if it seems too oily, use the ash or pepper instead. A few readers have also recommended using black chalk dust, black powdered food dye, or lamplight.
NOW...One super easy method of making Black Salt is....just gather up ashes and scrapings from everything that has been used. Throw it all in a jar. Basically things that are black from beind used up. Whether cast iron skillet scraping, fire pit, fire place, used/burned up charcoal from incense. Anything and everything.
Don't confuse this concoction, however, with the black salt used in Indian cuisine — that item is actually a mineral salt which is a weird pinkish gray color and has a bit of a sulfuric taste to it.
If you'd rather buy some and not put your own energy effort into it...get it here.
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