Ghuguni Recipe checks all the boxes for me. It is vegan, gluten-free, protein-rich and easy to make. A simple side dish that can be served as a snack too. Try making this yum curry and you will fall in love with it!
Homemade Flavored Salts
Homemade Flavoured Salts, use them, and jack up the Oomph factor of your food.
These Homemade Flavoured Salts are simple to make at home and highly customisable.
Flavoured Salts can be used for gifting. Just get beautiful containers and add these salts to them. I am sure your friends will appreciate them more.
Flavoured Salts
I have made 3 flavours garlic salt, cumin salt and sweet paprika salt since I am making it the first time. But seeing how these salts are accepted I will try my hand at rosemary garlic salt, orange salt and vanilla salt.
These salts I have used on potatoes you can use it on asparagus, cauliflower, Corn cobs, mushrooms, sweet potato … the list is endless. Will love to try it on ridge gourd and pumpkin too.
Flavoured Salts Roasted PotatoNow you will be wondering just why I am talking about these flavoured salts. Have I lost it?
No, of course not, today is Monday and MondayBlogHop day and our theme is #192 One spice ingredient dishes suggested by Sasmita. Sasmita is an amazing cook her pictures are amazing. One of her recent post Carrot Mini Cresent Rolls are so cute. Just right in a party, for kids tiffin box or even with your tea.
Cumin Flavoured Salt
Now, I am an Indian and I love my spices getting down to 1 spice is very difficult. I mean look at this list from Wikipedia. Most ingredients I use right from mustard, jeera/cumin what I consider spices like chillies, and masala is listed out here.
This is the challenge I have to make a list of 1 spice ingredients as even jeera rice that I have has a minimum of 2 spices. But then there is aadrak chai or ginger tea, elachi chai or green cardamon tea, lemongrass tea. Rest I cannot think of right now.
Jeera pani or Jeera Water is highly recommended for an upset stomach. You just boil jeera/cumin and water cool and drink.
These days I have been recommended a glass of water in which dhania or coriander seeds are soaked overnight. This water I drink first thing in the morning. This helps in flushing the kidneys and all the salts once flushed out lowers your Blood pressure.
These too will fit in this theme of 1 spice foods.
Homemade Flavored Salts
But I choose to make these flavoured salts, wrong time for me but then I love the way the family has enjoyed these potatoes. I had one lone sweet potato I have used it too. My pictures are not too good but my food has disappeared so will remake and update the pictures yet again.
Also, next time I will use rock salt in place of regular salt.
Homemade Flavored Salts
Homemade Flavored Salts
Flavored Salts are customisable, make the assorted flavours your family likes and sit back and enjoy the compliments that come your way.
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Servings: 1 bowl
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Ingredients
For Cumin Salt:
- 2 tbsps jeera/cumin seeds toasted and cooled
- 1 tbsp salt
For Garlic salt:
- 2 tbsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp salt
For Sweet Paprika Salt:
- 2 tbsp sweet paprika powder
- 1 tbsp salt
For the bake:
- 4 potatoes
- 1 sweet potato
- Butter or olive oil for brushing
Instructions
To make Cumin Salt:
- In the mortar add the cumin grind cumin seeds with the pestle crush them.
- When the jeera/cumin is coarsely ground add the salt and grind once again till you get a mixture of your liking. I have left it a bit coarse.
- Transfer to a small bowl.
To make Garlic Salt:
- In the mortar add the garlic powder and salt. Mix well with the pestle. Transfer to a small bowl.
To make Sweet Paprika Salt:
- In the mortar add the sweet paprika powder and salt. Mix well with the pestle. Transfer to a small bowl.
To make Flavored Salt Potatoes:
- Preheat oven to 200°C.
- Grease a baking tray lightly with oil.
- Cut the potatoes in half horizontally.
- With a sharp knife cut slits in the potato. Take care and do not go right down into the potato. Cut as close as possible.
- Arrange the potato the intact portion down on the tray. Sprinkle the salt mixture.
- Brush with half the butter.
- Bake for 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes carefully turn the potatoes. (take care they will be hot)
- Brush with the remaining butter.
- Sprinkle the flavoured salt and bake for a further 30 minutes or until crisp.
- Serve hot.
Notes
- In place of potatoes use cauliflower, sweet potato.
- You can use boiled corn to spread the cumin salt and butter.
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The girl next door says
Flavoured salts are a lovely way to add oomph to food. Great recipes, so simple and doable. 🙂
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks, Priya.
Poonam Bachhav says
Totally in love with this share di ! Flavored salts sounds innovative and the recipe is so simple.
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks, Poonam.
Kalyani says
super stuff, ARch! simple, handy and irresistible with those baked potatoes ! simply yummmmm !
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks, Kal.
Sujata Roy says
Three types of flavoured salt sounds great. Perfect to sprinkle on fruits, salad or any bland food. Lovely share.
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks, Sujata.
Swati says
Archana, This is such a wonderful idea.. these salts can be used in salads, raitas and other snacks and starters.. and so easy to prepare..Lovey share..
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks, Swati.
Mayuri Patel says
As soon as I saw your post on FB, I actually slapped my forehead thinking ‘why why do I look for flavored salt on the shelves when its so easy to make them at home.’ Good post and a reminder that bloggers should not ignore simple and yet very flavorful recipes.
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks, Mayuri yes I do agree we overlook the simpler food.
Preethi's Cuisine says
Fantastic idea of making flavored salts at home Archana. Adding them to baking potatoes sounds interesting.
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks.
sasmita says
This flavored salt sounds wonderful !! love to make some baked potatoes sprinkled with these
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks.
Renu says
Such a easy peasy way to make flavoured salts. Wonder why we buy them. Thanks for this , goes well in a lot of dishes.
ArchanaPotdar says
:D. thanks dear.