How Himalayan Black Salt Is Made At Dangerous Temperatures In India | Still Standing

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  • Опубліковано 14 тра 2024
  • 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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  • @richardparsons7012
    @richardparsons7012 2 місяці тому +1133

    Ahh, the old-fashioned, cut-up bits of bike tyre. As has been used for centuries.

    • @FBIagentObama
      @FBIagentObama 2 місяці тому +132

      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.

    • @zeeeli1377
      @zeeeli1377 2 місяці тому +3

      😂😂😂😂 funny..

    • @DiabolicGoth
      @DiabolicGoth 2 місяці тому +5

      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.

    • @nocomment4848
      @nocomment4848 2 місяці тому

      fr fr, I don't know why we eat anything from these shit holes

    • @superresistant8041
      @superresistant8041 2 місяці тому

      @@FBIagentObama and the brother of that inventor, who happen to have diarrhea, says "Wait bro, let me take a crap in it, chef touch 👌"

  • @SamitShankar
    @SamitShankar 2 місяці тому +737

    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

    • @SamitShankar
      @SamitShankar 2 місяці тому +160

      But that would take the fun out of dissing India.

    • @nannerz1994
      @nannerz1994 2 місяці тому +17

      Right because I wouldn't buy it in fear of this is where it came from

    • @tindrums
      @tindrums 2 місяці тому +5

      There is no other way

    • @captaintavish3888
      @captaintavish3888 2 місяці тому +11

      @@tindrumssays the labour from the factory

    • @captaintavish3888
      @captaintavish3888 2 місяці тому +5

      @@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

  • @saipris
    @saipris 2 місяці тому +446

    look at that well dressed owner compared to his "employees". solid dude eh?

    • @shortworld5622
      @shortworld5622 2 місяці тому

      always getting the maximum out of his "coolies " and they make 4 dollars for this kind of shitty ass job .

    • @MrSilentDeathTV
      @MrSilentDeathTV 2 місяці тому +83

      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.

    • @Xeonerable
      @Xeonerable 2 місяці тому +16

      That's modern feudalism for ya!

    • @HahaDamn
      @HahaDamn 2 місяці тому +21

      @@Xeonerableno it’s capitalism bro

    • @iceberg789
      @iceberg789 2 місяці тому +10

      thats true even for the case of MNCs. look where elon mask lives, compared to the rented apartment of their ground level employees.

  • @christinesmith3711
    @christinesmith3711 2 місяці тому +334

    There are times when traditional practices need to change. Seems like it is a good thing that have been moving away from this method

    • @sakagonicdom
      @sakagonicdom 2 місяці тому +19

      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

    • @rage8673
      @rage8673 2 місяці тому +2

      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.

    • @iliketurtles9719
      @iliketurtles9719 Місяць тому

      This is not a factory of well known brands ...... this is most likely made and sold in local villages

    • @somya9949
      @somya9949 Місяць тому

      ​@@iliketurtles9719 this is the kind of salt we se being sold on the shops with those big blocks of black salt

    • @ParrotPentester
      @ParrotPentester Місяць тому

      @@sakagonicdom 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.

  • @ILoveUnicorns602
    @ILoveUnicorns602 2 місяці тому +267

    Bro making pots all day only to be broke down, has to be nerve racking lol

    • @M3gekje
      @M3gekje 2 місяці тому +1

      Idk why but this got me😂😂😂

    • @user-qe1vy4fz7y
      @user-qe1vy4fz7y 2 місяці тому +1

      ? Clay is always recycled. It's just the process

    • @Cloud7050
      @Cloud7050 2 місяці тому +7

      @@user-qe1vy4fz7y 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

    • @wassuphomies263
      @wassuphomies263 2 місяці тому +3

      its the beauty of ceramics. Completely environment friendly and can be reused to make more pots.

    • @precumming
      @precumming 2 місяці тому

      @@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.

  • @huy1k995
    @huy1k995 2 місяці тому +915

    Cow dung, burning tires really put the "flavor" in the salt.

    • @supahfly_uk
      @supahfly_uk 2 місяці тому +33

      🤣 I was thinking the same thing!

    • @fireiceuk9221
      @fireiceuk9221 2 місяці тому +37

      You ask for a traditional way, you got it :D

    • @smallego8068
      @smallego8068 2 місяці тому +24

      I think after publishing this video, they will really close their business very soon >.

    • @sahilkoul01
      @sahilkoul01 2 місяці тому

      Better than using bat meat and dropping - the China way! 😂

    • @brownanrcxist
      @brownanrcxist 2 місяці тому

      Cow dung is a normal thing here, it's dried and can be burned. Tyres that's just shitty

  • @mik29k
    @mik29k 2 місяці тому +73

    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.

    • @AB.926
      @AB.926 Місяць тому

      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.

    • @kaing5074
      @kaing5074 24 дні тому

      Carcinogens and PFAS in my salt. Lovely!

  • @MorbidEel
    @MorbidEel 2 місяці тому +88

    They can probably sell more if they replace the burning tires with burning vinyl records. You can really taste the better sounding music. 😂

  • @TheHCMF
    @TheHCMF 2 місяці тому +155

    Can’t beat that cow dung and bicycle tire flavoring!

    • @nahor88
      @nahor88 Місяць тому +2

      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.

  • @MrJustCallMeJames
    @MrJustCallMeJames 2 місяці тому +690

    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?

    • @shortworld5622
      @shortworld5622 2 місяці тому +213

      its in India we call every kind of impurities and health hazards as traditional way of living .

    • @ossifiedprophet7495
      @ossifiedprophet7495 2 місяці тому +60

      Cause no one got sick from the product. No Indian that is.

    • @livelysirius
      @livelysirius 2 місяці тому +81

      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

    • @t-.-t.
      @t-.-t. 2 місяці тому +62

      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.

    • @christinesmith3711
      @christinesmith3711 2 місяці тому +44

      @@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.

  • @BA-rp4dn
    @BA-rp4dn 2 місяці тому +61

    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.

  • @midnighthoss7484
    @midnighthoss7484 2 місяці тому +29

    0:37 in, they are burning bicycle tires to do it "the traditional way"

  • @braunarsch
    @braunarsch 2 місяці тому +114

    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

    • @toolbaggers
      @toolbaggers 2 місяці тому +18

      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.

    • @braunarsch
      @braunarsch 2 місяці тому +31

      @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 😆

    • @coldestbeer
      @coldestbeer 2 місяці тому

      South indians will never be white

    • @170sac
      @170sac 2 місяці тому +6

      It has more sulfur content and that's why the smell. Even I don't like it in cooked food, but only for seasoning.

    • @everettduncan7543
      @everettduncan7543 2 місяці тому

      Is asafoetida much different other than its safety?

  • @mr.wookiesack
    @mr.wookiesack 2 місяці тому +187

    Cow shit, bike tires, coal, + lake salt and plant powder in a pot= good salt? I think I'll stick to regular salt. Then my minds blown when he says some people make it " with machines" but for some reason food insider found the traditional bike tire cow poo style.

    • @MonkeyDLuffy-nj2px
      @MonkeyDLuffy-nj2px 2 місяці тому +77

      Im okay with cow shit as a fuel for fire, I'm absolutely not okay with starting a fire with bike tires, bro this is so unbearably stupid.

    • @anope9053
      @anope9053 2 місяці тому +18

      i agree with the cow dung, tires, and coal, but 1) where do u think we get salt from? we get it from the ocean where whales regularly shit in, and 2) plant powder is what gives the distinctive taste, i think you're being very reductive

    • @mr.wookiesack
      @mr.wookiesack 2 місяці тому +33

      @@anope9053 most people use table salt. It's dissolved filtered and re crystallized salt mined from deep underground. Fresh sea salt has lots of other mineral salts in it. I'm fine with making special flavored salt. Coincidentally I'm opening up a shop called dirty salts. I throw In Herbs to molten salt in my backyard. My herbs are fresh and we are in a no burning bike tire zone. It doesn't taste the same as the salt baked with cow poop, but it's pretty good. Call me food insider.

    • @trumptookthevaccine1679
      @trumptookthevaccine1679 2 місяці тому +6

      You forgot diesel

    • @emyapl4939
      @emyapl4939 2 місяці тому

      Me too better I use regular salt

  • @evolancer211
    @evolancer211 2 місяці тому +33

    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

    • @hex1443
      @hex1443 2 місяці тому +2

      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

    • @edgargarcia4502
      @edgargarcia4502 Місяць тому

      @@hex1443lol what a g!! That’s what’s up so true

  • @jessewilson8676
    @jessewilson8676 2 місяці тому +47

    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 “

    • @Avinash-xz7yn
      @Avinash-xz7yn 2 місяці тому +3

      Yes, it's absolutely insane, cow dung too is not an efficient fuel with a very low calorific value

    • @ziliender
      @ziliender Місяць тому

      ​​@@Avinash-xz7yn 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.

    • @somya9949
      @somya9949 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@Avinash-xz7yncow 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

    • @Avinash-xz7yn
      @Avinash-xz7yn Місяць тому

      @@somya9949 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.

    • @somya9949
      @somya9949 Місяць тому

      @@Avinash-xz7yn 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

  • @mabeSc
    @mabeSc 2 місяці тому +50

    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...

    • @patriciopincheira3552
      @patriciopincheira3552 2 місяці тому +3

      Money, the problem its money

    • @mabeSc
      @mabeSc 2 місяці тому +21

      @@patriciopincheira3552 The problem seems to be greediness, lack of education and being unconcerned with the workers health.

    • @MomMom4Cubs
      @MomMom4Cubs 2 місяці тому +7

      ​@@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.

    • @t-.-t.
      @t-.-t. 2 місяці тому +2

      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.

    • @t-.-t.
      @t-.-t. 2 місяці тому +2

      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.

  • @triciarichards3429
    @triciarichards3429 2 місяці тому +15

    Maybe this owner should pay his workers a better wage and give that factory an upgrade

  • @CarefreeSince1905
    @CarefreeSince1905 2 місяці тому +77

    Some traditions deserve to be relegated to history… This is one!

  • @PieterPatrick
    @PieterPatrick 2 місяці тому +7

    Never used- or will use black salt after watching this.
    Thanks for informing me.

  • @svetko05
    @svetko05 2 місяці тому +84

    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.

    • @liliana.6053
      @liliana.6053 2 місяці тому +11

      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.

    • @MorbidEel
      @MorbidEel 2 місяці тому +5

      @@liliana.6053 someone will probably complain that machines are taking away people's jobs

    • @Sillydilly321
      @Sillydilly321 2 місяці тому +1

      Especially since there are modern ways to produce it

    • @toolbaggers
      @toolbaggers 2 місяці тому +2

      The benefits are profits to the owner.

    • @toolbaggers
      @toolbaggers 2 місяці тому +2

      @@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.

  • @MrDee001
    @MrDee001 2 місяці тому +13

    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.

  • @maharovingian6976
    @maharovingian6976 2 місяці тому +9

    Worker work like hell , owner live like heaven

    • @gemmameidia8438
      @gemmameidia8438 2 місяці тому

      I wonder if it is caused by the caste system there

    • @coldestbeer
      @coldestbeer 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@gemmameidia8438 i wonder if amazon workers peeing in bottles is a result of caste system

    • @shivanisamyal3143
      @shivanisamyal3143 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@coldestbeerwhy u pissed bro, it's not like casteism doesn't except in India

    • @coldestbeer
      @coldestbeer 2 місяці тому

      @shivanisamyal3143 is your poor english the result of casteism too?

  • @alanhelton
    @alanhelton Місяць тому

    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.

  • @vinishshetty8055
    @vinishshetty8055 2 місяці тому +10

    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.

    • @techird2717
      @techird2717 Місяць тому

      I was thinking the same

    • @somya9949
      @somya9949 Місяць тому

      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

    • @angryjoe98
      @angryjoe98 Місяць тому

      @@somya9949 yeah because they had diesel fuel and bike tires back in the day

  • @vivaansethi
    @vivaansethi Місяць тому +3

    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.

  • @Johnnybananass-_
    @Johnnybananass-_ 2 місяці тому +6

    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 :)

    • @angryjoe98
      @angryjoe98 Місяць тому

      Bro the vast majority of people buying EVs dont drive them because they car about being green they just like the vehicles.

    • @ClintWestVood
      @ClintWestVood 9 днів тому +1

      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

    • @angryjoe98
      @angryjoe98 9 днів тому

      @@ClintWestVood true thats one of the biggest issues that and farms. Cow farts are a huge contributing factor to rising greenhouse gasses.

  • @lakshmi.designs2671
    @lakshmi.designs2671 2 місяці тому +1

    Hats off to you people...
    Very hard working humans

  • @user-lb7jv2ch2v
    @user-lb7jv2ch2v 2 місяці тому +33

    Electric wheel can definitely do the job more efficient

    • @angryjoe98
      @angryjoe98 Місяць тому +1

      ⁠@@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.

  • @Thomas-xn6em
    @Thomas-xn6em 2 місяці тому +3

    "Make it the traditional way" 0:38 shows burning bicycle tires lol

  • @DLCoates1
    @DLCoates1 2 місяці тому +10

    “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.

  • @FireAnt1981
    @FireAnt1981 2 місяці тому +2

    "long and traditional way" - burns rubber tyres 😆

  • @uncaringbear
    @uncaringbear 2 місяці тому +23

    Tradition should never be an excuse for exploiting workers.

  • @jain_nb
    @jain_nb 2 місяці тому +4

    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.

  • @loulou_fruity
    @loulou_fruity 2 місяці тому +7

    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

    • @Chris47368
      @Chris47368 Місяць тому

      This is one of the last factories making it traditionally....most kala namak is produced in modern factories under safer conditions...

  • @garretdelmundo
    @garretdelmundo 2 місяці тому +3

    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. ❤

    • @somya9949
      @somya9949 Місяць тому

      It's just for earning money traditional way is much more better and healthy

  • @EricMcD15
    @EricMcD15 2 місяці тому +36

    Were they burning tires?

    • @BobbyDazzler888
      @BobbyDazzler888 2 місяці тому +1

      Recycling your tires

    • @mabeSc
      @mabeSc 2 місяці тому +23

      Yeah, this preparation method is a slow death, the fumes from the rubber and smoke from the fire is carcinogen and constant heat is an accident waiting to happen. They could use a gas oven (or closed-system furnace) which would save a ton of time instead of re-building it every time out of clay, not make people hammer salt blocks by buying a simple hand-operated crusher (or electrical one) and so much more. This video talks about the working conditions yet nobody there seems to even think about improving them...

    • @MomMom4Cubs
      @MomMom4Cubs 2 місяці тому +6

      ​@@mabeScBecause they're not interested.

    • @leo_mas_922
      @leo_mas_922 2 місяці тому

      @@BajaRisingThat’s good actually, Baba Jaga

    • @EricMcD15
      @EricMcD15 2 місяці тому +1

      Very 3rd world

  • @kaushikrao7868
    @kaushikrao7868 2 місяці тому +53

    These people are burning tyre chunks and making this shit…. No thanks

  • @TausifAhmad03
    @TausifAhmad03 2 місяці тому +5

    Thank you for this documentary, I showed this to my wife she is mortified as she loves black salt

  • @sanzo71
    @sanzo71 2 місяці тому +21

    looks very unhygenic... rubber tyres and grinding salt on the concrete floor...

    • @MomMom4Cubs
      @MomMom4Cubs 2 місяці тому +5

      You're forgetting the excrement. Feces are the absolute height of sanitation!

    • @t-.-t.
      @t-.-t. 2 місяці тому +1

      It's India 😂

    • @Tabula_Rasa1
      @Tabula_Rasa1 2 місяці тому

      @@MomMom4Cubs That is what give them the eggy flavor lol

  • @jenkar5716
    @jenkar5716 2 місяці тому +16

    In India we use Himalayan pink salt which is mined straight from Himalayan beds.

  • @chrisgrui1993
    @chrisgrui1993 2 місяці тому +34

    Did you see they use tires as fuel 😂. Good luck eating rubber and plastic!

    • @pcom9209
      @pcom9209 2 місяці тому +4

      you mean rubber tyre to the last bit of charcoal ? its some chemistry. you are not eating rubber tyre .

    • @MagadhMaurya
      @MagadhMaurya 2 місяці тому

      It wasn’t tires, it was caw dung, and coal

    • @toolbaggers
      @toolbaggers 2 місяці тому +4

      @@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.

    • @jollyboy2412
      @jollyboy2412 2 місяці тому +2

      U r not eating rubber as it is the salt is cooked inside a pot

    • @jollyboy2412
      @jollyboy2412 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@toolbaggers no u don't the smoke doesn't enter the pot

  • @JeJeNtwrk
    @JeJeNtwrk 2 місяці тому +1

    innovation can keep the business afloat and sustainable

  • @meredocu
    @meredocu 29 днів тому

    "... is one of the last factory making the salt this way, but it s on the brink of shutting down" THANK GOD.

  • @TheSwarm666X
    @TheSwarm666X 2 місяці тому +16

    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.

    • @Animesh_Ray
      @Animesh_Ray 2 місяці тому

      And yet that soggy paper straw drinker is emitting more greenhouse gases per capita. Just a hilarious fact.

  • @Morganistalking
    @Morganistalking 2 місяці тому +3

    A rudimentary chimney would massively improve their working environment.

  • @SnailMan63
    @SnailMan63 9 днів тому +1

    Bro no one wants this tradition to survive except the owner lol

  • @luisLr4
    @luisLr4 2 місяці тому +20

    Prehistoric humans could build a spinning table with a foot paddle, but this guy can't, wtf

    • @shortworld5622
      @shortworld5622 2 місяці тому +1

      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 .

    • @daniel2255xx
      @daniel2255xx 2 місяці тому

      They are Hinduses. 1 think they learned by themselves is to how rape tourists.

    • @lucamckenn5932
      @lucamckenn5932 2 місяці тому +6

      Thats top notch indian technology. You should see their bathroom culture.

  • @seasong7655
    @seasong7655 2 місяці тому +45

    Would you eat the salt made from burning tires and cow dung?

    • @Blamekhamas
      @Blamekhamas 2 місяці тому +22

      It is used as fuel, it does not get into any of the produce. learn to listen, just because you can hear it does not mean you are listening.

    • @jamestheknight8859
      @jamestheknight8859 2 місяці тому +5

      Keep dreaming about being the centre of attraction by insulting others. I pity on you kiddo!🤣

    • @clogs4956
      @clogs4956 2 місяці тому +10

      That’s a valid point. How much of the fuel’s carcinogens get into the salt during the process?

    • @leo_mas_922
      @leo_mas_922 2 місяці тому +4

      @@BlamekhamasHello. Is life beautiful in sharia countries? Tell me more

    • @MrJustCallMeJames
      @MrJustCallMeJames 2 місяці тому +14

      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

  • @tomah246
    @tomah246 2 місяці тому +3

    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...

    • @parthulemale4876
      @parthulemale4876 2 місяці тому

      Why would he earn as much money as you say?

    • @polacofederos
      @polacofederos Місяць тому

      @@parthulemale4876coz if he starts a pottery business there will sell his items at a much better price and seems to be very skilled person.

  • @MrClaypogue
    @MrClaypogue 2 місяці тому +2

    The bicycle tires sounds amazingly healthy.........

  • @mikedhiman
    @mikedhiman Місяць тому

    Black salt taste amazing 🤩🤩

  • @TheModdingStar
    @TheModdingStar 2 місяці тому +6

    In America, we smoke stuff with pecan, hickory, mesquite flavors. In India, they use cow dung and bicycle tires!

    • @angryjoe98
      @angryjoe98 Місяць тому

      They can too but ig they choose cancer 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @dann5480
    @dann5480 2 місяці тому +131

    Lmao they would do the exact same procedure in Japan and charge 1000 dollars for 100 grams. 😂

    • @jamestheknight8859
      @jamestheknight8859 2 місяці тому +8

      What's so funny about that?

    • @Kikigamerz8311
      @Kikigamerz8311 2 місяці тому +1

      True

    • @user-nb7dm9uy4y
      @user-nb7dm9uy4y 2 місяці тому +37

      Pretty sure they wouldn't be using cow dung and tires

    • @abhisheknegzz2191
      @abhisheknegzz2191 2 місяці тому +33

      ​@@jamestheknight8859the 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 )

    • @nikhilm213
      @nikhilm213 2 місяці тому +1

      Buy it from India Brother.

  • @Magedfadele
    @Magedfadele 2 місяці тому +1

    Very very beautiful.
    Ilove your vidos.

  • @harshitahelani2770
    @harshitahelani2770 2 місяці тому +12

    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.

    • @Nirrrina
      @Nirrrina 2 місяці тому +7

      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.

    • @everettduncan7543
      @everettduncan7543 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@NirrrinaRight. Not great to cook on but the cooking part comes much later into the fire

    • @aaronvegoda1907
      @aaronvegoda1907 22 дні тому

      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

  • @luisLr4
    @luisLr4 2 місяці тому +28

    These guys can't build a chimney

    • @dyausium2709
      @dyausium2709 2 місяці тому +3

      They can, they just don't want to (innovate).

  • @sidneyswerissen3910
    @sidneyswerissen3910 Місяць тому

    Nice .. the chemicals of the rubber tires and diesel really make the salt taste good !

  • @vish452
    @vish452 2 місяці тому

    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 .

  • @jaikanths875
    @jaikanths875 2 місяці тому +17

    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.

    • @elementgypsy
      @elementgypsy 2 місяці тому +2

      I think it's good to show how bad it is

    • @Tabula_Rasa1
      @Tabula_Rasa1 2 місяці тому +1

      I actually like the entire process. I didnt know those salt even exist. Now that I know, I would avoid buying it.

    • @platysplatys3967
      @platysplatys3967 2 місяці тому

      @@Tabula_Rasa1 Your like of burning cow dung and tires is disconcerning...

    • @Tabula_Rasa1
      @Tabula_Rasa1 2 місяці тому +1

      @@platysplatys3967 English must not be your first language or you need to learn to read.

    • @rutujapatil6612
      @rutujapatil6612 Місяць тому

      ​@@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

  • @mariasaha8303
    @mariasaha8303 2 місяці тому +7

    This is effed on so many levels.

  • @banjo4us1
    @banjo4us1 Місяць тому

    I have been using Black Salt for over 3 years. The salt is real great.

  • @danielzimmermann2362
    @danielzimmermann2362 2 місяці тому

    Looks all very hygienic.

  • @Queltamas
    @Queltamas 2 місяці тому +4

    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.

  • @bwiebertram
    @bwiebertram 2 місяці тому +3

    They even season their salt

  • @TheSuryavalli
    @TheSuryavalli 2 місяці тому +1

    Since kala namak
    is an important ingredient of our food, new
    technology must
    be introduced to
    manufacture
    it.This will also
    protect workers
    from inhaling
    toxic fumes.

  • @Michael-yi4mc
    @Michael-yi4mc 2 місяці тому

    I just Amazon Black salt. Will try some!

  • @JPAnor
    @JPAnor 2 місяці тому +25

    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...

  • @wybuchowyukomendant
    @wybuchowyukomendant 2 місяці тому +10

    Mmmm, delicious umami and eggy aroma from the bike tires

    • @salt_liqueur
      @salt_liqueur 2 місяці тому +1

      Don't forget the cow dung

  • @KaiVidaliVIP
    @KaiVidaliVIP Місяць тому

    You have been promoted, you are now one of my ELITE EMPLOYEES 😁

  • @pokene_pokemon
    @pokene_pokemon 2 місяці тому +1

    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

  • @ocloudx
    @ocloudx 2 місяці тому +3

    I bet no other salt will taste like burning tires

  • @Serasphiel
    @Serasphiel 2 місяці тому +5

    Ah yes, the cow dung and burning tires really accentuate that umami flavor 🤌

  • @thanatosor
    @thanatosor 2 місяці тому +1

    How much salt do you want in dish ?
    All of them
    Great.

  • @dederded
    @dederded 2 місяці тому +1

    Does the black color come from the burning tires????? Crazy.

  • @mishrachabra4471
    @mishrachabra4471 2 місяці тому +3

    Can someone please provide the details/ address of this black salt factory in Lucknow 🙏🙏🙏

  • @LolAnimeWeebsFightin
    @LolAnimeWeebsFightin 2 місяці тому +4

    Yes the traditional way is putting nano particles of rubber in the salt and getting the umami taste. XD

  • @phoenixjim0527
    @phoenixjim0527 26 днів тому +1

    That potter is amazing

  • @Coffee_Lover11
    @Coffee_Lover11 2 місяці тому +1

    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.

  • @rccpromotions
    @rccpromotions 2 місяці тому +4

    Idk I wanted to try it but the way they make it doesn't sound healthy

  • @carolr7823
    @carolr7823 2 місяці тому +3

    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?

    • @MorbidEel
      @MorbidEel 2 місяці тому

      Perhaps some people want to taste the suffering in every bite.

  • @portshore8552
    @portshore8552 2 місяці тому +1

    So they use ancient burning tire technique when they cant afford the more historically accurate diesel gas fire.

  • @jadedrealist
    @jadedrealist 2 місяці тому +2

    I love black salt, I use it in all my tofu scambles.

  • @DaveVargas90012
    @DaveVargas90012 2 місяці тому +23

    I love the pungent flavor and robustness of black salt. We have this in Hawaii too!

    • @TheDarkPorkins
      @TheDarkPorkins 2 місяці тому +24

      It's all the burned bicycle tires.

    • @supahfly_uk
      @supahfly_uk 2 місяці тому +6

      And the poop@@TheDarkPorkins

    • @cloflomonster
      @cloflomonster 2 місяці тому +12

      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.

    • @DaveVargas90012
      @DaveVargas90012 2 місяці тому +1

      @@cloflomonster yes I understand this. It's called volcano salt. Hawaii also has a red salt too. Not Himalayan either.

    • @jumbojumbo6866
      @jumbojumbo6866 2 місяці тому +1

      @@DaveVargas90012 bali also has that but different method they use the black sand to dry the salt and extract it

  • @user-mw8qf3jp7j
    @user-mw8qf3jp7j 2 місяці тому +19

    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...

    • @leo_mas_922
      @leo_mas_922 2 місяці тому +4

      That’s why nuclear energy is absolutely crucial

    • @PatelArpitt
      @PatelArpitt 2 місяці тому +4

      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

    • @user-mw8qf3jp7j
      @user-mw8qf3jp7j 2 місяці тому +2

      @@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.

    • @parshuram11023
      @parshuram11023 2 місяці тому

      See how much carbon emission US does alone lol and then lecture
      U illiterate people don't know anything bout west and lecture east

    • @jenkar5716
      @jenkar5716 2 місяці тому

      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.

  • @-AyushSaha
    @-AyushSaha 2 місяці тому +1

    wonder if they released this video around this time when there's that one meme going on 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Aryan1_1
    @Aryan1_1 2 місяці тому

    This is the last factory making Salt in traditional way

  • @dustsky
    @dustsky 2 місяці тому +20

    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!

    • @leo_mas_922
      @leo_mas_922 2 місяці тому

      Ok Gonzalo

    • @vander9678
      @vander9678 2 місяці тому +5

      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.

    • @dustsky
      @dustsky 2 місяці тому

      @@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.

  • @Showza83
    @Showza83 2 місяці тому +8

    I got some of this in a salt gift set. It makes your kitchen smell like a really rank fart.

    • @friendsgroup470
      @friendsgroup470 2 місяці тому +2

      U must be a 3 times a day burger eater, hence can smell salt in ur kitchen, as it is the only thing in ur kitchen

    • @Showza83
      @Showza83 2 місяці тому +2

      @@friendsgroup470 huh?

    • @coldestbeer
      @coldestbeer 2 місяці тому

      ​@@Showza83he's saying, you stink burgerlandistani.

    • @wolfrickthedesigner4748
      @wolfrickthedesigner4748 Місяць тому

      @@friendsgroup470 relearn English

  • @riopradipto2804
    @riopradipto2804 2 місяці тому +1

    Watching these videos should make everyone think that most of us who are on UA-cam are very privileged and need to be reminded to be truly grateful. Treat their product always with respect

  • @confusedbuddy5156
    @confusedbuddy5156 Місяць тому

    Mixing it with yoghurt and whisking it make make it taste like mayonnaise. You can use it an a healthier alternative to mayonnaise 😋

  • @aaronmiller7954
    @aaronmiller7954 2 місяці тому +5

    Japanese don't touch everything with their bare feet😂

  • @MrPavelvideo
    @MrPavelvideo 2 місяці тому +6

    Complete trash, dirt and disaster. How people can eat it?

    • @The.Art._.
      @The.Art._. 2 місяці тому +1

      Bro it's very tasty you can add it in mixed fruit, lemonade etc... . although the process of making it is not good. It's light pink colour salt

  • @Eagle93Writer
    @Eagle93Writer 2 місяці тому +1

    I am a bit worried about the burning old tires clip there.... Thats gonna do... wonders for flavour.

  • @Periwinkle110
    @Periwinkle110 2 місяці тому +2

    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.

  • @BioHazardCL4
    @BioHazardCL4 2 місяці тому +7

    "Made the traditional way" Literally bike tires burning.
    "They start with cow dung" Wow, this sounds absolutely disgusting.

    • @brownanrcxist
      @brownanrcxist 2 місяці тому

      Cow dung dried is a fuel source it is used to burn, nobody is forcing you to eat it.get a grip.

    • @brownanrcxist
      @brownanrcxist 2 місяці тому +1

      I agree the tires are a shitty addition

  • @Xeonerable
    @Xeonerable 2 місяці тому +4

    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.

  • @dipankargupta550
    @dipankargupta550 2 місяці тому

    Those who work in such a hot, smoky & accident prone working weather -- they are our God.Also they are our friends .
    Take my pronam.

  • @williamkuhns2387
    @williamkuhns2387 13 днів тому

    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!

  • @darylfortney8081
    @darylfortney8081 2 місяці тому +3

    Love that they use burning old tires. Really great way to recycle and you can tell the owner is a real “driver “. What’s not to love