Ways to Remove Extra Salt From Food
To fix an overly salty dish, use ingredients like potatoes, flour dough, cream, curd, milk, onions, or a vinegar and sugar mixture to balance the saltiness.
Most of us may have been in a situation where we have cooked a dish with a lot of effort and love but as luck would have it sprinkled a bit too much Salt. Haven't we? It is terrible and heartbreaking because too much salt can totally change your dish's taste no matter how well you may have cooked it.
Salt should be added using your fingers as then the chances of adding more are lessened especially if you are new to cooking.
Anyway, we are here to talk about what you can do after some dish is ruined! So, let's get to it.
1. Raw Potato: Cut a few slices of raw potato and put them in your dish. The potato slices will soak the excessive salt from the curry. Let the potatoes stay for about 20 minutes.
2. Flour dough: Make balls of the flour dough about 2-3 depending upon the quantity of your dish and put them in the curry. They will soak all the excess salt. Remove the balls before serving.
3. Fresh cream: Add cream to your dish to neutralize the effect of salt. It will make the curry creamier and you won't feel the taste of excessive salt.
4. Curd: Add 1 tablespoon of curd in your curry and cook it. It will add a subtle taste to your curry as well as reduce the amount of salt from it. This is one of the best ways to reduce salt in curry.
5. Milk: Adding milk will do the same; it will also reduce the salt amount because it neutralizes the saltiness and balances the overall taste. It will also give you curry with a bit of a smooth finish.
6. Onion: You can add raw as well as fried onions. If you add raw onion then cut the onion in two pieces and put it in the curry and remove it after a few minutes.
7. Vinegar and sugar: Add 1 tablespoon of vinegar along with a tablespoon of sugar to the curry to balance out all the flavors. Since vinegar is sour and sugar is sweet, the overall flavor and taste of the curry will even out.
The next time you put excess salt in your dish, don't lose your heart. Keep these tips handy.
