COOKING TECHNIQUES- HOT SALT FRYING AND HOT SAND FRYING

COOKING TECHNIQUES-
HOT SALT FRYING AND
HOT SAND FRYING

1. HOT SALT FRYING:- is a cooking technique used by street-side food vendors in China/India.
Coarse sea salt is placed in a large wok and heated to a high temperature. Dry food items, such as eggs in shell, are buried in the hot salt and occasionally turned with a spatula.
This technique is also seen in India, where street vendors sell shelled peanuts or popcorn cooked in salt heated in an iron wok

2. HOT SAND FRYING:- is a common cooking technique  for street-side food vendors in China and India to cook chestnuts and peanuts. A large wok is filled with black sand and heated to high temperature. Nuts are buried in the hot sand and occasionally turned with a spatula, then the sand and nuts are separated through a wire-mesh screen
… excerpts from Wikipedia                    Images from cooking varieties photo file