Sea Salt Crystals (500 G)

Goodness Farm Sea Salt Crystals — Harvested from the Salt Pans of Marakkanam

🌊 The Origin: Marakkanam’s Ancient Salt Legacy

Nestled on the East Coast Road, about 120 km from Chennai, lie the salt pans of Marakkanam — one of Tamil Nadu’s oldest and largest producers of natural sea salt. Here, for centuries, local workers have harnessed the heat of the sun and the rhythm of tides to crystallize salt in shallow evaporation ponds. Every grain of our sea salt crystals is born out of this tradition.

🧂 Why Our Sea Salt Crystals Stand Apart

• Totally natural & solar-evaporated: We use the time-honored method of brine evaporation in open pans, letting the sun and wind do the work. No chemical bleaching, no artificial drying.

• Rich texture and crystal purity: The crystals are coarse, irregular, with that glorious crunch and clean salty flavour — not the fine, over-processed stuff.

• Retains trace minerals: Because Marakkanam salt is harvested in its more “raw” crystalline form, small amounts of naturally occurring minerals remain — giving more flavour, a more wholesome mouth-feel.

• Artisan labour, seasonal harvest: Produced mainly between January to August, peaking in April-June when the skies are clear. Each season’s salt reflects the sky, the heat, and the patience of the workers.

🤝 From Our Salt Pans to Your Kitchen

Goodness Farm’s Marakkanam Sea Salt Crystals are especially for those who care not just about taste, but about how their food touches the land and the people who made it. When you use our sea salt crystals, you’re choosing:

• Food without hidden industrial processing

• Ingredients with a story of place & sunshine

• Support for traditional salt pan workers who harvest by hand.

🍽️ Culinary Uses & Usage Tips

• Finishing salt: Sprinkle over dishes at the end to feel the crystals crunch — salads, grilled veggies, soups.

• Cooking flavour: Dissolve in boiling water for rice, sambar, rasam — a little goes a long way. The coarseness gives gradual release of saltiness, letting flavours build nicely.

• Pickling & preservation: Ideal for pickles, chutneys where coarse salt textures help in drawing moisture and creating crunch.

• Natural scrub / salt rub: For body care, skin scrubs (optional) – its purity means fewer irritants if washed off well.

🌱 Health & Quality

• Non-refined, additive-free: No anti-caking agents, no sugar coating, no bleaching agents.

• Gluten-free and suitable for most diets when used in moderation.

• Helps balanced mineral intake when replacing over-processed table salts.

• We ensure our salt is harvested, cleaned, packed under hygienic conditions — because purity matters.

🔍 How It’s Made: The Marakkanam Process

1. Preparing salt beds: Leveling, repairing bunds & furrows after monsoon rains.

2. Pumping sea water / letting brine in: It flows from reservoir to sequential pans. Evaporation begins.

3. Evaporation & crystallization: Sunlight evaporates water slowly; salt crystals form gradually over 3–4 days in the latter pans.

4. Harvesting: Workers rake the settled salts, collect, dry them under sun, cure, sort, pack. Every step retains the character of the salt.

🌟 Why Use Goodness Farm’s Sea Salt Crystals?

Because you don’t just season your food — you season your life. You deserve salt that is honest, sun-kissed, and grounded in tradition. Every plate made with our salt is a nod to the labour of the salt pan workers, the salt-veined mud, the sharp early morning heat, and the simplicity of nature’s gift.