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How to reduce excess salt in food?

Posted on Jan 28th, 2010
by Minal
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I was preparing dal today and my cell rang. While talking over the phone, I didn’t realize how much salt I added to it. When I tasted it (thankfully before serving) I got to know how salty it was.
My immediate thought was, OMG! Now what should I do?

I am sure this must have happened to you some time. So here are some tips of how you can reduce the salty taste in your food.

1. Cut raw potatoes and add them to the food like curries, vegetables, dals or any gravy.
2. For recipes like rice, noodles, spaghetti…add some sugar.
3. If the food to too salty then consider adding one of the main ingredients to it like, some more vegetable, or tomatoes, or boil dal and add it.

Update:

Our author Uma and viewer Prachi suggest –

For gravies, add a few balls of chapati dough (kneaded) to reduce the excess salt, but remember to scoop them out before serving.

Hope this helps.

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uma says:
February 24, 2010 at 1:21 pm

There is one more way to reduce salt in case you have put excess salt in any gravy dish. Make rolls of wheat flour (kneaded for making chappatis) put it in the gravy and boil for some time. It absorbs the excess salt. I have tried it and worked well. Later, you may take out the flour balls.

Thanks,
Uma.

Minal says:
March 1, 2010 at 10:46 am

Thanks for the tip Uma. Will definitely try it (well I hope I don’t put excess salt in first case =) )

Regards,
Minal

prachi says:
July 19, 2010 at 4:33 pm

for gravies, u can add a few balls of chapati dough(kneaded) to reduce the excess salt, but remember to scoop them out before serving.

Minal says:
July 21, 2010 at 8:51 am

Thanks for the tip Prachi!

Maria says:
September 26, 2010 at 7:10 am

Hello I have made meat karela and its tooo salty…what can I do about it…?? I dont have anymore of the vegitable…anything else can be done?? please help…many thankx..

Minal says:
September 27, 2010 at 5:53 am

Hi Maria,

Is it stuffed karela you are talking about? If it is dry, cook few pieces of potato in another vessel under they are almost cooked (still firm). Then transfer these potatoes and your meat karela into a vessel. Stir lightly and let them cook together for few minutes. This should help. You can also try sprinkling little lemon juice or powdered sugar; though this would not reduce the salt content, it will only help in altering the taste. If it is a curry then you can follow the procedure given above.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Minal

meera says:
December 29, 2010 at 7:07 pm

My cutlets have turned too salty. What do I do to reduce the salty taste

Minal says:
December 30, 2010 at 10:51 am

Hi Meera,

I assume you have fried them. There is very little you can do to them after frying. But here are some suggestions,

1. Boil potatoes, peel, mash and add some flour or bread crumbs to them. Then coat your cutlets with this mixture and fry them again.

2. Stuff them into bread slices (wet the bread slices for 30 seconds and then press them between your palms to remove the water) to prepare something like bread roll.

3. Prepare wraps. Knead separate dough for wraps with no salt. Make rotis, spread some mayonnaise (do not use butter as it will contain some amount of salt in it) then add lots of salad like lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, peppers and place your cutlets into these wraps.

I hope these help.

Regards,
Minal

Wilma says:
May 1, 2012 at 12:41 pm

My fish curry is too salty. Please suggest me to reduce the salt out of it

Linda Gatzke says:
May 20, 2014 at 8:08 am

I have made Ham Houghs for a dinner party but put too much salt in,please give any suggestions.Thanks

jyoti says:
July 7, 2014 at 7:30 am

I made bhindi bhaaji. N it turned very salty. Pls suggest what to do?

zobia says:
August 22, 2014 at 6:57 pm

Dear I made vegetable fried rice but its too salty tel how will reduce salt in it I’m tense plz reply fast

Anonymous says:
September 5, 2014 at 11:29 am

My south Indian lady finger vegetable N it became Verry salty

lafiya says:
November 5, 2014 at 11:25 am

Hi minal,
A simillar accident happened with my cooking yesterday except that i was making palak paneer . Any suggestions what can be done to repair it? I m not sure if i can add potato or dough balls to palak. Please help .

anu says:
December 4, 2014 at 8:00 am

how to reduce axceed salt into radish paratha

Shazia says:
December 27, 2014 at 5:06 am

I made chicken kebab mixture and added to much salt how do I get rid ov it.thanks

Minal says:
February 24, 2015 at 6:49 am

Hi Anu,

If you have already cooked your paratha, I am afraid there isn’t anything you can do except for eating it with some chutney that doesn’t have any salt. Do not eat it with tomato ketchup since it is already loaded with salt and lots of sodium.
But if there is excess salt in the dough that you have kneaded, add some more flour/besan (chickpea flour) and some amount of masala that you have already added earlier to balance the taste of spices.

Do let me know if this worked.

Regards,
Minal

khawaja saad says:
March 1, 2015 at 5:40 pm

I am making sekh kabab on coals and the salt is excess in keema,how can i reduce salt in the keemah to make kabab upto mark.

Manjiree says:
May 21, 2015 at 7:15 am

Hey,

I prepared bharwa bhindi. But all the masala I have put are excess.

Whats the solution. I don’t have extra bhindi.

Can make completely new dish out of it.

Regards,
Manjiree

arpita says:
June 4, 2015 at 7:34 pm

Hi Anu
How to reduce salt in salt palav rice.plz let me know.

Thanks,
Arpita

Alvira vora says:
June 19, 2015 at 5:44 pm

tq…so..much for such a solution ..it s helps me to reduce an excess salt

Anonymous says:
July 7, 2015 at 11:58 am

Hahahaha. Hope I can remember that.

Hannah says:
January 1, 2016 at 9:55 am

How to reduce saltiness from Dum Biriyani.

harshit says:
January 10, 2016 at 11:11 am

I have put lots of salt in macroni. What to do?

shah says:
January 27, 2016 at 5:49 am

The problem really gets solved with wheat dough.. Soo happy.. Thank u all

megha says:
March 11, 2016 at 7:28 am

how to reduce excessive salt in lady finger(bhindi)

Minal says:
March 16, 2016 at 11:33 am

I am glad the tip helped. Keep visiting!

Minal says:
March 16, 2016 at 11:41 am

Thanks Alvira…yes the solution comes handy in tricky situations 🙂

Minal says:
March 16, 2016 at 11:48 am

Hello Shazia and Khwaja,

Add more meat (if possible) and other spices to balance the taste. Else try adding some besan (chickpea flour) or egg to the mixture.

Regards,
Minal

Minal says:
March 16, 2016 at 11:50 am

You can add potatoes to the vegetable and cook along, this should help.

Anonymous says:
March 23, 2016 at 2:18 pm

How to remove excess salt in pulav

Minal says:
March 25, 2016 at 7:09 am

You may try adding some seasoned rice to it. By seasoned I mean in ghee/oil roast some whole garam masala and uncooked rice, add proportionate water and cook without adding salt. Then add this rice to your pulav. Hope this helps.

Kavitha says:
April 21, 2016 at 6:04 am

Added more salt in chappathi dough. How to reduce it.

anju says:
June 7, 2016 at 7:19 am

How to reduce a excessive salt in plain rice

Ammama says:
June 13, 2016 at 6:37 pm

Hi minal. I found this page useful. Please help me out. I made keemaa rolls . But they turned out too salty. I filled the keema in roll sheets and kept them in fridge. Not fried. Pleas ehelp me what i should do with the rolls to reduce salt.

Minal says:
June 20, 2016 at 9:15 am

Hi Kavita,
You can add more flour and water and knead it all together, that should help reduce the salt.

Nikita says:
November 3, 2016 at 4:09 pm

How to reduce salt from lady finger??

Shriya says:
February 10, 2017 at 11:04 am

I was making peas paratha but the stuffing was too much salty rather double salty what to do

Saoma says:
February 12, 2017 at 10:13 am

How to reduce excess salt from rice

Ana says:
March 17, 2017 at 4:13 pm

How to remove excess salt in Black channe..

Minal says:
March 20, 2017 at 11:26 am

Hi Ana,

You can add boiled potatoes to your chana. That should solve the problem.

Thanks,
Minal

Jewel says:
May 25, 2017 at 6:22 am

How reduce salt in sabudana khichdi

Aradhna says:
July 8, 2017 at 8:10 am

How to remove excess salt in besan kadhi?

Minal says:
July 12, 2017 at 7:39 am

More potatoes can be added to sabudana khichdi. Boil few potatoes and combine them with the khichadi.

Narmatha says:
August 27, 2017 at 2:13 am

Hi.. How to reduce salt in mint Chuttney

humaira says:
August 29, 2017 at 4:10 pm

What can be done to fish fry in which i have added more salt in marination n now that it is already fried.

Minal says:
September 20, 2017 at 5:54 am

You can add some beaten yogurt (dahi) to it.

Minal says:
September 20, 2017 at 6:02 am

Hi Humaira,

If something like this happens then you can always add the salty fried fish to a curry and make it into a fish curry.

Fatema says:
October 2, 2017 at 4:58 pm

Hello, my paratha stuffing has too much salt in it what can i do to reduce it before i make the parathas?

Minal says:
October 10, 2017 at 4:50 am

Hi Fatema,

Since you haven’t mentioned which stuffing, I can give a suggestion to add boiled potato to the stuffing. Else depending upon whats the stuffing, you can add flour to the stuffing and knead a dough. Roll out parathas of this dough.

Let me know what you did. 🙂

Annie says:
May 2, 2018 at 9:00 am

How to reduce salt in bygan ka bharta i have no more bygans

Myra says:
June 14, 2018 at 10:25 pm

I’ve put too much salt in my rice egg, what should I do?

Riya says:
November 3, 2018 at 1:02 pm

How to reduce excess salt from stuffed bhindhi

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