nigari

Noun

Meaning

(food) bittern: the liquor remaining after halite (common salt) has been harvested from saline water (brine), used as a coagulating agent in the manufacture of tofu.

salt derived from bittern, a powdered form also used in making tofu

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Places in Shikoku such as central parts of Kagawa Prefecture citation pickle the peeled young shoots by weighting them down in salt mixed with 10% nigari (magnesium chloride). Source: Internet

It is said (though no authority is cited) that the magnesium of the nigari binds with the oxalic acid thus mitigating its hazard. Source: Internet

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