Kalium is the Latin word for potassium. Based on this and Laura's finding, I'd guess in the context of baking kali probably refers to potash, rather than soda ash. Potash contains numerous potassium salts, one of which is potassium carbonate, which would act as a leavener.
I found this online...:
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=kali
Seems it would serve the same purpose as modern baking soda???
Laura
maybe, that would make sense. Thank you, Laura.
Kalium is the Latin word for potassium. Based on this and Laura's finding, I'd guess in the context of baking kali probably refers to potash, rather than soda ash. Potash contains numerous potassium salts, one of which is potassium carbonate, which would act as a leavener.