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You'll have to be careful with the amount of salt, which is used to preserve it. As far as I know, our people use no salt or maybe very little during the smoking process and hence it can be used to make achar and stuff. Last time I tried one of these chinease one, it was simply too salty. You can get rid of some of it if you soak it in the water for a while, but that is too much work.
Careful with the salt.