Concrete Codex | 2017-2024
An archive, a painting, a poem of 144 spices, lentils, and pantry items collected since 2017. Installed identically to their arrangement in my home.
Peanuts, red wine vinegar, liquid aminos, apple cider vinegar, screwpine flower water, rosewater, olive oil, Rose syrup, vetiver syrup, pomegranate molasses, kokum syrup
Red beans, black urad dal whole, black urad dal solit, pili pili from Morocco, chickpeas, mung bean
4 honeys (Mexico City), hot honey from Pragya, date syrup, maltose, cane jaggery, honey
Almond extract, banana flavor, baking soda, corn starch, baking powder, bengal gram, black eyed peas, split yellow lentil, red lentil, pigeon pea, deshelled black lentil, dried peas, roasted gram, popcorn kernels from Keioui
Peanut butter, black lava salt from Furqan (Hawaii), scorpion salt (Mexico City), Worm salt (Mexico City), Grasshopper salt (Mexico City), Hibiscus Salt from Thomas(Mexico City), Black pepper powder, Old Bay, black salt, dried sage, dried butterfly pea flower, dried chrysanthemum, cacao bean, black cumin, dried bird eye chillies, tajin, peperoncino from Erin (Italy), chili pepper from Tanzania from Saloni, ground cinnamon, ground thyme, chinese five spice powder, italian seasoning, merken from Marianne (Chile), red pepper flakes
Deep frying sieve
Dried limes, fennel seed, dried wood ear mushroom, dried white mushroom, dried porcini mushroom from Erin (Italy), guajillo pepper, dried hibiscus flower, dried paan, sambar powder from Vijaya, dried bamboo shoot, fried onions
Woodfired garlic powder, black sesame powder, stone flower, annatto seeds, homemade chaat masala, gochugaru, fish powder, dried oregano, all spice, dried mint, dumpling maker from Huidi, lime salt, shrimp powder, chillin powder (Sri Lanka), basil seeds
Sumac, nigella seed, cloves, licorice, chaat masala from mom, whole chili round, Goan sichuan pepper, mint powder, fenugreek seed, fenugreek seed powder, red chili coarse, fish powder (South Korea), black peppercorn, poppy seed, red mustard seed, white sesame seed, bhoot jhalokia pepper from Saurav, zaatar, black cardamom
Himalayn salt, sugar
Cumin seed, veg garam masala from mom, turmeric powder, carom seed, red chili powder (hot), dry mango powder, mace, kokum, dried red chili whole, star anise, black mustar seed, sichuan peppercorn, green cardamom, veg garam masala (Sri Lanka), mustard seed powder, dried fenugreek, cumin powder, non-veg garam masala from mom, anise from Jenna, kashmiri chili powder, yellow food color, chaat masala, black pepper powder, red food color, coriander powder, red chili powder, asafoetida, ginger powder, coriander seed, saunf mix, yellow mustard seed, chaat masala on customised shelves
