No. 01Everyday
Alleppey Haldi
Ground turmeric · 200 g tin · Alleppey, Kerala
Heat 0 of 5
Deep gold turmeric from the backwaters, boiled, sun-dried and stone-ground. Warm, earthy and a little bitter, the way haldi should be.
₹340
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Alleppey Haldi
Ground turmeric · 200 g tin · Alleppey, Kerala
Heat 0 of 5
₹340
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Four lids, four shelves
Every tin sits on one of four shelves. Lift a lid to bring its spices forward in the shop and on the wheel.
The shelf
12tins on the shelfOpen a tin
Each spice has its heat on the label, drawn in chillies from none to five. Prices are for one tin.
No. 02Everyday
House Garam Masala
Eleven whole spices, roasted · 100 g tin
Heat 2 of 5
Cardamom, cinnamon, clove, mace, bay and black pepper, dry-roasted in an iron kadhai and ground cool. A pinch at the end of the cooking.
₹420
No. 03Everyday
Sambar Podi
Coriander, chana dal, red chilli · 200 g tin
Heat 2 of 5
Our grandmother's ratio from Palakkad: more coriander than chilli, roasted dal for body and a little fenugreek for the bitter edge.
₹360
No. 04Fire
Kashmiri Mirch
Ground chilli · 200 g tin · Kashmir valley
Heat 2 of 5
All colour and gentle warmth. It turns a curry brick red without taking the roof of your mouth off.
₹380
No. 05Fire
Guntur Chilli Flakes
Crushed sannam chilli · 100 g tin · Andhra Pradesh
Heat 4 of 5
Sharp, bright and properly hot, with the seeds left in. For tadka, pickles and anyone who finds Kashmiri too polite.
₹320
No. 06Fire
Bhut Jolokia Powder
Ground ghost chilli · 50 g tin · Assam
Heat 5 of 5
Smoked over wood in the Brahmaputra valley, then ground fine. Fruity for a second, then very, very hot.
₹560
No. 07Whole
Tellicherry Pepper
Whole black peppercorns · 150 g tin · Malabar
Heat 3 of 5
The large, ripe berries picked last on the vine. Crack them in a mortar for a citrus heat that ground pepper loses in a week.
₹450
No. 08Whole
Green Cardamom
Whole pods, 8 mm bold · 100 g tin · Idukki
Heat 0 of 5
Plump green pods from the Cardamom Hills, dried in shade so they keep their colour and their eucalyptus sweetness.
₹690
No. 09Whole
Clove
Whole hand-picked buds · 100 g tin · Kerala
Heat 1 of 5
Fat, oily cloves with their heads on. Two in the rice water, one in the chai, a handful for the biryani.
₹380
No. 10Regional
Chaat Masala
Amchur, black salt, roasted cumin · 100 g tin
Heat 2 of 5
Sour, salty and sulphur-sharp. Shake it over guava, fruit, raita or a plate of hot potatoes and watch it disappear.
₹300
No. 11Regional
Panch Phoron
Five whole seeds · 100 g tin · Bengal
Heat 0 of 5
Fenugreek, nigella, cumin, fennel and black mustard in equal parts. Crackle it in hot mustard oil before the dal goes in.
₹280
No. 12Regional
Goda Masala
Dark roasted blend · 100 g tin · Pune
Heat 2 of 5
The Maharashtrian kitchen's sweet, smoky blend: dagad phool, coconut and sesame roasted dark. Made for amti and masale bhaat.
₹440
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The blend wheel
Find your heat
Every spice is a segment of the wheel, coloured like its tin. The further a segment reaches, the hotter it is. Turn it until the one you want is under the pointer.
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Alleppey Haldi
Ground turmeric · 200 g tin · Alleppey, Kerala
Deep gold turmeric from the backwaters, boiled, sun-dried and stone-ground. Warm, earthy and a little bitter, the way haldi should be.
Heat 0 of 5
₹340About it
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From the farm
Four steps to the tin
We roast and grind every week in small lots, so the oils are still in the spice when the lid comes off.
Buy
We buy at the Mattancherry auctions and straight from growers we know in Idukki, Guntur and Assam.
Dry
Chillies and turmeric dry on the roof in the sun; cardamom dries in the shade to keep it green.
Roast & grind
Blends are roasted in iron, cooled on cloth and ground slowly on stone, a few kilos at a time.
Tin
Packed into lined tins with the grind date written on the lid, and sealed the same day.
Tins, not plastic
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The shop is the front of our godown, two lanes from the Jew Town synagogue. Write to us for a custom blend, a refill or a question about a spice.
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