What are those spices?

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I was organizing and labeling my spices cabinet when I run into those two spices that I cannot recognize. I'm assuming one of them is fenugreek. I'm quite sure I bought them when I had 'Indian cuisine' phase.
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The left item seems looks and feels like a chopped peanuts or bark. However it has a onion-like/garlic-like smell with some earth or bark component.

bob1 · Answer

It is quite hard to tell as the photo is blurry. The one on the right could well be fenugreek, it should be a blocky irregular shape with a division on it somewhere.
Edit: with the sharpened photos:
It looks like a nut of some sort, possibly peanut because of the presence of what looks like a plumule (see 5th figure down page) in the flake at the bottom middle.
I can't make out the one on the left, but it might be coconut flakes or possibly something like liqorice powder or even garlic flakes.

Willk · Answer

Agree that stuff on the right is fenugreek.
The stuff on the left is asafoetida.

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Asafoetida is a resin and is sometimes sold in chips as depicted.  It smells strongly like onions or garlic which would not be true for any nut.

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