Dried Star Aniseed 1kg

Dried Star Aniseed, also is called Star Anise / Aniseed / Anise. A popular spice during Christmas as it is used in many recipes. An amazing condiment for Chinese soup, stewing or stir-fries. This spice can also be used as a decorative piece or pot puri. It's easy to recognize anise star pods: They usually look like an eight-pointed star. This fruit of a tree in magnolia family native to China and Vietnam produces tough-skinned, rust-colored fruits that are picked and dried before ripening. Anise star pods are hotter, more pungent, more bitter, and much more licorice-like than the European anise. Anise star pods are used in Chinese cooking, where foods are cooked for a long time in soy sauce. The herb is used to flavor marbled eggs and many Asian soups, in Thai iced tea, and in Peking duck. Anise star pods are also chewed after a meal as a traditional breath mint and carminative.