Aniseed is fennel, anise, commonly known as anise seasoning. Illicium verum is a unique evergreen tree in China. Its fruit is gear-shaped, with seven to nine pods each, most of which are eight.

Illicium verum is widely used in cooking, mainly used in cooking processes such as boiling, frying, marinating, sauce and roasting. Illicium verum is often added to dishes for making beef and rabbit meat, which can remove odor such as fishy smell, add aromatic smell, adjust taste and stimulate appetite.

Points for attention in purchasing octagonal.

The color of normal star anise is reddish brown, and it can be clearly found that the gloss of star anise itself. And those inferior star anise circulating in the market will be one kind most of the time, with a light color or a khaki state. So the simple way is to choose according to the color of star anise.

Generally speaking, the number of normal octagonal petals may range from 7 to 10, but the most common number is 8. The inferior star anise may show more than 10 petals, so when buying star anise, you can easily choose high-quality star anise according to this aspect.

Reference to the above content? Baidu encyclopedia-aniseed