Dazhong alias anise (dashi), is the fruit of the anise tree, named for its fruit has more than eight horns. It is also called star anise and aniseed, and is a flavoring spice.?

Petal horns neat, generally 8 horns, petals pure thick, sharp corners straight, the stalk upward curved. It has a sweet flavor and contains volatile oil with a strong and special aroma. Star anise is commonly used in the production of cold dishes and stewed, stewed dishes, but also the main raw material for processing five-spice powder.

Because of the different harvest seasons, it can be divided into two kinds of autumn dashi and spring dashi. Autumn dashi fruit fat full, bright red color, strong smell, pod end blunt flat, better quality. Spring dashi duo thin, with green color, angle shape slightly pointed, aroma weak, quality is not as good as autumn dashi.

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The big material is born in the subtropical wet and warm valleys. It is distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and other provinces and regions. Taiwan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Yunnan, Zhejiang and other provinces and regions are cultivated. Among them, Wuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region anise production for the country's first, for the township of anise.

When boiling and stewing meat and poultry, star anise can be fully hydrolyzed to make the meat taste more mellow. In making braised fish, oil boiling into the dashi, fry the flavor, add soy sauce and other condiments, and then put into the fried fish. Another example is to burn white soup cabbage and other meat and vegetable dishes, the seasonings and salt into the soup at the same time, and finally put sesame oil. In addition, marinated chicken, duck or parsnip, cilantro when put into the seasoning, also has a special flavor.

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