Anita is a common condiment in people's homes, also known as anise and star anise. It is a special product in China and has a special aroma. It is commonly used in making cold dishes and stews and stews, and is also the main raw material for processing spiced powder.
Due to different harvest seasons, it can be divided into two kinds: autumn barley and spring barley. Autumn aniseed fruit is plump, red and bright, with strong smell, dull and flat pod end and good quality. Spring barley is thin, bluish, slightly pointed, with weak aroma and inferior quality to autumn barley.
Small ingredients are not a kind of spice, but all kinds of seasonings when eating noodles. It has two obvious characteristics: first, it has a complete taste (sour, sweet, spicy, salty and fresh), and second, it has a pure taste (most small ingredients mainly have a single basic taste). Eating noodles with small ingredients can satisfy various tastes and preferences of different diners.
Small materials can also be divided into two categories according to the preparation method. One is finished materials, that is, condiments that have been sold in the market; The other is the raw materials that need to be eaten and processed now.
Commonly used varieties are as follows:
Sesame sauce, pickled leek flower, fermented bean curd, stinky tofu, sugar garlic, douban hot sauce, eight-treasure pickles, etc.