A star shaped spice, with an aniseed flavour, used as a flavouring.
Star anise is a sweet-smelling spice that's shaped like a star. It is known as bunga lawang in Bahasa Malaysia and pat kok in Chinese. Star anise can be used when braising or stewing meat dishes and also to add flavour to curry dishes. Likewise, this sweet-smelling spice can add a lovely flavour to freshly brewed tea.
the spice which the Chinese use primarily to enhance the taste of red stews or broths.
The fruit of a shrub native to the Far East, star anise is shaped like an eight-pointed star and contains seeds with an aniseed flavour. It is used widely in Chinese cooking.
small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative
anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Oriental cooking and medicine
A star-shaped dry seed pod with a flavor similar to fennel.
star shaped liquorice tasting seed
Dark red-brown pods with an aniseed flavour and used commonly in Chinese and other Asian cuisines.
dried, star-shaped seed with a sweet, pungent, almost licorice taste.
Dagad Phool Spice Lotus seeds
is the seed pods of one of the Magnolia trees. The tan-colored, eight pointed pods resemble stars, hence the name. When dried, a shiny, flat, light brown seed is revealed in each point.
The dried star-shaped seed pod of a tree native to China, star anise adds a distinctive aniseed taste to long-simmered meat and poultry dishes and is one of the components of five spice powder. Available whole or ground.
a star-shaped, dark brown pod native to China
The hard, star-shaped seedpod of the anise bush is mostly used in braises and sauces. It has an extremely robust, liquorice-like flavour and scent.
a star-shaped spice used in Oriental cooking. It is used by some as a substitute for the bay leaf.
Badian, Chakraphool. This start shaped spice is more often found in oriental cookery than Indian but it still has its place giving a strong aniseed flavour. Often used whole in Pilau rice. A pod is one petal of the star anise flower.
Star anise, star aniseed or Chinese star anise, (Chinese: , pinyin: bÄjiÇŽo, lit. "eight-horn") is a spice that closely resembles anise in flavor, obtained from the star-shaped pericarp of Illicium verum, a small native evergreen tree of southwest China. The star shaped fruits are harvested just before ripening. It is widely used in Chinese cuisine, and to a lesser degree in South Asia and Indonesia.