Khmeli-suneli recipe

Illicium verum khmeli-suneli recipe a medium-sized evergreen tree native to northeast Vietnam and southwest China. Illicium comes from the Latin illicio meaning “entice” or “seduce”.

The name “badian” appears to derive, via French badiane, from the apparently descriptive Chinese name for it, 八角, pinyin: bājiǎo, lit. Oxford English Dictionary indicating that its origin before that is unknown. 5 cm, apex acute, lower side pubescent. Flowers are solitary, bisexual, pink to dark red, axillary or subterminal. The fruit is a capsule-like follicetum, star-shaped, reddish- brown, consisting of six to eight follicles arranged in a whorl. 2 cm long, rough and rigid, color reddish-brown, with 1 seed, opening along the ventral edge when ripe. Differences with similar taxa: Illicium anisatum had smaller fruits that does not form a regular star due to the abortion of some carpels.

Also fruit follicles are not swollen in the middle and had a more pointed apex. Also usually had more than 8 follicles and the fruit has weaker odour. The seeds in Illicium anisatum are flat or almost spherical. Star anise contains anethole, the same compound that gives the unrelated anise its flavor. It is used as a spice in preparation of biryani and masala chai all over the Indian subcontinent. If allowed to steep in coffee, it deepens and enriches the flavor.