Anashuppu

All About Star Anise | Know Your Spice Star Anise or Chakra Phool (Illicium verum)

Anashuppu | அனசுப்பு | star anise | illicium verum

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What is Anashuppu? Anashuppu (அனசுப்பு) is the Tamil name for Star Anise (Illicium verum). It is one of the signature flavours of Chinese savory cooking. The five-spice powder mix common in China contains star anise. It is used to flavour vegetables, meat, and to marinate meat. It is also used as a condiment for flavouring curries, confectionaries, spirits, and for pickling. It is widely used as culinary and medicinal fruit and is most popular in indigenous system of medicine. The fruit is an important source of essential and volatile oil.
Traditionally, the fruit has been used as carminative, digestive, dyspepsia, antispasmodic, and stimulant, antirheumatic and diuretic.

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