Illicium verum, which we often talk about, is a kind of spice and an important raw material for making cosmetics, beer and other things. It looks like a small flower with eight petals and grows in a warm place. It is planted in Guangxi, Yunnan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places in China.

Seasoning fennel can make our dishes more fragrant. You can put some big ingredients in the pot when stewing mutton and beef. Of course, some vegetarian dishes can also use aniseed in the cooking process.

Illicium verum can be used as a private house to stew cauliflower. You need to prepare some pork belly, cauliflower, sesame oil, starch, garlic, star anise pork belly and blanch, then prepare onion, ginger and garlic, break the cauliflower into small flowers, wash the star anise, cut the pork belly into small pieces, add oil and heat it in a wok, stir-fry the pork belly, ginger and star anise for a while, and then take it out.

Stir-fry until the surface is golden yellow. You can add some water and simmer for a while. After the water in the cauliflower is stewed, add a proper amount of salt to taste, prepare a bowl, add starch, pepper, monosodium glutamate, sesame oil, chopped green onion and minced garlic, then add a proper amount of water to stew for a few minutes, stir the seasoning bowl evenly, pour it into the pot and adjust the taste.

You can also make spiced octagonal boiled edamame. You need to prepare anise and edamame. First, clean the edamame, add a proper amount of water to the pot to boil, put the pepper star anise into the pot to boil, then add the edamame, cook for a few minutes, and then take it out of the pot. It tastes good and the preparation method is simple.