Badian is a spice from the family of Magnoliacees, which has a bitter-sweet taste and a fragrant smell. It is also called star anise, but it has nothing to do with it.

With anise star anise combines only spicy flavor. Ground spice is a powder of yellow-brown or reddish-burgundy color with small grains.

Homeland spices - China, its southern and eastern parts. At first, the spice came to Russia through Europe, where it was imported by sea. Later the way to China through Siberia was opened, and the badian was delivered directly by land.

It is grown in special seedlings from seeds, and then planted on plantations. The spice tree grows high enough, blooms with yellow or green flowers. Then the flowers fall away, so-called star-shaped fruits appear. Inside are seeds that are dried and used in cooking.

Herbal tea with star anise

This tea can be drunk in a transitional period of weather conditions, when our body becomes weak and vulnerable. The use of spices in tea will give strength and prevent colds and flu.

The composition of tea for half a liter of water includes:

• 8 grams of dried thyme;
• 8 grams of linden inflorescence;
• 8 grams of dry Hypericum;
• 3 leaves of raspberry;
• 2 star star;
• 2 g of ginger;
• cinnamon stick;
• slice of lemon;

Prepare our herbs, clean the ginger and grate it. We pour boiling water over the teapot, then we put there herbs, ginger, star anise, pour boiling water over it, cover it with a lid and wrap it up. Insist for thirty minutes.

Infused tea is poured into tea cups, put honey, lemon, star anise, cinnamon. Have a nice tea party!

Badyan properties

Star anise contains essential oils, tar, tannin, sugar. It is used in medicine as a means of improving the well-being of the whole body and the activity of the stomach, which has a carminative, anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic effect.

Due to the beneficial properties of the badian, it was very often begun to be added to the mixtures, syrups and cough drops. He also is part of many drugs for gastritis, sciatica and rheumatism.

Recipe for honey gingerbread with star anise

How to cook healthy tea  with spiciness, we already know. And what kind of tea without sweet cookies ?! Therefore, we present you a recipe for delicious gingerbread.

Ingredients:

• honey - 700 grams;
• eggs - 3 pcs .;
• 10 egg yolks;
• crushed nuts - 2 glasses;
• ginger and cardamom - 1 tsp;
• cinnamon - 5 tsp;
• badyan - 2 tsp;
• flour - 600 gr.

Pour the honey into the pan, boil, remove the foam from above, then beat it with a mixer.

After cooling, add the whipped eggs separately, continue to beat, add spices.

We put on the fire again, heat it, but do not boil it. Again, beat and gradually pour the flour, bringing the mixture to a thick consistency. Pour the dough into molds, bake at 180 degrees for half an hour.

Fresh hot gingerbread is put on a plate and consumed with tea!

Culinary application of a badian

Very often, this seasoning is added to the dough during kneading. When dough products are baked, the star anise heats up and reveals its flavor, which does not disappear in the future.

In Russian and European cookery, spice is used in compotes, drinks and sweet dishes (pies, biscuits, fruit desserts, puddings). Compotes from quince, pears, apples, plums acquire a delicate aroma with a badie. Popular are liqueurs, bitter liqueurs, starter vodka, tea and coffee drinks. This seasoning enhances the taste and increases the shelf life of products.

Asian people like to richly sprinkle fried dishes from poultry, lamb, pork. The taste of meat will become more saturated if you mix the spice with vegetable oil and sugar. In the gravy to the rice, vegetable, fish dishes add the star anise along with pepper, onion and garlic.

Seasoning goes well with fennel, cinnamon, black pepper, ginger, cloves, garlic, onion and vanilla.

The use of spices occurs in the following proportions:

• for meat dishes - about 1 gram per serving;
• for liquid dishes - a quarter of a teaspoon of ground powder for 2 liters;
• for sweet dishes - 1 or 2 stars 5 minutes before readiness.

Badyan prevents saccharification and preserves the natural color of preservation, pickles and pickles, because it acts as a preservative.

Recipe for beef with eggplant and star anise

Products: low-fat beef, soy sauce, eggplant, green onions, vegetable oil, sesame oil, rice vinegar.

Spices: ginger, potato starch, salt, chili pepper, garlic, dry sherry, star anise, cilantro.

Cut the meat into slices, put it in a bowl with soy sauce, dry sherry and starch. Set aside to marinate. Grind ginger with garlic and chili. We clean and cut daikon and eggplant into separate bowls.

Eggplant salt and insist. Heat the pan with butter, put the meat. As soon as it is brightened, we recline in a colander. Squeeze the eggplant.

We take a frying pan with high sides, lay out the garlic, ginger, pepper, eggplant, chopped green onions. Pour in some water, mixed sherry with sauce and vinegar and carcass. After throwing badinas, daikon radish, meat. We part a little starch in the water, pour it in to the meat. We continue to stew – fry. At the very end add a little sesame oil.

We shift the finished hearty dish into a plate, decorate with cilantro leaves and onions. Serve as a side dish with rice and potatoes.

These are healthy dishes that can be prepared with this spice.

Badian - seasoning with a delicious taste that will decorate your cooking masterpieces!

Latin name: “Anisumstellatum”, English - “ Star anise". In Russia, Bhadyan is called Indian anise, star-shaped anise, Siberian anise. And indeed, star anise and anise are in many respects similar in taste and flavor to spices.

The spice of a badian is the dried ripe fruit of a plant of an ordinary magnolia, star anise, as this plant is also called, sometimes ground.

Badian is a tree or shrub. Homeland Badian is considered to be North America and a number of countries in Southeast Asia. Currently, it is commercially grown and produced in the following countries: Southeast China, Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and India.

Badian from ancient times used in cooking and medical purposes. Of the many types of spices, star anise or star anise is distinguished by its unique aroma, taste, and good preserving properties.

The taste of the bayena is bright, spicy, sharp, similar to the taste of anise.

All cultivated species of badyana belongs to the group of plants of the limonnik family, Schisandraceae. Some wild species belong to the family of Magnoliaceae.

A badian is a medium-sized, up to 4 meters tall trees, evergreen with a pyramidal crown. Some species of badian are shrubs.

Badian grows in groves and thickets at an altitude of 500 - 2000 meters above sea level. Plants sometimes create thickets. Branches one-year, light green, naked. Leaves broad to the base of the shoot, petiolate, whole extreme, without stipules. When rubbing the leaves felt the smell of anise.

Badian flowers are bisexual, only solitary, on thick stalks, massive, yellow or purple, axillary. The perianth is spiral-shaped, consists of 6 outer, 12 inner equal lobes, arranged concentrically in several circles. From 5 to 40 stamens in a badian flower, stamens are thick, short.

Badin is propagated by seeds, which are formed after the flowering plants and are in the hearth. Fruits of an anisee collection, consisting of single-seeded leaflets arranged in the shape of a star on the receptacle. Because of this feature, the second name of the star anise is star anise. The asterisk of a flower is 6, but more often 8-ray. At first it is fleshy and dense. Color is from brown to reddish. One solid brown seed is inside the leaflet. Its length is 6-7 mm. Spice seeds are firm, shiny, smooth.

Fruits Badian from the fifth year. The spice of the star anise is dried pods and seed boxes, or dried ripened star anise, which is sometimes ground after drying.

In nature, there are many plants very similar to badin, but eating them is dangerous - you can get burned or poisoned. There is also a wild badian. The plant contains a large amount of essential oils that are irritating to human skin and are not used as seasoning.

Bulan wood is absently vascular, wood color is pale brown with red rays at the cut, hard and heavy, its properties are identical to that of maple wood. It has distinct annual rings. Fronds of Tambourine with large pronounced fringed pores.

In nature, there are 42 kinds of badian.  As spice commonly used:

1. Illicium verum Hook.f. - Badyan is real, or as Badyan is star-shaped.
2. Anise anionic - Illicium anisatum L. or Illitsium.
3. Florida Badian - Illicium floridanum J.Ellis.

The chemical composition of the star anise.

Fruits of an almond contain essential oil - up to 8% of its mass, which, in turn, consists mainly of their anethole to 90% and terpene. Also in the composition of the bayan are: fellandrin, safrole, fatty oil - 12%, sugar, tannin, resins, vitamins of group B, B1, C, microelements, iron, potassium, organic acids, methylchavicol.

Caloric content is 300 kcal. In badiana a lot of protein and carbohydrates.

It is believed that the badian (or rather its appearance - Anisovy Badian) originally grew in some areas of southern China. It was there that people first began to grow Badian and produce spice from it. Some of its species are grown in northern Vietnam.

On an industrial scale, this spice is currently grown and produced mainly in Southeast China, Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, India, Jamaica, Cambodia and Abkhazia, and some other countries. Badin plantation (star anise) is a planting medium-sized, up to 4 meters tall trees and shrubs.

Plantations look very picturesque, especially during the flowering of this plant. The fragrance spreads far around. Badian is grown at an altitude of 500 - 2000 meters above sea level in a warm, humid climate of subtropics, on fertile loamy soils.

Badian is grown on an industrial scale in nurseries from seed, after which seedlings are transplanted into fields (plantations). After 2-3 years, the spice grows into a tall tree, blooms for the first time in five years, with light yellow flowers. After the end of the flowering phase, the flowers fall off, the star-shaped stems remain. This is the spice Badyan. Fruits are collected, dried. There are up to 12 brown cloves in one fruithead. Inside the teeth there are fragrant seeds, containing a large amount of essential oil, which gives the taste and aroma of spices.

Buryan grown, collected, dried in a drying machine in the sun for 2-3 weeks, sometimes grind. The final product is coarse powder, fragrant, color - reddish-brown, reddish-burgundy, depending on the type of star anise.

The taste is bittersweet, the spice of anise resembles the taste and smell, but compared to the latter, the taste of the badian is milder. Dried and specially prepared fruit, ground into powder.

The application of badyan is practiced in cooking, food processing and medicine. The properties of the star anise or star anise knew the Chinese several hundred years before our era.

Around the same time they began to use Badyan in cooking and medicine. Recipes in which a badian is mentioned are found in China and date back to 300-400 BC.

Spice was brought to Europe by Arab merchants around the 16th century, and because of its unique aroma and taste, it quickly gained popularity. Badies spice was used approximately in the same place, where anise - in confectionery, cookies, cakes, puddings, drinks from plums, pears, quince. Europeans added this spice mainly in sweet dishes and pastries.

In medieval Europe, Badian was very expensive. In Russia, the Badyan was also known, although it appeared with us two centuries later than in Europe. Spice was widely used in Russian cuisine, it was added to sweets - gingerbread, gingerbread, sbitni.

The badian in Russia was even more expensive than in Europe, as it was imported from there. However, later, the Russians opened trade routes to China through eastern Siberia and Mongolia, and the badian and many other Eastern spices became imported in large quantities from China. The name of the spice in Russia - Siberian anise was precisely because of the trade route, which runs through the territory of Siberia.

As already mentioned, the spice is used in the confectionery industry. In the sweetness of the spice lay in the dough at the time of preparation. Unlike many others, this eastern spice does not lose its properties when heated. The unique aroma of an alley is preserved in a dish that has undergone heat treatment.

Badin is usually mixed into dishes 10 minutes before readiness. Then remove the product from heat, close and give it to infuse for half an hour.

As a rule, just 2 cloves or half a teaspoon of spice for 2 liters of dough (drink) is enough. Approximately a gram of badian is laid as seasoning in meat dishes.

In Europe and in Russia, seasoning is almost always laid in sweet dishes - pies, cookies, jelly, cakes. And in Asian cuisine with an alley, vegetables and meat dishes are seasoned.

The badian gives a unique flavor to the dish, improves its taste, increases the storage time, as it is an excellent preservative. For example, jam, flavored with an almonds kept for more than three years, not sugared. Badyan in industry is used in the production of marinades and various spices - mixtures of spices.

In the east, in the Chinese and Indian cuisines, they spice up the meat and poultry dishes with the Tamtus, add to the mutton and poultry dishes the star anise.

Some dishes are sprinkled with almonds even with salt. With a badie they prepare various gravy for vegetable dishes, rice dishes, and pilaf. Spice is often mixed with pepper and garlic. There are recipes for cooking with vodka with liquor, liqueurs, tinctures. In some kitchens, star anise replaces anise.

In addition to cooking, star anise is used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, medicine.

Badyan properties

Since ancient times, the properties of badian have been used to treat various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and respiratory tract. The benefit of the badian was known to Eastern healers.

Modern medicine identifies the following beneficial properties of a badian:

• anti-inflammatory,
• carminative,
• antispasmodic,
• expectorant
• anthelmintic.

Since ancient times, an alimentary herb has treated gastrointestinal diseases, respiratory diseases, such as bronchitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis. Badian contributes to the dilution and evacuation of sputum, disinfects the respiratory tract, providing an anti-inflammatory effect.

As a rule, for the treatment of diseases, Badin is used in the form of infusions, decoctions, and teas.

Good helps infusion of badian for colic, cough, flatulence.

The seeds of the star anise, destroy the smell of breath, freshen breath.

In the countries of Southeast Asia, where they know well the properties of the badian, a nutritious and tasty drink that quenches thirst, tea with the magnolia, is common.

Tea from the bayena exclusively, rich in vitamins and a lot of useful substances drink.

Tea with an almond bonsai gives energy, cleanses the body, destroys pathogens for colds, disinfects the respiratory tract.

Since the badian has a carminative and anti-inflammatory effect, improves digestion, it is used in various phyto additives to food, vitamin supplements, lollipops for the prevention and treatment of colds, medicines used for coughing.

Where to buy badian? Nowadays, the spice of Badian is grown, as already mentioned, in many countries of the world. It is easy to buy bad quality spice.

When buying, special attention should be paid to the country of origin, the place of packaging (ideally - should be the same), the quality of the packaging material.

Buy Badin can be in different packaging and packaging, as a rule, in retail Badian is sold at 50-150 grams, packed in polymer bags Dot Pak.

The most qualitative - Indian badian, but at the same time and the most expensive. Chinese badian most acceptable in comparison of its quality with the price. The quality of seasoning grown in Abkhazia is not always acceptable.

The badian is the dried fruit of a tropical tree that was brought to Europe in the 16th century from Japan. Fruits of a badian remind reddish-maroon asterisks, from the center of which rays emanate in the form of miniature boats, each of them holds seed. Now Badi is grown in India, Cambodia, South Korea, Vietnam, Jamaica and the Philippines.

The name of this spice comes from the Tatar name of anise - bhajan. However, badian is often often called anise - Chinese, Indian, star-shaped, Siberian and shiplike. Despite the fact that star anise is a type of anise, its taste and aroma have brighter specific shades, in which sharp, tart, bitter and sweet notes intertwine without excessive cloying. Thanks to its rich and refined aroma, this spice was loved by confectioners and perfumers.

Badian makes dishes delicious

Badin is used in cooking either in its original form or as a coarse powder. Badian in Asian cuisine often complements meat dishes, as it makes the meat softer and more tender, giving it an exquisite taste and aroma. In this, star anise is mixed with sugar and vegetable oil or with onions, garlic and other spices - cloves, cinnamon, ginger, fennel and pepper.

Vietnamese chefs add Badian soup to beef soup, in Indonesia not a single sauce can do without this spice, Chinese gourmets set off a badger soup from shark fin, and in Armenian cuisine they put it in vegetable dishes. Fragrant spice gives a pleasant taste to tea, grog and soft drinks, it is a part of many spice mixtures.

Badian is used by confectioners in the preparation of cakes, pies, cookies, gingerbread, jams, puddings and gingerbread. Thanks to Indian anise, liqueurs, tinctures and sbitene are especially tasty and original.

The rules for dealing with the badyan are easy.

  The most important rule for the use of a badian is moderation, since its excess makes the food taste bitter. The second rule is that it is better to add a badian to the dish at the very beginning of cooking, since it gives off its flavor only during the heating process, or 10 minutes before the end of cooking (when it comes to drinks). Badian has one valuable advantage - it prolongs the shelf life of products, therefore it is indispensable for canning vegetables and fruits.

By the way, badian should not eat allergy sufferers and people suffering from nervous diseases. All other spice fans can safely add star anise to their food and enjoy new flavors of familiar dishes. Moreover, badyan everything else, the spice is useful. It contains aromatic essential oils, tannins, sugars, tannin, tar, malic acid and mineral salts.

Many people at least once in their life have tried the Badian. What it is? The plant is an evergreen shrub that produces star-shaped fruits. They look dark brown, firm to the touch and contain seeds.

Sunflower seeds are widely used in cooking, as well as traditional medicine, from them prepare infusions, they are added to food and drinks. The peculiarity of the plant is a unique spicy aroma.

What is useful and unique badian

The described plant has long been famous for its healing properties. The composition of the seeds of an alley is the following substances:

• essential oil;
• organic acids;
• tannin;
• thiamine;
• vitamin C;
• trace elements - iron, potassium.

It is known that the essential oil component - anethole, has a mild antispasmodic effect, and also has a beneficial effect on the body as a whole.

Fruits of an almond are effective for the treatment of inflammation, disruption of work digestive system, including abdominal distention. In folk medicine, stellate fruits are used in the form of decoctions, tinctures, tea. But most often they are used as a seasoning for food.

In addition, the star anise has a diuretic effect, reduces appetite, so flavored tea can replace the usual sweets.

The combination of essential oil and tannin helps to get rid of cough, promotes the removal of sputum from the lungs, and essential vitamins and trace elements enhance the immune system against colds.

Badian present is very useful for nursing women, as it improves lactation, prevents the appearance of indigestion and other problems of the digestive system. And its spicy taste improves mood.

Some people do not distinguish badin and anise. What is the difference between these plants? The fact is that badian is a perennial shrub that grows in Asia and North America. It reaches a height of several meters, has a spreading crown and has white flowers. The fruits are like stars, inside them - round brown seeds. Badyan, whose photo can be found on the Internet, is presented for sale in this form.

But anise is an annual plant, its height does not exceed 80 cm. The stem is straight, the tip resembles an umbrella. The seeds are very small, oblong in shape and have a characteristic aroma.

Experienced chefs consider the anise fragrance to be monotonous, while the dishes with the addition of star anise represent a variety of shades of sweet smell. The longer the food heats up, the tastier and more unusual it is.

Application of badian

In the traditional oriental cuisine, the dry fruits of this shrub are used to prepare poultry dishes, and in Europe brown sweets and cottage cheese casserots complement brown stars. And also cooks add spice to berry jam.

Badian seasoning is great for marinating meat and fish, it not only improves the taste of these products, but also makes them soft and facilitates the further cooking process. Such food is much tastier than usual and better absorbed. Interestingly, the fruits have long been used for the preparation of alcoholic beverages, the spice gives them an unusual taste.

Badian, the beneficial properties of which have been studied, is an indispensable component for drugs. Essential oil saves from nausea, stimulates intestinal motility and reduces the risk of constipation.

Most often this natural remedy is prescribed for coughing, bladder diseases, rheumatic conditions. A decoction of the seeds is useful for fever, headaches.

Badian is especially useful for women, the spice stimulates the production of the hormone estrogen, normalizes the menstrual cycle, reduces pain during menstruation and other unpleasant symptoms. As a therapeutic agent can also be used stem, leaves and root of the plant.

In order to reduce the manifestation of a painful cough, add 1 drop of the essential oil of the magnolia into the tea or mixture. After a while, the phlegm will come out of the lungs and breathing will become more even.

As well as with cold, dried ground fruits are effective, which should be poured with boiling water and infused for 1 hour. In the infusion, you can add a decoction of chamomile or honey.

Tea from the Black Desert badyana is good for people who are prone to nervous diseases. In the present drink, add a brown asterisk, as well as cinnamon and mint.

This tea warms, soothes and relieves obsessive thoughts. And also as components you can use orange zest, honey, ginger.

Where to buy badian? This spice can be found in large supermarkets in the spice department, as well as in the markets and shelves of culinary stores.

Despite the amazing taste, you should carefully add almonds to food and drinks. Seasoning in large quantities gives the usual dishes bitterness.

Is it possible to lose weight with the help of badian

Thanks to the beneficial effects on the digestive organs, spice is often used in weight loss programs. Tea with an asterisk of an alley or broth not only reduces the appetite, but also speeds up the metabolism. And also the drink has the following beneficial properties:

• normalization of the liver and gallbladder;
• improving heart function;
• reducing cholesterol levels in the blood.

Perfection of dietary taste is allowed by adding this spice to them. It goes well with rice and vegetables, and you can mix it with ginger and pepper.

Possible contraindications

Despite the benefits to the body, the described spice can be harmful for some people. Badin is forbidden to eat in the following cases:

• pregnancy;
• children up to 3 years;
• the presence of epilepsy.

Badian, useful properties and contraindications to the use of which can be studied, you can not add to tea with dill and lingonberry leaves. Mixing these ingredients can cause dehydration.

It is important to know that such a spice causes the appearance of allergies, so you should not abuse the food, which added the star anise. The use of the essential oil of this plant must be careful because of its concentration.

Badian (its beneficial properties have been noticed for a long time) is widely used in pharmaceuticals and cooking. This spice is known to many under various names: ship, Indian, Chinese or Siberian anise.

Plant characteristic

As a rule, the seeds of this plant are used. They have quite a specific smell and rich taste. In the process of gathering, only unripe fruits break down, which after drying acquire a brown-red hue.
  Fruits of star anise are rich in essential oil, saturated with anethole, thanks to which it has antispasmodic properties and the ability to release the intestines from gases.

Many people confuse a badian with the similarities associated with similar taste and the presence of anethole in the composition.

The benefit of this spice is due to the unique composition, it has exceptional beneficial qualities for the body. Brilliant star anise seeds contain: fatty oils, gum, terpenes, sugars, tannin, mineral salts, malic acid, and more.

As a result of dry distillation, an essential oil is obtained from the seeds, saturated with a pleasant aroma and sweet taste. Its main component is anethole.

Cultivation of the bayena

Cultivation of the Badyan at home is not possible, so its cultivation on an industrial scale occurs in Vietnam, Japan, India, the Philippines and Jamaica, as well as in Cambodia and Abkhazia. Fruits on young trees appear already in the fifth year of their growth, but they can only be harvested after 10-15 years. The tree bears fruit throughout life. Flowers, from which the spice itself grows later, have a light yellow or pale green color. When they fall, in their place the formation of plodok, resembling multi-pointed asterisks. Seeds are formed inside the ripened fruits of the badian, which are used as a fragrant seasoning.

The use of badian as a culinary ingredient

Previously, in Russia, it was added to popular delicacies - gingerbread, pretzels, gingerbread. Dried ground seeds emit a smell similar to aniseed, hence the second name is star anise.

The aroma of the plant is very rich and endowed with a sweet taste with some wit. The most common star anise is used for baking confectionery. Freshly ground it is added to the dough at the initial stage before baking. A special feature of the overseas seasoning is its ability to saturate the product with aroma, which is stored in the finished product for a long time.

What is it combined with and where can I add it?

Also, the almonds seeds are suitable for preparing mousses, kissels, compotes, fruit desserts from quince, plums, pears, gooseberries, apples. It perfectly flavors and does not allow jam to be candied for several years.

It can be used in combination with many spices - fennel, black pepper, cloves, cinnamon, ginger, which perfectly complement the taste of meat dishes made from beef, pork and poultry.

The plant is most widely used in oriental cuisine; it is seasoned with sauces and gravies for rice and vegetable dishes.

In European countries, especially in France, they also use Badin, the beneficial properties of which are used to flavor alcoholic beverages, such as liqueurs, tinctures and vodka. In rare cases, still star anise is used to prepare fish dishes. Such dishes are prepared mainly in Japan, China, Burma, Korea, the Philippines and Indonesia.

Badian: useful properties in medicine

Star anise is a very versatile plant, it is suitable both for food and therapeutic purposes. Him healing properties  used in folk and traditional medicine.

First, it has a tonic effect on the body, removes inflammation and spasms.

Secondly, it helps with reduced appetite, headaches, plague, malaria, epilepsy, fever, and the skin of the root is used as an anthelmintic agent.

Also, the cosmetic properties of the badian have a toning effect on the skin, giving it elasticity and elasticity.

Consumed in the form of powder, infusion, it helps prevent oxidative processes and the growth of cholesterol plaques in arteries.

What else is good badian? Beneficial features  it helps with problems with the digestive tract. Medicines made from its fruits, stimulate the digestive processes in the body, relieve intestinal spasms and contribute to the normalization of intestinal motility.

Contraindications

• Seed oil plants are contraindicated for pregnant women, babies, as well as for individual intolerance.
• Too much of the Tamilyan used as food or as a medicine can over-stimulate the nervous system.
• Applying oil directly to the skin may cause a burn.
• Exceeding the permissible rate of drugs of a badian can turn into nausea, vomiting and pulmonary edema.

Features to be aware of

• Spice properties are preserved even after a long heat treatment, which preserves its taste.
• It goes well with a variety of flavorings.
• Mixed with vegetable oil and sugar, it will significantly improve the taste of meat.
• Jam with the addition of star anise is not candied up to 3 years.
• During cooking in vegetable, rice dishes, as well as in gravy, it is well complemented with onions, garlic and pepper.
• It is necessary to closely monitor its dosage during preparation, because the excess can endow the dish with bitterness. For 1 liter of water, one ray of a fragrant asterisk will suffice, and for 6-8 liters of jam - one star.

Treatment decoction of a badian

Since star anise has an expectorant effect, it is added to cough medicines.

Another of its properties is a sedative effect - in a small amount, tea with a badie can be given to infants with teething.

Inhalation using this wonderful plant is used to treat diseases of the upper respiratory tract. With elevated nervous disorders, it is recommended to take baths with the addition of oil or decoction of star anise, besides, the plant strengthens the immune system, normalizes the endocrine and nervous systems, increases estrogen production, normalizes the menstrual cycle, and also alleviates pain during menstruation.

The benefit of the badian is indisputable, no matter which way you look. It is good both for health and beauty, and for creating culinary gourmet dishes, so every housewife should be in the arsenal.