Anise is an herb that tastes like licorice. You can substitute fennel seeds for the same flavor when cooking; some cookbooks also say you can use "anise-like" herbs such as dill, basil, tarragon, marjoram or angelica.
Besides anise (whole seeds or ground into power), you can use fennel seeds for that "licorice" flavor.
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Anise is the name of the plant. The herb Anise seed comes from an anise plant. The scientific name is Pimpinella anisum.
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Dill is called Shatapushpamu, I believe, in Telugu... It is a herb that tastes a bit like Saunf, or Anise!!
I think you may mean Anise - which is an herb known for it's licorice-like flavors. You can find it in everything from sausage to pastry to liquors like Absinthe or Jagemeister.
Anise, saffron, mint, cumin, poppy and datura
In absinthe alcohol there are three herbs always present which are, wormwood, anise & fennel but not limited to only these three there. When making the absinthe alcohol to add taste they use other herb's like: calamus, star anise, hyssop & coriander.
Safflower, Sassafras, Spearmint, Spikenard, Star anise
The flower of the anise plant resembles Queen Anne's Lace.
Peppernut cookies which are made mostly by the women of the mennonite religion. They are so good and store a very long time. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- It is often cooked as a vegetable (fennel), the leaves can be used to flavor soups. Anise has a mild licorice-like taste. The seeds often flavor Italian sausage. Anise seed (herb [not fennel])is often used to flavor breads, cakes and cookies. Anise seed extract is used to flavor cookies, frosting and candies. Anise seed has a stronger licorice flavor. Licorice root, anise (fennel), anise seed, and star anise are four different plants that all contain varying amounts of anethol, the pungent flavor associated with them. Other herbs contain it in varying but much lesser amounts.
Fennel seed, or star anise, but you need to grind the star anise. You want something that tastes like licorice. The Star Anise is kind of expensive, it comes like 12 in a bottle, for six dollars; they look like stars. There are also liqueurs that taste like licorice, such as Pernod.
The flower of the anise plant resembles Queen Anne's Lace.