Fennel Seeds

What are fennel seeds?

Fennel seeds are one of the most popular and widely used spices in the world. Only cloves and black pepper are more common. This soft, thin perennial plant can be used in many ways in the kitchen. People often use the roots as medicine. The bulb is thinly sliced and used in salads, pickled, or roasted until it is sweet and soft. The flowers are used as a finishing herb to add flavor to light spirits. The seeds are used in a lot of different foods, and they can help with digestion and freshen your breath. The taste of fennel seed is definitely in the same family as anise and licorice. But the fennel also has hints of parsley and celery. This makes it one of the most popular spices in the world because it balances out the sweetness of the licorice. Ground fennel can be used in many dishes, like soups, stews, and bread. But it's most often used to make a rub for root vegetables by mixing it with salt and strong spices like cardamom or black pepper.

How do I use fennel seeds?

People often put fennel seeds in pickles, lentils, beets, potatoes, or cabbage. This spice can be used to flavor cheese spreads, salad dressings, and butter, among other things. Fennel seeds taste good with meat or grains, and you can also use them to make cookies, spiced tea, cakes, or bread. 

It's substitute:

Flax Seed, Fennel Powder, Fennel Pollen, Anise Seed, Cumin, Dill Weed, Caraway Seeds, Whole Mahlab Seeds, or Fennel Seed Powder.

Fennel seed's health benefits:

Fennel is a flowering plant in the same family as carrots. It is a hardy perennial plant with feathery leaves and yellow flowers. It is native to the shores of the Mediterranean, but it has spread to many other places around the world, especially where there are dry soils near the sea or riverbanks.

◉ Highly nutritious: Fennel and fennel seeds provide important nutrients, such as vitamin C, calcium, magnesium, potassium, and manganese.

◉ Contain powerful plant compounds: All parts of the fennel plant are full of powerful antioxidants like chlorogenic acid, limonene, and quercetin, all of which may be good for your health.

◉ Fennel seeds may suppress appetite: Fennel seeds may make you feel less hungry, but the results of recent studies are mixed. So, we need to do more research.

Where do I buy fennel seeds?

Buy fennel Seeds from the health food store in the USA, Alive Herbals.

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