The fennel seed has sweet agreeable flavour and an odour similar to
aniseed. It’s a cooling spice. In ancient times, fennel was considered to increase
strength. Roman gladiators mixed it with their food before entering the arena. |
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The famous battle of marathon in 490 B.C, was fought on a fennel field. Fennel is a native
of Europe and Asia Minor. Today, India is by far the largest source of fennel along with
Egypt and China. In India it thrives in the sunny, limey well-drained loams of Gujarat,
Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. |
| Botanical name |
Family name |
Commercial part |
| Foeniculum vulgare Miller |
Apiaceae |
Fruit |
In India, fennel powder is always used without the frying process. In Chettinand cuisine
whole fennel seeds are used.
Throughout the centuries fennel was prescribed for everything from weight loss to tooth
ache to colic to snake bite.
In EVEREST Meat Masala fennel
appears as a flavouring agent. |
