What spices are in the hot pot base recipe?

Hot pot base spices are: anise, nutmeg, cinnamon, cumin , grass nuts and so on.

1, anise: should be called aniseed, also known as fennel, dashi, August beads, which is more familiar to a flavor of spices. It is characterized by an aromatic smell and a slightly sweet taste.

2, cardamom: also known as round cardamom, the market or drugstore has written for the hundred kow, kowren. Mouth taste of astringent flavor.

3, cinnamon: also known as cinnamon. Pungent and sweet, strong flavor. Taste spicy, slightly sweet aftertaste.

4, cumin: also known as fennel, incense cabbage, Huaixiang, wild fennel. There is a special aromatic gas, widely used in braised, brine, spicy hot pot.

5, grasshopper: a ginger plant grasshopper fruit, tastes strange, not good.