Homemade Chinese Five Spice Powder

五香粉

So easy to make if you have these 5 spices in your kitchen.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon fennel seeds

1/2 tsp cloves

1 tablespoon szechuan peppercorn

4 star anise

2cm cinnamon stick

Method

1. Break the spices into small pieces and toast them over low heat in wok until fragrant. Set aside to cool down.

2. Put the spices in a blender and blend until powder form. Transfer the five spice powder into container.

3. Put a tablespoon of rice grains into blender and blend to clean the residual powder and  remove the smell of five spice from the blender container.