Put the milk and the star anise in a saucepan and bring to the boil.
The basmati rice is cooked separately and flavoured with ghee and spices like star anise, cinnamon, cardamon and cloves.
It is not botanically related to anise, star anise, or fennel, which are sources of similar flavouring compounds.
The bowl is filled with heated dry red wine spiced with cinnamon sticks, cloves, star anise and orange peel, similar to mulled wine.
Water is then added to ginger 3 grams, onion 1 gram and star anise 1 gram in a soup pot.
Anise is added, sometimes with other flavorings such as star anise, fennel, mastic, kakoulas (ginger cress), coriander, cloves, and cinnamon are also added.
