Five Spice Powder (Chinese) - 50g pouch

Five Spice Powder (Chinese) - 50g Pouch

Five spice powder is a blend of 5 types of spices encompassing all the five flavours - sweet, sour, spicy, pungent and salty. The unique taste of this powder can liven up any dish.

The usual spices are star anise, cloves, cinnamon, fennel seeds and Szechwan peppers. Some manufacturers use other combinations as well. The basic idea is the ‘yin and yang’ principle of Chinese philosophy. That is, the heat of an ingredient in a dish is counter balanced by the cooling quality of another ingredient.