Quantity Typically, for a two-person dish, use 2 teaspoons of fennel. Preparation Browned in hot oil, or freshly ground, either before or after mild browning in oil. If browning in oil, do not blacken. If blackened, discard and start over. Alternative Fennel powder, anise seeds Miscellaneous If browned in oil, add fennel seeds before anything else because they take a while to brown.
Sambhuca liqueur tastes like fennel.
Also, anise seeds taste like fennel. Fennel is a good mouth-freshener and digestif.