Find a spice looking like a cockroach head?!


Question: Find a spice looking like a cockroach head!?
Find a spice looking like a cockroach head!?
Yesterday i went to Khan indian restaurant in Baysewater london and
in my butter chicken sauce was a spice looking like a cockroach head with 2 antenna on the side!
so either it was a real cockroach chopped in the sauce!.!.!.!.(yuck!!!!)
or either it was a kind of indian spice!!!
please tell me!!!
i was too shy too ask or make a scandal!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
I use to go there !.!.!.!. yuck!!!!!!!!
it was my last time ever!
they need to be checked by an hygiene inspector!Www@FoodAQ@Com

Star anise is the first spice that came to mind on reading your question , i am indian & we use a lot of spices,star anise is a lovely spice used as & when it should be, i can however not come to terms with it looking like a cockroach head !
Feel strongly that Khan has been very careless ,but at the same time cannot think something soft & fragile would stand up to the rigors of cooking ,for doubtful home cooked food or ingredients i go by the adage ' when in doubt toss it out ' ,in this case i would have definitely sent it back,stating my doubt & left it to them for scrutiny !.never hesitate to make a fuss in such cases ,it is your right to do so !.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Hi!.
That is the trouble with us in England we don't complain because it is embarrassing!. U should have asked , or put the thing in a napkin and photoed it I am sure you would fined some entomologist on the net to identify it!. I am a chef and know that the way dried herbs are produced that you can get all kinds of shapes!. so in'futre bring it to the attention of the resterunt thay will probably thank you!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Don't worry, it was probably Star Anise!. Kind of a sweet/tangy and often chewy spice!. It can get stringy, especially near the core!. I used to eat them plain as a kid!. Used in China, Japan, India, the like!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I'm weeping! X'' O

Please tell me you didn't eat it!. WHAT kind of spice would have antennas!?!?

Cockroach spice of course!. OMG X''O

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Chap above me is correct!.!.!.its Star Anise!!.!.!.great stuff and gives a lovely sorta "Cockroachy" flavour!! You don eat the head or the antenni by the way!Www@FoodAQ@Com

how DISGUSTING!
hope you don't eat it!
do not go to KHAN INDIAN RESTAURANT !!!Www@FoodAQ@Com

Star AniseWww@FoodAQ@Com

you should have ask!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I bet you dont eat there again!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

cockroach head!Www@FoodAQ@Com

It was a cockroach head sorry! you didn't eat it I hope!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

your bad luck hen but i think you already know the answer!!Www@FoodAQ@Com





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