Hi,
I have been making curries for a few years now, sometimes I use Babas
curry powder and spices and sometimes if I an feeling lazy I use paste.

When I use spices such as cloves, fennel, cardomom pods and star anise, my
kids complain about chewiing on a whole clove or fennel etc. My wife and I
usually spot them before we eat it but the kids just shovel it in. Is there
anyway or trick to cooking with spices to prevent this? Do I have to
labouriously pick through it all and remove them?

What do restaurants and street hawkers do? I have spent 14 weeks in Malaysia
and don't remember having that problem.

Any advice is appreciated.

Scet