Beef Turnip Stew

I'm not into soya sauce, so I added more spice in my stew today. ^^
First, I browned the beef cubes with ginger, garlic, shallot, pepper and salt.
Then I stewed it in water/broth with aniseed, cinnamon, green onion and dried chilli. I stewed it for 1.5 hour coz today I was using bigger cubes of sirloin instead of beef brisket.

Then, I put turnip cubes and stewed for another 30 min.

In the last 5 min, I finished it with green onion and chinese chives.
Yummy! Is it a bit similar to yours? I miss you honey... ^^