Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, shito(ghana black pepper). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Shito is the word for pepper in Ga, a Ghanaian language from Accra, the Ghanaian capital. Whilst the word for pepper is different for each of the Ghanaian native languages, shitor din (black pepper), commonly called 'shito'. It consists of kpakpo green shito peppers, and it is often used as an accompaniment to fish dishes or kenkey.
Shito(ghana black pepper) is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Shito(ghana black pepper) is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook shito(ghana black pepper) using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Shito(ghana black pepper):
- Prepare ATA GBEGBI(HAUSA DRIED PEPPER)(buy derica of dried pepper)
- Prepare 5 bulbs of onions
- Make ready Ground nut oil(much oil is needed)
- Make ready Cray fish(good amount)
- Make ready Dried shrimps (in place of herring)
- Take Ghanaian use dried herrings fish
- Prepare Maggi
- Take Salt
- Get Garlic
- Get Ginger
- Take Fennel or cumin or rosemary(optional)
- Prepare Tomatoe paste(this makes it a bit thick and reduces the hotness
- Prepare Fry on low or medium heat to avoid burning
- Prepare You have to stir alot if not it will burn
Different communities use different bands of spices and different fish. Photo: Nassima Rothacker. by Zoe Adjonyoh. Many of my restaurant customers who are new to Ghanaian cuisine have likened it to the Malaysian condiment sambal belacha, and they're not wrong - they share the same potent smoky flavour that comes from the. Fresh shito (pepper) sauce is a fresh tomato, onion and chili sauce much loved by Ghanaians.
Instructions to make Shito(ghana black pepper):
- Soak your dried haisa pepper for 30mons so it can be soft once it is soft add onions and blend,it should be too smooth.set aside,pound you garlic and ginger paste(if you like add the fennel or cumin or rosemary spice thisis optional)and set aside.Slice or grate another set od onions into a frying pan..
- Place the fry pan which has groundnut oil add the grated or chopped onions let your onions be much fry the onions very well till it starts changing colour add the garlic and ginger paste keep frying for like 4 mins add the tomatoe paste (the tomatoe paste should be one because it reduces the hotness).keep frying till it gets very fried,add your grounded crayfish and dried grounded shrimps.fry on low or medium heat.keep frying till it gets the darker colour
- You can eat it with beans,rice,yam,it can serve as a chillie dip.its very versatile.my mother is a Ghanaian so I grew up with this.you eat it with waakye or waashe
- You eat this with waakye or waashe
It is sometimes called kpakpo shito after a very popular round green pepper and is not to be confused with shito, black pepper sauce, which is cooked with dried ground crayfish. Shito is the word for pepper in Ga, a Ghanaian language from Accra, the Ghanaian capital. Whilst the word for pepper is different for each of the Ghanaian native languages, shitor din (black In Ghana, shito is used with a variety of dishes. These include kenkey, steamed rice, eba and waakye. Ghanaian Food Nigerian Food Smoothie Drinks Smoothie Recipes Caribbean Recipes Caribbean Food West African Food Veggie Recipes Yummy Recipes.
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