Shito(ghana black pepper)
Shito(ghana black pepper)

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Shito(ghana black pepper) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Shito(ghana black pepper) is something that I have loved my entire life.

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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have shito(ghana black pepper) using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Shito(ghana black pepper):
  1. Make ready ATA GBEGBI(HAUSA DRIED PEPPER)(buy derica of dried pepper)
  2. Take 5 bulbs of onions
  3. Make ready Ground nut oil(much oil is needed)
  4. Take Cray fish(good amount)
  5. Make ready Dried shrimps (in place of herring)
  6. Take Ghanaian use dried herrings fish
  7. Get Maggi
  8. Make ready Salt
  9. Prepare Garlic
  10. Take Ginger
  11. Make ready Fennel or cumin or rosemary(optional)
  12. Prepare Tomatoe paste(this makes it a bit thick and reduces the hotness
  13. Get Fry on low or medium heat to avoid burning
  14. Take You have to stir alot if not it will burn

Shito is particularly popular and consumed in Ghana. The word for pepper is not the same for each one of the Ghanaian local languages. Shitor din (black pepper), normally called 'shito', is generally used as the name for the hot black pepper sauce blended with spices everywhere in Ghanaian cuisine. Shito is a black/dark brown pepper sauce that is popular in Ghana.

Instructions to make Shito(ghana black pepper):
  1. 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..
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. You eat this with waakye or waashe

Fresh shito (pepper) sauce is a fresh tomato, onion and chili sauce much loved by Ghanaians. 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 among the native languages in Ghana which means black pepper. It is a popular part of the Ghanaian cuisine made from fish and blended spices. This recipe originated from the Ga, tribe of Ghana. 'Shito' is a word for pepper in Ghana among the Ga people.

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