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

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Shito(ghana black pepper) is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Shito(ghana black pepper) is something that I have loved my entire life.

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.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook 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. Prepare Ground nut oil(much oil is needed)
  4. Prepare Cray fish(good amount)
  5. Get Dried shrimps (in place of herring)
  6. Take Ghanaian use dried herrings fish
  7. Get Maggi
  8. Prepare Salt
  9. Prepare Garlic
  10. Take Ginger
  11. Prepare Fennel or cumin or rosemary(optional)
  12. Make ready Tomatoe paste(this makes it a bit thick and reduces the hotness
  13. Get Fry on low or medium heat to avoid burning
  14. Prepare You have to stir alot if not it will burn

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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

Shito can be either coarse and full of body or smooth, and medium - or extra - hot depending on how much chilli you use, and this is how you'll find it labelled on supermarket and African grocers' shelves. 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. Gravy with Shito (at top, green, red and black). Shito is the word for pepper in Ga, a Whilst the word for pepper is different for each of the Ghanaian native languages, shitor din (black pepper) In Ghana, shito is used with a variety of dishes.

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