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

Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, shito(ghana black pepper). One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Shito(ghana black pepper) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Shito(ghana black pepper) is something which I have loved my entire life.

Hi family, These are the spices I used: Anise seed Sage salvia Rosemary Thyme leaves Bay leaves I used just a pinch and three bay leaves. Its a sauce that is usually eaten hot or mild. This can be eaten with kenkey waakye rice yam bread or how ever you want it.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have 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):
  1. Prepare ATA GBEGBI(HAUSA DRIED PEPPER)(buy derica of dried pepper)
  2. Make ready 5 bulbs of onions
  3. Take Ground nut oil(much oil is needed)
  4. Get Cray fish(good amount)
  5. Prepare Dried shrimps (in place of herring)
  6. Make ready Ghanaian use dried herrings fish
  7. Take Maggi
  8. Take Salt
  9. Prepare Garlic
  10. Get Ginger
  11. Take 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

How to prepare shito (Black pepper sauce). Shito is a black/dark brown pepper sauce in Ghana prepared with pepper, dried fishes and other ingredients. 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'.

Steps 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 undoubtedly one of the popular sauces in Ghana especially for students. It's also normally referred to as student's companions in school because most students can go to school without them. Find below the steps on how to prepare shito for school or at home.

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