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

Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, shito(ghana black pepper). It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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.

Shito(ghana black pepper) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Shito(ghana black pepper) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this 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 cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Shito(ghana black pepper):
  1. Prepare ATA GBEGBI(HAUSA DRIED PEPPER)(buy derica of dried pepper)
  2. Get 5 bulbs of onions
  3. Make ready Ground nut oil(much oil is needed)
  4. Make ready Cray fish(good amount)
  5. Make ready Dried shrimps (in place of herring)
  6. Get Ghanaian use dried herrings fish
  7. Make ready Maggi
  8. Get Salt
  9. Make ready Garlic
  10. Prepare Ginger
  11. Make ready Fennel or cumin or rosemary(optional)
  12. Make ready Tomatoe paste(this makes it a bit thick and reduces the hotness
  13. Prepare Fry on low or medium heat to avoid burning
  14. Prepare 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'.

Step by Step 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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