Shito (Ghanaian pepper sauce)

• Shito

 Shito is a popular pepper sauce enjoyed by some Ghanaians and other West African countries. It can be eaten with several local meals and stored for quite a long time.

Ingredients

• 15 large onions

• 1 cup of dried crushed herrings

• 1 cup of shrimp powder

• 15 large fresh pepper

• 3 tablespoonfuls of dried pepper powder

• 4 tablespoonfuls of tomato puree

• Garlic

• Ginger

• Nutmeg

• Food seasonings

• Cooking oil

• Salt

Preparation

• Wash and peel off onions, ginger, and garlic.

-Chop them into big chunks.

• Pour onion chunks into cooking oil in a saucepan under medi­um heat.

• Blend ginger, garlic, and pepper and add to oil. Stir until ten­der.

• Add tomato puree. Stir for 20 minutes.

 • Continuously stir the mixture until it is light brown.

• Add shrimp powder and herring then stir in seasoning and salt to taste

• Add the dried powdered pepper, nutmeg and allow simmering on a low heat till the colour is dark brown.

• Remove from fire and allow it to cool.

• Store in a dry clean bottle with enough oil on top of the sauce.