Shito
Shito is a very hot pepper sauce that is used in the cuisine of Ghana for a wide variety of dishes. The consistency of Shito is similar to the pesto known in Europe .
There is fresh and ready-made shito. The individual recipes differ depending on the part of the country, but consist essentially of peppers , oil and tomatoes.
Fresh shito
With fresh Shito, peppers are mixed with onions, salt and tomatoes, partially fried in oil and served with a dish. This form is used where a sauce needs to be made quickly. This sauce is less oily than the black shito and the color of the tomatoes is more reddish. Fresh shito cannot be kept for long.
Black shito
The fully prepared shito is also called black shito. In addition to a certain amount of dried red peppers, this sauce includes a proportion of dried and ground shrimp , dried and ground fish, onions and tomatoes. Everything is dressed with plenty of oil, boiled and filled into glasses. In Ghana you can buy ready-made black shito at the market. This oily pepper paste is often dark, almost black in color.
Black Shito can be stored very well without cooling as long as the glass is not opened. After that, Shito will keep for a few more weeks under cooling.
literature
- Jojo Cobbinah : Ghana. Practical travel guide for the "Gold Coast" of West Africa. 11th edition. Peter Meyer, Frankfurt am Main 2012, ISBN 978-3-89859-155-3 .
Web links
- Gabriel Willmann: The culinary culture in Ghana. Project report for the Peter and Ruth Wirts Foundation. (PDF; 756 kB) University of Witten Herdecke