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Shito
Shito or shitor din (lit. 'black pepper') is a hot black pepper sauce ubiquitous in Ghanaian cuisine. The name comes from the Ga language. Shito sauce consists primarily of fish or vegetable oil, ginger, dried fish, prawns, crustaceans, garlic, peppers and spices. These ingredients are usually blended and cooked in vegetable or corn oil for a little over an hour to create the sauce. The blend of spices and fish differs between different regions and villages but owes its original recipe to the Ga tribe. In Ghana, shito is used with a variety of dishes. These include kenkey, steamed rice, garri and '' waakye'' (rice and beans) and banku. Indeed, its uses have been adapted to that of a local ketchup, hot sauce or chili oil. It is not uncommon to find shito being eaten with white bread White bread typically refers to breads made from wheat flour from which the bran and the germ layers have been removed from the whole wheatberry as part of the flour grinding or milling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shito With Gravy (Red, Green And Black)
Shito or shitor din (lit. 'black pepper') is a hot black pepper sauce ubiquitous in Ghanaian cuisine. The name comes from the Ga language. Shito sauce consists primarily of fish or vegetable oil, ginger, dried fish, prawns, crustaceans, garlic, peppers and spices. These ingredients are usually blended and cooked in vegetable or corn oil for a little over an hour to create the sauce. The blend of spices and fish differs between different regions and villages but owes its original recipe to the Ga tribe. In Ghana, shito is used with a variety of dishes. These include kenkey, steamed rice, garri and '' waakye'' (rice and beans) and banku. Indeed, its uses have been adapted to that of a local ketchup, hot sauce or chili oil. It is not uncommon to find shito being eaten with white bread or spring rolls. In most Chinese restaurants across Ghana, shito replaces layou as a condiment to fried rice/steamed rice. Ground shito Shito is not always hot black pepper and it can also be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chili Sauce And Paste
Chili sauce and chili paste are condiments prepared with chili peppers. Chili sauce may be Scoville scale, hot, Sweetness, sweet or a combination thereof, and may differ from hot sauce in that many sweet or mild varieties exist, which is typically lacking in hot sauces. Several varieties of chili sauce include Sucrose, sugar in their preparation, such as the Thai sweet chili sauce and Filipino ''agre dulce'', which adds sweetness to their flavor profile.'' Handbook of Vegetable Preservation and Processing'' pp. 162–164.''The Asian Grocery Store Demystified'', Linda Bladholm pp. 58–61 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solomon Gundy
Solomon Gundy is a spicy Jamaican pickled (salted) fish pâté, usually served with crackers as an appetizer or hors d’oeuvre. Etymology ''Solomon Gundy'' may have been derived from the British word "''salmagundi''", used to refer to a salad of many different ingredients. The term is originally from the French word "''salmigondis''", which refers to a disparate assembly of things, ideas, or people forming an incoherent whole (a hodgepodge). Preparation The pâté is usually made with smoked and salted red herring, but other fish such as mackerel and shad are used sometimes. The fish is soaked or boiled in water to remove excess salt, and then deboned, minced or puréed until smooth. It is made with native scotch bonnet peppers and allspice, onion, scallion, vinegar, sugar and other herbs or seasonings. It is typically served with crackers or bread, but may be served with tostones. The dish appears on the menus of Jamaican restaurants and resorts, but is commonly so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asanka
The Asanka, earthenware dish, is a Ghanaian grinding bowl that is made out of clay with ridges inside. It is one of two kitchen tools commonly used in Ghanaian homes. it comes with a wooden pestle masher called eta or tapoli in the local language. It is commonly referred to as traditional blender and appropriately used where there is no electricity. It is also called a 'pounding pot.' The Ga' s call it Kaa whiles the Akans call it apotoyewaa or Asanka. It is commonly used in the chop bars as serving bowls. History Earthenware dish is one of the oldest kitchen tools in Ghana and can be found in almost every Ghanaian home. it is an integral part of Ghana's culture and known as one of the old pottery professions in Ghana among the women of some districts, Indigens of some towns in the Eastern, Bono and Ashanti regions of Ghana involved in the mass production of pottery items includes Amanfrom, Besease, Jejeti, Mpraseso, Oframoase, Tanoso etc. How to use The use of Asanka r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chili Oil
Chili oil is a condiment made from vegetable oil that has been infused with chili peppers. Different types of oil and hot peppers are used, and other components may also be included. It is commonly used in Chinese cuisine, Mexico, Italy, and elsewhere. It is particularly popular in Chinese cuisine, especially western Chinese cuisines, such as Sichuan cuisine, Hunan cuisine, Guizhou cuisine, and Shaanxi cuisine, where it is used as an ingredient in cooked dishes, as well as as a condiment. It is sometimes used as a dip for meat and dim sum. It is also employed in the Korean Chinese noodle soup dish '' jjamppong''. A closely related condiment in Chinese cuisine is chili crisp, which contains edible chunks of food and chilis in oil. Chili oil is typically red in color. It is made from vegetable oil, often soybean oil or sesame oil, although olive oil or other oils may be used. Other spices may be included, such as Sichuan pepper, garlic, or paprika. Commercial preparati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring Rolls
Spring rolls are rolled appetizers or dim sum commonly found in Chinese, Vietnamese and Southeast Asian cuisines. The kind of wrapper, fillings, and cooking technique used, as well as the name, vary considerably depending on the region's culture, though they are generally filled with vegetables and ground beef or pork. Regional history East Asia Mainland China Spring rolls are a seasonal food consumed during the spring, and started as a pancake filled with the new season's spring vegetables, a welcome change from the preserved foods of the long winter months. In Chinese cuisine, spring rolls are savoury rolls with cabbage and other vegetable fillings inside a thinly wrapped cylindrical pastry. They are usually eaten during the Spring Festival in mainland China, hence the name. Meat varieties, particularly pork, are also popular. Fried spring rolls are generally small and crisp. They can be sweet or savoury; the former often with red bean paste filling, and the latter ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Bread
White bread typically refers to breads made from wheat flour from which the bran and the germ layers have been removed from the whole wheatberry as part of the flour grinding or milling process, producing a light-colored flour. Nutrition White bread contains half of the magnesium found in whole-wheat bread, and it is generally considered to be less nutritionally dense. The milling process can give white flour a longer shelf life by removing the natural oils from the whole grain. Removing the oil allows products made with the flour, like white bread, to be stored for longer periods of time avoiding potential rancidity. History Ancient Egyptian aristocracy had access to white bread. In this image bread is depicted in Egypt in about 2,500 BC. Bread made with grass grains goes back to the pre-agriculture Natufi proto-civilization 12,000 years ago. But only wheat can feasibly be sifted to produce pure white starch, a technique that goes back to at least ancient Egypt. Becau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chili Oil
Chili oil is a condiment made from vegetable oil that has been infused with chili peppers. Different types of oil and hot peppers are used, and other components may also be included. It is commonly used in Chinese cuisine, Mexico, Italy, and elsewhere. It is particularly popular in Chinese cuisine, especially western Chinese cuisines, such as Sichuan cuisine, Hunan cuisine, Guizhou cuisine, and Shaanxi cuisine, where it is used as an ingredient in cooked dishes, as well as as a condiment. It is sometimes used as a dip for meat and dim sum. It is also employed in the Korean Chinese noodle soup dish '' jjamppong''. A closely related condiment in Chinese cuisine is chili crisp, which contains edible chunks of food and chilis in oil. Chili oil is typically red in color. It is made from vegetable oil, often soybean oil or sesame oil, although olive oil or other oils may be used. Other spices may be included, such as Sichuan pepper, garlic, or paprika. Commercial preparati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Sauce
Hot sauce is a type of condiment, seasoning, or salsa (sauce), salsa made from chili peppers and other ingredients. Many commercial varieties of Mass production, mass-produced hot sauce exist. History Humans have used chili peppers and other hot spices for thousands of years. One of the first commercially available bottled hot sauces in the United States appeared in 1807 in Massachusetts. However, few of the early brands from the 1800s survived to this day. Tabasco sauce, produced by the McIlhenny Company, is the earliest recognizable brand in the United States hot sauce industry, appearing in 1868. As of 2010, it was the 13th best-selling seasoning in the United States preceded by Frank's RedHot Sauce in 12th place, which claims to be the sauce first used to create buffalo wings. Ingredients Many recipes for hot sauces exist, but the only common ingredient is some variety of chili pepper. Many hot sauces are made by using chili peppers as the base and can be as simple as adding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ketchup
Ketchup or catsup is a table condiment with a sweet and sour flavor. "Ketchup" now typically refers to tomato ketchup, although early recipes for different varieties contained mushrooms, oysters, mussels, egg whites, grapes, or walnuts, among other ingredients. Tomato ketchup is made from tomatoes, sugar, and vinegar, with seasonings and spices. The spices and flavors vary but commonly include onions, allspice, coriander, cloves, cumin, garlic, mustard and sometimes include celery, cinnamon, or ginger. The market leader in the United States (60% market share) and the United Kingdom (82%) is Heinz Tomato Ketchup. Tomato ketchup is often used as a condiment for dishes that are usually served hot, and are fried or greasy: e.g., french fries and other potato dishes, hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken tenders, hot sandwiches, meat pies, cooked eggs, and grilled or fried meat. Ketchup is sometimes used as the basis for, or as one ingredient in, other sauces and dressings, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banku (dish)
In Ghanaian cuisine, ''banku'' and ''akple'' () are swallow dishes made of a slightly fermented cooked mixture of maize and cassava doughs formed into single-serving balls. ''Banku'' is cooked in hot water until it turns into a smooth, whitish paste, served with soup, okra stew or a pepper sauce with fish. ''Akple'' is preferred by the people of the southern regions of Ghana—the Ewe people, the Fante people and the Ga-Dangme—but it is also eaten across other regions in Ghana. ''Banku'' is a softer variety eaten by the Ga-Dangme (Ga or Dangbe), while the Fante people also have a drier variant of the dish they call ''ɛtsew''. Etymology ''Banku'' is a distinctively Ga-Dangme term. Banku is coined from the Dangbe phrase "ba mi ku". Ba means 'leaf(ves)'. Ku is the generic Ga-Dangbe term for all food of similar texture and prepared in a similar manner. Historically, banku was stored in leaves. The phrase ba mi ku simply means ku in leaves, and has been adulterated over time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waakye
Waakye ( ) or Awaakye is a Ghanaian dish of cooked rice and beans, commonly eaten for breakfast or lunch. However, others eat it for supper. The rice and beans, usually black eyed peas or cow beans, are cooked together, along with red dried sorghum leaf sheaths or stalks and limestone. The sorghum leaves and limestone give the dish its characteristic flavor and a red appearance and the sorghum is taken out before consumption. The word waakye is from the Dagbani language, and refer to a particular type of beans. In Hausa, the bean and the dish are called wake, a contracted form of the full name ''shinkafa da wake'' which means rice and beans''.'' Waakye is commonly sold by roadside vendors. It is then commonly wrapped in banana leaf and accompanied by one or more of Wele stew, boiled chicken eggs, garri, shito, vegetable salad of cabbage, onions and tomatoes, spaghetti (which is called talia in Ghana) or fried plantain. History It is thought to have originated in northern Ghan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
