Recipe 02 / Ghana 🇬🇭
Created by
Ama
Kumasi, Ghana
Ama / The opening note
Ama grew up in Kumasi, in a house where the kitchen door rarely stayed shut and her mother’s green pepper sauce was first onto the table.
Inside Green Peppe
Fresh natural ingredients
- 01Mild green chillies
- 02Kpakpo shito
- 03Parsley
- 04Onion
- 05Garlic
- 06Apple cider vinegar
- 07Rapeseed or groundnut oil
- 08Sea salt
The story behind the sauce
Mild. Tangy. Green.
On busy Saturdays, relatives drifted in from Kejetia with bread, grilled meat and stories. The green sauce was the bowl everybody reached for and the last one to be cleared.
Green Peppe layers mild green chillies with fragrant kpakpo shito, herbs, onion and garlic. It is bright enough for eggs and sharp enough for grilled meat without overwhelming either.
“It should wake the food up without shouting over everybody.”— Ama