Recipe 01 / Ghana 🇬🇭
Created by
Aba
Takoradi, Ghana
Aba / The opening note
Aba grew up around Saturday cooking in Takoradi, where a bowl of fresh pepper belonged on the table and nobody needed to write the recipe down.
Inside Hot Red Peppe
Fresh natural ingredients
- 01Habanero
- 02Red chillies
- 03Onion
- 04Garlic
- 05Fresh ginger
- 06Tomato
- 07Red bell pepper
- 08Fresh herbs
- 09Rapeseed oil
- 10Sea salt
The story behind the sauce
Red Hot & Alive.
Everyone made it by feel: red pepper for warmth, ginger for lift and enough onion and tomato to give the heat somewhere to land. The texture stayed lively and coarse rather than disappearing into a smooth purée.
Years later, after too many mild lunches away from home, Aba began making a travel-sized version. Hot Red Peppe is built to wake up eggs, rice, grilled meat and anything beige enough to need rescuing.
“It should wake the food up, not make it disappear.”— Aba