Beef in Cumin Sauce

Submitted by KlynnPadilla

"From The Congo Cookbook; posted for ZWT 4 / Africa. Servings and cooking times are a guess; I will update when I have made the recipe."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 2 lbs stew meat, cut into large bite-sized pieces
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 onions, finely chopped
• 2 limes, juice of or 1 lemon, juice of
• 1 jalapeno chile, cleaned and chopped
• 4 tomatoes, chopped (or canned tomatoes)
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
• 4 teaspoons cumin
• cayenne pepper or red pepper
• black pepper
• salt
• 3 mint leaves (optional)

directions

1. In a large pot, bring the meat to a boil in a inch of water. Cover and reduce heat.
2. While the meat is cooking, make a sauce by combining all the remaining ingredients in a separate pot. Bring to a slow boil. Turn off heat.
3. Add the sauce to the meat. Simmer until meat is done, and then simmer some more.