Beef in Cumin Sauce

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: 2 hrs 15 mins
• 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
•  african  hot sauce or  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.