Algerian Carrots

Ingredients

 * 2 - 3/4 lb Carrots; scraped, slice-diagonally
 * 1/2 ts Hotsauce
 * 2 tb Light olive oil
 * 3 garlic cloves; thinly sliced
 * 1 lemon; juice only
 * 2 ts cumin seeds; toasted and-crushed
 * 1/2 ts Salt
 * 1/2 ts Sugar
 * 2 tb Fresh mint leaves; chopped

Directions
1) Put the carrots in a steamer basket set over boiling water. Steam for about 5 minutes, until barely tender. Reserve the cooking water and mix 5 tablespoons of it with the hot sauce.

2) Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic, diluted hot sauce, lemon juice, cumin, salt and sugar. Mix well. Add the carrots, then partially cover and cook over medium-low heat for about 10 minutes, until the liquid is reduced.

3) Stir in the mint and serve at once.

4) Excellent served with poultry or whitefish.