I don't know why I'm incapable of following a recipe...but, I still ended up with a really awesome creation. I actually did have mango but with the advice of my family who didn't want to eat sweet potato and mango together I decided to leave it out. I wish I hadn't, just to see how it would have tasted. I scaled the recipe for 4, omitted the ham and used beef sausage, and didn't add cilantro either because I didn't have any. I didn't use any oil...why would you cook sausage in oil? The sausage releases oil when it's cooking, enough to cook the onions in. If eating with rice(the best way to eat it) I would add another 1/3-1/2 a cup of water or so for more of a sauce to eat with the rice. Also make sure to add 1/2 ts of paprika, 1/4 ts chilli powder, and 1/4 a ts of black pepper. I didn't try it with the cumin, but I'll do it next time. Jalapeno is a fine substitute for the green chilli pepper if you're out. To thicken up the sauce and give it a really great mild sweet and sour flavor, I added a TB of ketchup. I love adding ketchup to beans cooked with spices because it gives them addicting taste. Oh, another note...unless you absolutely can't eat a meal without meat, I would suggest leaving all the meat out. The sausage didn't seem to add any flavor at all the stew and the flavor of the sweet potatoes and beans together were so hearty that the sausage was just overkill. And if you do happen to have a family of carnivores like mine, then add more sausage, as mine complained the
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