Vegetable Tagine with Peas and Squash and Carrots and Apricots

Ingredients

• 300 g Garden Peas 375g frozen peas
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 onion (peeled and diced)
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground white pepper
• 1 kilo mixed squash, sweet potato, carrots and swede (peeled and diced into medium chunks)
• 2 cloves garlic (peeled and crushed)
• 20 dried apricots
• 4 tomatoes (skinned and roughly chopped)
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• good pinch saffron (soaked in 50ml warm water)
• 1/2 fresh chilli (chopped, optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• handful coriander (chopped)
• handful parsley (chopped)
• salt and freshly ground black pepper