Palestinian Couscous Maftoul Recipe | Middle Eastern Dinner Party

Ingredients

• 4 chicken legs (or supremes if you prefer), skin on (1kg)
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1½ tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• ¾ tsp ground turmeric
• 2 tsp fennel seeds, slightly crushed
• salt and black pepper
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 2 medium onions, each cut into 8 wedges (350g)
• 1 tbsp tomato purée
• ½ tsp caster sugar
• 2 large carrots, peeled and cut into 2cm-thick slices (320g)
• ½ butternut squash (400g), peeled, deseeded and cut into 3cm chunks
• 1 x 400g tin of cooked chickpeas, drained and rinsed (240g)
• 8 large cloves of garlic, sliced in half lengthways (25g)
• 750ml chicken stock
• 250g maftoul (or mograbiah or fregola, as an alternative)
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 5g parsley leaves, roughly chopped