Root vegetable rice - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 250g carrots, sliced at an angle
• 250g parsnips, sliced at an angle
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• ½ tsp coriander seeds, lightly crushed
• 80g butter
• 2 small onions, finely chopped (or use leftovers from the stuffed onions )
• 100g short vermicelli (available from Middle Eastern shops or online, or break vermicelli nests into small pieces)
• 300g white rice, rinsed and drained
• pinch of saffron
• 500ml chicken stock
• ½ small pack flat-leaf parsley, chopped