Pumpkin Couscous | Saveur

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 lb. lamb neck or shoulder, cut into 5 pieces
• 4-5 large yellow onions, peeled, then quartered and thinly sliced lengthwise
• 1 tbsp. salt
• 1 1⁄2-2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tsp. ground ginger
• 2 pinches pulverized saffron
• 1⁄2 tsp. ground turmeric
• 1 1⁄2 cups cooked chickpeas, skins removed
• 1⁄2 lb. (2 sticks) unsalted butter
• 4 cups couscous (not precooked)
• Flour
• 6 carrots, peeled, trimmed, halved lengthwise, and cut into 2 1/2"-3"-long pieces
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 1 1⁄2 cups raisins
• 1 1⁄2 lb. pumpkin or kabocha or butternut squash, trimmed, peeled, seeded and cut into 2" pieces