North African Spiced Winter Vegetable Couscous – Sophie Zalokar

Ingredients

• 2 cinnamon sticks
• ½ tsp ground ginger
• ½ tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• ¼ tsp dried chilli flakes
• salt flakes
• 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 4 med parsnips, cut into large chunks
• 4 med carrots, diagonally cut into halves
• ½ kg pumpkin, peeled & cut into large chunks
• 1 red onion, peeled & thickly sliced lengthways
• 1 x 400 g tin chickpeas, rinsed under cold water
• 170 g couscous
• pinch saffron threads
• 250 ml hot vegetable stock
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 piece preserved lemon, rinsed & finely sliced
• ¼ cup dried sour cherries or currants (optional)
• 1 cup fresh coriander leaves