Recipe of delicious Moroccan couscous with Seven Vegetables

Couscous is a Berber dish from North Africa. It is made from durum wheat semolina. The vegetables that make up the couscous vary from recipe to recipe.
This is one of the iconic dishes of Berber cuisine, Jewish, African and Mediterranean. Here I will show you the recipe for you to prepare at home.
1 kg (2 lbs. 3 oz.) dry couscous (not instant)
1/4 cup vegetable oil

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1 kg (2 lbs. 3 oz.) lamb or beef, cut into large pieces on the bone (or 1 whole chicken)
1 large onion, coarsely chopped
3 tomatoes, peeled and coarsely chopped
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon pepper
2 teaspoons ginger
1 teaspoon turmeric, or 1/4 teaspoon Moroccan yellow colorant
1 handful of parsley and cilantro sprigs, tied into a bouquet

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1/2 of a small cabbage, cut into 2 or 3 sections
3 or 4 turnips, peeled and halved
10 carrots, peeled and halved
1 or 2 tomatoes, peeled and quartered
1 or 2 small onions, whole or halved
1 small acorn squash, quartered (or a small section of pumpkin, cut into 3" pieces)
4 or 5 small zucchini (long or 8-ball round), ends removed and halved
2 or 3 small sweet potatoes, peeled and halved (optional)
1/4 cup dry chickpeas, soaked overnight (optional)
1/2 cup fresh fava beans (optional)
1 or 2 jalapeño or chili peppers (optional)*

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2 tablespoons butter (for the couscous)
1 tablespoon salt (for the couscous)

in next article i will show you how to to prepare delicious Moroccan couscous.