Couscous

Steamed semolina granules served as the base for a slow-cooked stew of lamb, chicken, or seven vegetables, depending on whether it is the Friday family version, the meatier celebration preparation, or the vegetarian variant, with chickpeas, carrot, courgette, turnip, pumpkin, raisin, and a broth scented with ras el hanout, ginger, saffron, and harissa on the side. Assuming the classic lamb-and-seven-vegetables preparation. The signature is the gentler cousin of tagine: the same warm-spice register but lighter on the meat depth, broader on the vegetable sweetness.