Seven Vegetable Couscous

Name: Seven-Vegetable Couscous
Ingredients: 6 tbsp. butter; 1 lb. boneless veal shank, cut into several pieces; 1 onion, peeled and minced; Pinch saffron threads; 1 small green cabbage, quartered; 2 medium tomatoes; 2 small chiles, seeded; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 cups fine grain couscous; 1 waxy potato, peeled and quartered; 1 small eggplant, quartered; 3-4 medium carrots, peeled and quartered; 1 red bell pepper, seeded and quartered; 1 white turnip, peeled and quartered; 1 small butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and cut into 4 large chunks; 2 small zucchini, quartered; 1 cup canned chickpeas; 1 cup chopped fresh cilantro