Eggplant, Chickpea, and Tomato Bake (Musaqa’a) : Foodwise

Name: Eggplant, Chickpea, and Tomato Bake (Musaqa’a) : Foodwise
Ingredients: 5 medium eggplants (2¾ lb/1.25kg); ½ cup/120ml olive oil; Salt; black pepper; 1 onion, finely chopped (1 cup/150g); 6 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 tsp chile flakes; 1 tsp ground cumin; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; 1½ tsp tomato paste; 2 green bell peppers, seeded and cut into 1¼-inch/3cm chunks (1 ⅓ cups/200 g); 1 x 14-oz/400g can chickpeas, drained and rinsed (1¾ cups/240g); 1 x 14-oz/400g can chopped tomatoes; 1½ tsp sugar; ¾ cup plus 2 tbsp/200ml water; 1 cup/20g cilantro, roughly chopped; 4 plum tomatoes, trimmed and sliced into ½-inch/1.5cm rounds (12¼ oz/350g)

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Echoes of Greek moussaka are correctly heard here, both in the name and the feel of the dish. It’s a vegetarian take on the hearty, humble, healthful, and compl

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