Maqloubi (Upside-Down Chicken And Rice Pilaf) - Rouba Shahin Middle Eastern Cooking

Ingredients

• 7 large eggplants
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 tablespoons pine nuts
• 3 tablespoons slivered almonds
• vegetable oil for deep frying
• 3 cups jasmine rice
• 2 teaspoons Arabian spice blend Baharat or Allspice
• 2 large potatoes sliced thick
• 5-6 cups of chicken stock
• 1 chicken approximately 1.5 kg
• 1 onion cut into ¼’s
• 1 carrot cut in half
• 1 celery stick cut in half
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• a few sprigs of parsley
• 6 peppercorns whole