Maqlouba - "headfirst

Ingedients (for 4 Persons):

• 1 kg chicken legs or chicken wings
• 1 Onion
• 500 g Rice (e.g. Basmati)
• 3 eggplants
• 3 Tomatoes
• 4 potatoes
• 100 g peeled almonds
• 1 Bay leaf
• 1 tbsp chicken broth
• 1 tbsp. Turmerinc
• ½ tsp. Koriander
• a bit cinnamon
• Salt
• Pepper

Preparation:

1. Wash the meat and dab dry. Then cook it with the quartered onion, the broth, the Bay leaf, a little salt and pepper for about 30-45 minutes.
2. Roast the almonds with a bit oil until theire colour is gold.
3. Peel the eggplants and the potatoes cut the aubergines lengthwise into slices about 5 mm wide, also cut the potatoes into slices about 5 mm wide. Sprinkle with a bit salt and allow to drain for about 10 minutes, then sauté in oil.
4. Slice ​​the tomatoes carefully.
5. When the meat ist cooked, remove the skin and fat. Do not pour away the water, later we will cook the rice with it
6. Wash the rice.
7. Now you can start to stack everything i a big pot. At first the eggplants, pull it up a bit. Then the meat and the potatoes. After that the tomatoes. At last put the washed rice in the pot.
8. Everything has to weighted, to don't let it swim around. e.g. with a dish or a water filled small pot.
9. Now you sift the chicken water. About 1 liter. Don't forget to add the spices. Let it cook slightly for 30-35 minutes. until the water is gone. Shortly before the end you can remove the dish or the waterpot.
10. Now it's gonna be a bit difficult, we need a big plate or something like that and put it on the pot. Then you turn everything around and leave it for about 15 minutes, to let everything remove from the pot.