Early afternoon dinner. Maklouba (Arabic for upside-down). An hearty rice dish with homemade baharat spice mix (mostly cumin, allspice, cinnamon, black pepper and turmeric). Roasted eggplant slices, cauliflower and carrot slices. Also plenty of chickpeas and caramelized onion. I usually top it with pine nuts, but opted for ewe milk feta this time. The common preparation is to fry the vegetables, but this results in a dish that is too rich and oily to my taste, so I roast them. It is also very common to add chicken, which I do not.
Cold ouzo with spearmint makes a lovely digestif a warm afternoon.
Edit:
I posted the recipe in another thread:
