Ingredients

  • 1 cup rice
  • 1 eggplant large
  • salt
  • 2 large potatoes
  • 14 ounces tomatoes
  • 4 garlic cloves chopped
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 1 pinch pepper
  • 1 cup olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 2 1/2 cups soy milk
  • 1 nutmeg pin ch
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 1 teaspoon allspice

Method

  • Wash rice and soak for 30 minutes. Slice eggplant into rounds and soak in slightly salted water. Peel and cut potatoes into rounds. Put rice in a pan with the tomatoes, garlic, onion, salt & pepper. Add 2 cups water and allow to simmer gently until the water has been absorbed.
  • Dry the eggplants and fry in the 1 cup olive oil until they just begin to turn golden. Set side. Fry the potatoes in the same way.
  • Make the white sauce. In a pot, heat the 2 tbs olive oil. Gradually stir in the flour, then the soy milk. Add a pinch of salt, pepper & nutmeg. Simmer gently for 1 minute. Set aside.
  • Grease a casserole dish. Put in a layer of potatoes, followed by eggplant and finally the rice mixture. Space out the allspice berries on the top. Add the sauce. Bake at 375F for about 30 minutes.