Eggplant, Tomato and Chickpea Bake: Musaqa’a

Name: Eggplant, Tomato and Chickpea Bake: Musaqa’a
Cuisine: Middle Eastern, African
Ingredients: 5 medium eggplants; 1/2 C. olive oil; Salt and black pepper; 1 onion (finely chopped); 6 garlic cloves (crushed); 1 t. chile flakes; 1 t. ground cumin; 1/2 t. ground cinnamon; 1 1/2 t. tomato paste; 2 green bell peppers (seeded and cut into 1 inch pieces); 1 15-oz. can of chickpeas (drained and rinsed); 1 14-oz can chopped tomatoes; 1 1/2 t. sugar; 3/4 C. plus 2 T. water; 1 C. cilantro (roughly chopped); 4 plum tomatoes (sliced into 1/2 inch rounds)