BAKED SALMON AND FREEKEH

Preheat your oven to 180deg C.
Place rounds of Lebanese egg plant , peeled cloves of garlic ( 1 for each salmon fillet ) , 1 onion cut into 8 wedges ...in a baking dish drizzled with oil and sprinkled with  sumac .
Oven bake till the vegetables begin to soften and become aromatic .......
Now for the salmon......
The salmon fillets should be patted dry with paper towelling , and be at room temp.
Place the salmon fillets on top ( of the vegetables ) skin side up .
Pour 1 cup of water into the baking dish with the vegetables  and drizzle the salmon fillets with oil and a little salt
Place in the oven at 180deg C and bake for 20 minutes.

Commence cooking your freekeh , I work on the ratio of 1/2 cup of dried freekeh  p/p .
Eg .. For 2 serves ..1 cup of freekeh = 2 cups of water.

The sauce .....
5 large ripe tomatoes (peeled ) or 2 tins of diced tomatoes
1 large onion diced  and sautéed  in a little oil in a pan 
Add  1/4 tsp of cracked pepper
Heaped tsp of sugar
A handful of fresh parsley chopped .
Stir till combined and warmed through about 10 minutes.

Assemble by dividing  the freekeh between plates
Place salmon fillets on top
Pour tomato sauce over the salmon.
Divide the vegetables from the baking dish and serve on the side.