Tahchin is a combination of two words: Tah+Chin. "Tah" means bottom and "chin" means arrange. This dish is made of two elements: rice and the filling, which can be chicken, beef, lamb or vegetables.
There are a few variations of this dish and all are very delicious. A common one if lamb and eggplant where lamb is previously cooked, then sauteed with some onion and is layered with roasted or fried eggplant between the two layers of rice.