Quesadillas

Mexican quesadilla is now a days very popular in India. People are willing to try more and more of mexican cuisine. A quesadilla is a tortilla containing a savoury mixture of cheese and other stuffing such as kidney beans and other veggies. A quesadilla is basically a mexican styled pan cake, like a toasted sandwich, made with 2 tortillas sandwiched. It's really yummy ans easily acceptable as it matches the indian taste. 

Quesadillas are best served with salsa & tomato sauce. Now a days restaurants serve quesadillas in various ways.. Some serve as appetizers after giving it a twist. Many serve them as a main course meal by toasting 2 tortillas with generous amount of cheese and veggies mixture.

And some even serve it as dessert using choclate mixture.

Ingredients : 

For dough:

Refined flour 1/2 cup

Corn meal flour 1/4 th cup

Corn flour 1 spoon 

Oil -1 spoon

Salt

Chilly flakes

Oregano

Pepper

For filling 

Baked beans mixture: 

Oil - 2spoons 

1/2 cup beans ( small kidney beans i.e rajma soaked overnight)

Bay leaf -1

Tomato puree: 1 cup 

Tomato ketchup: 2-3 spoons

Corn , capsicum and cabbage ( 1 cup)

Pepper 

Salt 

Oregano 

Chilly flakes ( all as per taste)

White sauce (as given in earlier recipes)

And : 

Paneer 

Baby corn 

Capsicum 

Jalepanoes

Green chillies 

Method: 

 For making tortillas: 

Take all ingredients mentioned for dough and make a soft dough 

Make two round tortillas and cook it in a  pan on a medium flame till it is half done. 

Dont make it crisp. 

For filling : 

For baked beans :

Heat a pan 

Add  2 spoon full of oil , add green chillies and then tomato puree to it..

Now put soaked beans and cook till it simmers. 

Now add capsicum, corn and cabbage 

Add tomato sauce, red chilly powder, oregano, chilly flakes, black pepper , chilly flakes and salt.

And cook till the sauce gets reduced.

Prepare 1 cup of thick white sauce as given in corn cheese ball and pasta recipe. 

 

For final mixture: 

Heat oil in a pan and add chillies, capsicum and chopped baby corn 

Now add white sauce, graded paneer and baked beans mixture and stirr well.

Season the mixture with salt, pepper,oregano and chilly flakes 

And now the filling is ready 

Now for assembling, 

Take one tortilla base and spread the filling all over it. 

Cover the filling witg graded cheese and add some jalepaneos 

More cheesy and it will be more tasty

Now put the other tortilla over it 

Heat a pan and toast the quesadilla applying butter..

Neither too soft nor too crispy..

Cut triangles and serve it as you want..

And enjoy tasty quesadilla