Fajita Quesadilla

When it comes to Tex-Mex food, one of our most favourite has been Fajitas and Quesadilla (yes pronounced "kesa diya" and not "dilla"). Fajitas are technically lean strips of meat served with strips of carmelized onions and capsicums. Fajitas are normally served with soft tacos which we have to fill with a variety of condiments.  Quesadilla is folded corn tortilla filled with cheese any stuffing of your choice. For the sake of veggie (but not vegan) friends here's a version that you may enjoy with a combination of Fajita and Quesadilla.

Ingredients

1) Tortilla Base - make sure you have a big enough size to be able to fill and fold.

2) Onions - Sliced in strips

3) Capsicum -  Sliced in strips (Bell Pepper if you are from the Yankee world)

4) Mushrooms - Sliced - just to make it veggie. Can be replaced by thin strips of any meat.

5) Cheese - I used Mozzarella and a Mexican Cheddar that we recently got from Muswellbrook. You can use any combination of cheese. Of course adding Mozzarella gives the ooey gooey effect that might work well with kids.

6) Jalapeno - Mexican chilli pepper for the extra kick.

7) You can use an optional Fajita seasoning if you can get one in your parts of the world.

Method

1) Saute the veggies on a grill or tava until the onions are carmelized and the veggies are charred slightly to get the smoky taste. You can use oil but very sparingly. Essentially you need some grilled veggies - not a sabzi.

2) Place the veggies on one half of the tortilla base and top it up with the cheese. If you are going to be grating cheese it's better if you do it at this stage. Pre-grated cheese becomes a little messier while spreading it at this time.The amount you want to fill could be a little bit of trial and error. 

Fajita Quesadilla 

3) Place the stuffed tortilla in a grill / sandwich press or a tawa. The easy part with the sandwich press is you don't have to flip it over. If you use a tawa or a grill flip it over after a few minutes. One alternate is to wrap this with aluminium foil so that it stays put as you flip it over.

Kids Version - Cheese only

Adios Amigos!!

Happy Cooking

C