Quesadillas with ‘Pico de Gallo’ Salsa

The three basic things that you will ALWAYS find in a mexican fridge, be it at a big family´s house, a weekend bungalow or a bachelor´s appartment are: wheat or corn flour tortillas, ham and cheese, which are the main ingredients for the easiest and tastiest mexican snack: quesadillas. We Mexicans have quesadillas for breakfast, lunch, dinner. We serve them to our friends when they come over, we have them when we come home after partying, we have them at night while watching TV or as a snack on a lazy Sunday. So, obviously the first thing that came to my mind when I tried Chapati for the first time and realized its similarity to wheat flour tortillas was ‘Yay! I can make a quesadilla with chapati!’

The word quesadilla comes from queso (cheese) and tortilla. A classic quesadilla is basically a tortilla folded in half with some melted cheese inside. But, you’ll often find quesadillas filled with chicken, potatoes, chilli, mushrooms, or even meat. Basically, you can get as creative as you feel like and put whatever comes to your mind inside, as long as the tortilla is folded in half, you can call it a ´Quesadilla’.

The ‘Pico de Gallo’ salsa is a sauce you can find on the table in any restaurant in Mexico and goes along with any food, so it goes perfectly well with the quesadillas.

Ingredients for Quesadilla:

• 1 Tablespoon Oil
• 250 grams any Melting cheese (I used Amul´s Gouda and it worked perfectly)
• 4 Chapatis

Procedure for Quesadilla:

• Place a skillet over medium-heat and add the oil. Once heated, place a chapati in the skillet. Shred some cheese, and add the desired amount on top of the chapati.
• Fold the chapati in half, forming a half moon shape. When you see that the cheese is melting, flip the quesadilla over so the other side gets warm, too. This process should only take a minute or two.
• As soon as you see that the chapati is getting crispy, remove it from the skillet and place it on a plate.
• Keep the quesadilla warm while you repeat the same process with the other chapatis. Add some salsa if desired.
• Remember, you can add whatever filling you want. So, along with the cheese, add mushrooms, capsicum, shredded chicken or ham.

Ingredients for Pico de Gallo Sauce:

• 3 tomatoes
• 1 onion
• 2 branches of coriander
• 2 small green chili peppers
• 1 lime

Procedure for Pico de Gallo Sauce:

• Chop the tomatoes, onions, coriander and chili peppers. Mix everything in a bowl.
• Add some drops of lime juice and mix.

Recipe Contributed by:
PAULA
Mumbai
India.
Time Taken: 20 mins

Category : Slurrpy Star Recipes