Vegetarian Quesadillas

A nice easy snack that I like to make is the Quesadilla. So for the uninitiated who maybe is thinking “What is a quesadilla”? Here is a brief description for you.

The quesadilla is a wheat tortilla or a corn tortilla filled with a savoury mixture containing cheese, other ingredients, and/or vegetables, cooked often on a griddle, then folded in half to form a half-moon shape. An alternate way you can make them is to use two tortillas. One at the bottom with the ingredients on top, then topped off with a second tortilla, flipping during cooking. This may be little trickier maybe but just as good.

The origin of the quesadilla was in Mexico. The quesadilla as a food has changed and evolved over many years as people experimented with different variations of it. It is ideal for the vegetarian and you can adapt it to use up pretty much anything you have knocking around your fridge.

  

Ingredients

• 4 tortilla wraps
• 1/2 pack of cherry tomatoes
• 1 pepper
• 1/2 onion
• 1 chilli
• 2 sundried tomatoes
• 1 small bunch of fresh coriander
• 2 cloves garlic
• Pinch of salt
• Enough cheese of your choice to scatter a light layer across a tortilla (i like either cheddar or mozzarella)
• 100ml (or however much you fancy) greek or natural yoghurt
• 1 tsp cajun spice seasoning

Method

1. Put the tomatoes (both types), deseeded chilli, garlic, onion coriander (stalks and leaves) and pinch of salt into a food processor and pulse until its a fine salsa type consistency, you don't want a puree but you do want it quite well chopped and mixed. Leave for 20 mins for flavours to develop. (if you don't have a food processor just chop everything up quite finely, crush the garlic and mix together in a bowl).
2. Heat up a dry (with no oil) frying pan to a medium heat.
3. Spread the filling across two tortillas but leave about an inch from the edge
4. Scatter grated cheese across the top and put the other tortilla wrap on top.
5. Cook on at a time in the frying pan about 1-2 mins on either side until the cheese is melted and the tortillas are crispy. I slide it onto a plate then put another plate on top to flip it over before putting it back in the pan to cook on the other side or it can get a bit messy!
6. Mix the yoghurt and the cajun spice. Slice into 4 and serve with the cajun yoghurt on the side.