Easy and delicious grilled veggie quesadilla. Vegan and Nut Free.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 25 minutes
- Total time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 people
- Category: Main Course
- Cuisine: Nut-free, Vegan
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon oil
- 1 green pepper
- 1 red pepper
- 1/2 medium onion sliced
- 2 Serrano chili peppers sliced finely
- 1/4 teaspoon salt or to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 cup vegan shredded cheddar
- 2 ripe tomatoes chopped
- 1/2 jalapeno pepper chopped finely
- 1/2 cup cilantro leaves
- 1 teaspoon lime juice
- 4 whole wheat tortillas or rotis
Method
- In a large pan, add 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil. Let the oil get hot on medium high heat.
- Add in the onion sliced and let cook for 2 minutes with frequent stirring.
- Add in 1 green bell pepper and 1 red pepper sliced thin and 2 serrano chili sliced finely.
- Mix all and let cook on medium high heat for 7-8 minutes or till all vegetables start browning on the edges. You can also grill the veggies on a grill pan or BBQ. And of course more veggies can be added as well, like zucchini, or mushrooms. And some pinto or black beans as well!
- Prepare the simple salsa by mixing in the tomatoes, jalapeno, cilantro and lime juice, Add in a little salt and pepper. Mix everything and keep aside.
- Heat a large grill pan or use a plain pan and spray oil on it.
- Place one tortilla on the grill pan.
- Sprinkle some cheese on the tortilla.
- Layer some grilled veggies on it and spread evenly.
- drop small amounts of the salsa and sprinkle more cheese.
- Top it all with another tortilla.
- Press down for a minutes and then flip the quesadilla!
- Press down on the other side for a minute as well..
- Cut it up using a pizza cutter.
- Serve hot with Guacamole, low fat vegan sour cream, Salsa and Habanero Sauce!
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.