Mexican Dip!!

This is a great appetizer specially when you have to fed a large group of people.
As this is delicious and super easy to make.



For making this you need following ingredients,quantity depends on your dipping plate size, so you can use according to your need.

Refried Beans(Heat it and add 1 tsp of taco Seasoning)
Fat Free Sour Cream mixed with Taco Seasoning(You can use normal sour cream,i really don't mind taste of fat free so i always use Fat free creams and cheese)
Shredded Cheese ( i used fat free Mexican blend,u can use any shredded cheese of your choice)
Tomatoes – chopped
Lettuce chopped
Cucumber chopped
Black Olives – sliced
Pickled Jalapenos – sliced or chopped


Method:
Take a dipping plate or any deep serving platter/plate.
1st Layer: Refried bean in a deep serving platter.
2nd Layer: Sour cream
3rd layer:Lettuce + Tomatoes+Cucumber
4 layer:Shredded Cheese
Finally Finnish with Olives and Jalapeno Pepper.
Cover with plastic wrap and chill for 1-2 hours.

Variation:You can also add one more layer of Gucamole and also instead of Tomatoes you can use Tomato Salsa.

Mexican Rice!

Ingredients:
Parboiled rice/Basmati rice - 1 Cup(Boiled)
Onion - 1(sliced)
Tomato - 1(sliced)
Capsicum - 1(sliced)
Minced Garlic - 1 tsp
Vinegar - 1/4 tsp
Soya sauce - 1/4 tsp
Rajma bean - 1 Cup(Boiled with salt)
Oil - 3 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Salt to taste

Method:
1. Heat oil in a kadai.
2. Add minced garlic, fry for 2 minutes, then add onions.
3. Add tomatoes once the onions turn golden colour.
4. Add the chilli powder,capsicum and boiled rajma along with little water, vinegar and soya sauce.
5. Saute for 10 minutes till the gravy thickens.
6. Mix the gravy thoroughly with rice without breaking it.
U can topped it with some Cheddar cheese.

Mexican Rice is ready to use!

Veggie Quesadilla!!

What is Quesadilla??
A quesadilla is a dish in Mexican cuisine or Tex-Mex, which involves cooking ingredients, most importantly cheese, inside a corn or wheat tortilla or a wrapping of masa (cornmeal dough)). The word comes from Spanish, and literally means "little cheesy thing" (from queso, or "cheese", + ada, an adjectival suffix, + illa, a diminutive suffix).
[keh-sah-DEE-yah] A flour tortilla filled with a savory mixture, then folded in half to form a half-moon shape. The filling can include shredded cheese, cooked meat, refried beans or a combination of items. After the tortilla is filled and folded, it's toasted under a broiler or fried. Quesadillas are usually cut into strips before being served, often as an appetizer

As filling can be of any choice,being a vegetarian i choose to make Veg Quesadilla!!!
Ingredients
Large flour tortillas
Grated cheese - either mild or sharp cheddar, or Monterey Jack
Olive oil

Veggie:(Use whatever available in ur Kitchen)
I prefer:
1 Onion Cubed
2 Mushrooms Cubed
1 Green pepper(or/and any other colour pepper) cubed
1 Clove garlic
Green onions
1-2 Green chili
Salt
Black Pepper
pinch of oregano



Directions:
Heat a pan,add 1 tbs spoon of oil stir fry the veggie until soft(not completely it should be crunchy),add salt,pepper n oregano.Keep aside.
Sprinkle 2 tablespoons cheese over one half of a tortilla. Place Veggie mixture, barely overlapping, on top of cheese. Then sprinkle 2 more tablespoons of cheese on top of the veggies and fold the tortilla in half.Try to press the open side with the help of fork. Repeat with remaining tortillas.

Heat tawa over medium-high heat,sprinkle 1 tbs of oil and cook quesadilla until the cheese melts and the tortillas are golden brown on both sides, about 2 minutes per side. Repeat with the remaining tortillas.
Serve hot with Sour Cream or Ur choice of salsa..