Quesadillas | Folded tortillas stuffed with Cheese

Quesadillas is one of the most famous mexican food which is prepared from tortillas having cheese as its main stuffing ingredient. The tortillas when folded with a stuffing in between is called Quesadillas

Ingredients:

• 10 uncooked tortillas  (available in supermarkets or can be made as following  tortilla recipe)
• 2 cups grated Cheese
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil

Method:

1. Heat up a skillet and lightly grease them with oil.
2. Cook the tortilla on both sides on low heat for 20-25 seconds
3. Put a spoon full of grated cheese in between of the tortilla and fold the tortilla into half.
4. Over medium heat cook tortilla by turning on both sides till the cheese melts.
5. Quesadillas is ready. Serve it on a plate with tomato sauce, or red or green salsa and chopped onions. You can also cut it into further half for decorative purpose.
6. Repeat it for all the tortillas.

Notes:

• It can be also prepared by Deep frying tortillas, and the variant is called quesadillas fritas.
• This is a typical mexican recipe. Quesadillas are also famous in US. 
• There are variants of Quesadillas  where different stuffing ingredients are tried such as melted cheese, shredded meat, peppers, onions etc
• Sometimes, cheese and ham are sandwiched between two flour tortillas, then cut into wedges to serve what is commonly known as sincronizada. The sincronizada is frequently confused with quesadillas

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