Creamy Greek Quesadilla Recipe Video
This Recipe can be made quickly. It is creamy as well as tasty.
Summary
Preparation Time5 MinCooking Time10 Min
Ready In15 MinDifficulty LevelEasy
Health IndexAverageServings2
Ingredients
Low fat greek style yogurt – 1 cup
English cucumber – ½, shredded
Garlic – 1 clove, minced
Cilantro – a big handful, chopped
Red chili sauce – 1 tablespoon
Whole wheat tortillas - 4
Part skim shredded mozzarella cheese - 2 cups
Feta cheese – 1 cup, crumbled
Roasted red peppers - 1 12 ounce jar, chopped
Kalamata olives - 20, quartered
Red onion - 1, thinly sliced
Directions
MAKING
For the Tzatziki dip:
1. In a bowl, take chopped garlic, shredded cucumber, cilantro, yogurt and red chili sauce. Mix it well and keep it aside.
For the Quesadilla:
2. Heat a pan over medium high heat.
3. Coat the pan with cooking oil. You can even use butter here.
4. Place tortilla in the pan and allow it to toast on one side.
5. Flip the tortilla on other side and layer one side of the tortilla with mozzarella cheese.
6. Add red onion over the cheese, red roasted peppers, olives, feta cheese and another layer of mozzarella cheese. Remember just to layer one half of the tortilla and resist the temptation to overstuff.
7. Fold the tortilla from the empty side to form a half moon and press it lightly.
8. Let it cook for 30-40 seconds on each side.
9. Remove from the flame and the pan and let the Quesadilla cool for about two minutes.
10. Cut it into four slices.
SERVING
10. To serve Creamy Greek Quesadilla, serve it on a serving platter with Tzatziki dip. Garnish with a sprig of cilantro.
For the Tzatziki dip:
1. In a bowl, take chopped garlic, shredded cucumber, cilantro, yogurt and red chili sauce. Mix it well and keep it aside.
For the Quesadilla:
2. Heat a pan over medium high heat.
3. Coat the pan with cooking oil. You can even use butter here.
4. Place tortilla in the pan and allow it to toast on one side.
5. Flip the tortilla on other side and layer one side of the tortilla with mozzarella cheese.
6. Add red onion over the cheese, red roasted peppers, olives, feta cheese and another layer of mozzarella cheese. Remember just to layer one half of the tortilla and resist the temptation to overstuff.
7. Fold the tortilla from the empty side to form a half moon and press it lightly.
8. Let it cook for 30-40 seconds on each side.
9. Remove from the flame and the pan and let the Quesadilla cool for about two minutes.
10. Cut it into four slices.
SERVING
10. To serve Creamy Greek Quesadilla, serve it on a serving platter with Tzatziki dip. Garnish with a sprig of cilantro.
Editors Review
These creamy Greek quesadillas is definitely the change you were hoping for. If you are on a fatless diet, then use low-fat or non-fat dairy products; otherwise, indulge yourself in a creamy and cheesy fair. The process is quite easy and you can pop up any stuff within the quesadillas, in addition to the suggested ingredients.Comments
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