Wednesday 29 April 2020

Mexican Tortilla Casserole

Tortilla Casserole is healthy and very delicious food. It is very quick and easy to prepare.

I usually prepare the sauce at home, so that I can adjust it just as we like. You can also use ready made sauce.
Next I add layers of black beans and top it with colorful veggies and finally add cheese at the top.
I bake this in the oven for about half an hour. and there you go, the hot Tortilla Casserole is ready.


Ingredients:
Corn Tortillas - 5
Onions - 1
Tomatoes - 3
Capsicum - half
Olive oil - 1 tbsp
Tortilla spice mix - 2 tsp
Chili powder - 1 tsp (optional)
Frozen or semi-boiled Corn - half cup
Baked Black beans - 1 cup
Olives - handful
Cheese

Procedure:
Preparing Tortilla Sauce
1. In a pan, add the olive oil.
2. Once its hot, add the chopped onions.
3. After a minute, add chopped tomatoes and let them cook for some time.
4. Add salt for faster cooking.
5. Next add the chopped capsicum and mix well.
6. Finally add the Tortilla spice mix.
7. Add Chili powder for extra spiciness and let it cook for a coupe of minutes
8. Keep this sauce aside

Baking Tortillas
1. Pre-heat the oven at 160 degrees
2. Take a baking tray, grease it with olive oil or butter.
3. Spread the tortillas at the bottom of the tray. Cut the tortillas into 2 or 3 pieces and the spread on the tray such that the entire bottom layer is covered.
4. Spread the prepared Tortilla Sauce.
5. Next spread the baked black beans.
6. Next add the corns and the olives. You can also add any other veggies as per your likes.
7. Top it with cheese.
8. Bake it for 30 mins, till it is nicely cooked.

The delicious Tortilla Casserole is ready to be served.






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