Khapli Wheat Bean Quesadilla Gets A Desi And Nutrient-Dense Makeover
Khapli Wheat Bean Quesadilla
45 mins
Cooking Time
Easy
Difficulty
23
Ingredients
Veg
Diet
A quesadilla made with black beans, cheddar, and taco seasoning is a great snack, but it can be hard to make, since most Indian kitchens don’t keep Mexican staples on a regular rotation. Added to that, the crust is made with either corn or maida, which can be a hassle to source or nutritionally poorer, so this quesadilla recipe swaps it for khapli atta, milled from an ancient grain with higher fibre and protein.
This quesadilla recipe uses rajma and paneer, along with staple spices like cumin, turmeric, and coriander, plus onion, garlic, and green chillies, so you get familiar flavours wrapped in a tortilla made from scratch with Aashirvaad Chakki Khapli Atta instead of store-bought flour tortillas. Making dough and rolling it out with khapli wheat flour might be an uncomfortable experience at first because it behaves a little differently from refined flour. Its gluten structure is naturally less elastic, so the dough needs a gentle hand while rolling rather than being stretched thin, and resting it properly before shaping helps prevent tearing.
As for the filling in this quesadilla recipe, it uses boiled rajma (red kidney beans) mashed with crumbled or grated paneer that adds richness and extra protein. Instead of taco seasoning, the spicing here is a standard tadka-and-masala base of cumin seeds sputtered in hot oil, followed by onion, ginger, garlic, and green chilli, then finely chopped capsicum and tomato, and finished with turmeric, coriander powder, garam masala, and red chilli powder. Grated cheddar or processed cheese is used to bind everything and melt through the filling for the perfect cheesy quesadilla experience.
Ingredients
UNITSIngredients
2 cupsAashirvaad Chakki Khapli Atta, For the khapli wheat tortilla
½ tspSalt
2 tbspOil
as neededWarm water, added gradually
1½ cupsRajma (kidney beans), boiled and lightly mashed
1 cupPaneer, crumbled or grated
2 tbspOil
1 tspCumin seeds
1 medium Onion (finely chopped)
1 tsp Ginger-garlic paste
1Green chilli (finely chopped)
½ cupCapsicum (finely chopped)
½ cup Tomato (finely chopped)
¼ tspTurmeric powder
1 tsp Coriander powder
½ tsp Garam masala
½ tspRed chilli powder, adjust to taste
to tasteSalt
1½ cupsGrated cheddar or regular cheese
¼ cupFresh coriander leaves (chopped)
For servingGreen coriander-mint chutney
For servingPlain curd
For servingOnion-tomato raita
Plate it up!
Plate it up!
Plating Instructions
Plating Instructions

Stack the sliced quesadilla triangles on a platter, cut side facing out.
Pairing Instructions
Pairing Instructions

Serve with green coriander-mint chutney and a bowl of plain curd or onion-tomato raita.
Garnishing Instructions
Garnishing Instructions

Scatter extra chopped coriander leaves and a light squeeze of lemon over the top.
Yes. Drain and rinse canned rajma well, then mash it lightly the same way you would with home-boiled rajma.






