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Bean Enchilada Bake


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  • Author: Priya Lakshminarayan

Ingredients

Scale
  • 56 garlic cloves
  • 34 to matoes
  • 23 green chillies
  • 1 can of tomato puree
  • Salt as required
  • Chilly powder (optional)
  • 1 tbsp coriander-cumin powder
  • 1 tbsp mixed herbs
  • 2 cups cooked kidney beans
  • 1 packet tortillas
  • 1 bell pepper (chopped)
  • 1 cup grated cheese
  • Cilantro for garnish
  • Sour cream as required

Instructions

  1. Dry roast the garlic cloves and tomatoes separately. Let it cool down a bit and then grind it to a smooth paste along with green chillies. In the same pan, add tomato puree and cook it for 2 minutes.
  2. Then add the ground tomato-garlic paste to the pan. Bring it to a boil and reduce the flame
  3. to a medium. Add salt, coriander-cumin powder and mixed herbs to the mix. Mix and cook for a minute.
  4. Take out a cup of this sauce and preserve it for later use. Then add boiled rajma/kidney beans to
  5. the pan. Mix it all together lightly and carefully else the beans will get mashed. Cook it for a
  6. minute or two. Take it off the pan.
  7. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Take a mini casserole dish, add a spoonful of guacamole and
  8. spread it on the base of the casserole. Place a mini tortilla over it. Add some bean sauce over it.
  9. Then add chopped bell peppers and cheese. Place another tortilla over it and follow the same steps
  10. till the casserole fills up. Lastly add some sauce that was preserved. Bake this casserole for 10-15
  11. minutes or until the cheese melts.
  12. Rajma/Kidney Beans Enchilada Mini Casserole is ready! Garnish with chopped cilantro and mixed
  13. herbs. Add some sour cream on top as well. Allow it to cool a bit and then dig in.
  • Category: Main