Vegetarian Fajita with hot tomatillo salsa, sour cream served with warm corn tortilla

Vegetarian Fajita

Vegetarian Fajita with hot tomatillo salsa, sour cream served with warm corn tortilla

I have been craving Mexican dishes lately. Me gusta la comida Mexicana! I had a burrito yesterday, tacos all of last week and been dabbling in salsas lately. Today, it is ‘fajita-fever’!
Fajita is a tex-mex dish, typically grilled meat served on a sizzling iron skillet (mostly served with bell peppers and onions as well) and condiments like guacamole, pico de gallo and spanish rice. I fell in love with this Mexican entrée the first time I had it, 2 yrs ago. Hot sizzling veggies- what’s not to love? I of course had to customize this for my veggie palate.
Here, I only had onions and green bell pepper. I have also made a quick Tomatillo Salsa as an accompaniment.

Ingredients:
1 Pepper, sliced 1” pieces
1 Onion, cut into 1” pieces
Garlic 2 cloves, minced
Cumin powder-1tsp (or fajita seasoning)
Corn or Flour tortillas, 8” diameter
Black beans (or Pinto beans)- 1 15ox can, drained
Vegetable oil, 1 tbsp
Sour cream
1/2 cup Cheese- shredded

Tomatillo Salsa
4 medium tomatillos
½ Onion, diced fine
1 Jalapeno
Cilantro, 3 tbsp, roughly chopped
Lemon juice, 1 tbsp
Salt as needed
Boil the tomatillos and jalapeno in about 3-4 cups of water for about 15min. Let cool and roughly chop and place in a bowl. Now add the diced onions, cilantro and salt. Set aside.

Pico de Gallo
2 tomatoes- diced
½ onion, diced fine
Cilantro, 3 tbsp roughly chopped
Lemon juice, 1 tbsp
Salt as needed
Add the above ingredients in a bowl and set aside.

Salsa, black beans and pico de gallo

Heat a skillet with the vegetable oil over medium heat. Once hot, add the garlic, onions and peppers. Sauté the veggies for about 8 min, until they are cooked and soft. Now add the cumin powder (or the fajita seasoning). Don’t burn them, por favor. Set aside.

Sauteed Peppers and Onions

Warm the tortillas in the microwave for about a min.
Now, the assembly- On the warm tortilla, add a tbsp of the onion-pepper mixture, tbsp of beans and a tbsp each of the tomatillo salsa and pico de gallo. Sprinkle some cheese. Add a dollop of sour cream. Roll up and enjoy the fajita!

Fajita