SaiGeetha Pai

SaiGeetha Pai

I am Saigeetha, a homemaker, food blogger, baker and a cook. Cooking is my passion.

Shakkarpare , recipe #2

Today is 3rd day of Diwali #20k17  and Laxmi puja is celebrated on this special day. Shakkarpare is a favourite at home. This time I tried my friend Jyo’s recipe . She said this is a no fail recipe recipe…

Sardines fry / Pedvo thallale

Festival of lights starts from tomorrow and the next five days will be celebrated with pomp and enthusiasm all over the country . All the cities in India will be decked up marvelously . Tomorrow being the first day, G.S.B’s…

Srilankan coconut thippi

This snack is something new to me . I saw this  in  Instagram for the first time and then in Raks kitchen. I prepared both spicy and sweet version. I have never tasted this snack earlier so I’m not sure…

Rang Pai Poha Chutney

Rang Pai poha chutney is a popular Mangalorean dish . I recently came to know about this dish through my friends MB and CK. MB had shared it in the group  and CK was Nostalgic about the dish. MB was…

Dharwad Peda, Diwali special

This is the 3rd sweet recipe of  Diwali #20k17 . Dharwad peda is a popular Indian sweet which is famous in Karnataka. It is originated from Dharwad. To know more about this sweet you may check Wiki . This is a…

Milk powder burfi

Diwali is around the corner and this is the 2nd sweet I tried for this Diwali #20k17, ‘Milk powder burfi’.  This is a very easy recipe where you don’t have to make sugar syrup and check string consistency and all.…

Kaju watermelon,Diwali special

I tried a fancy sweet called ‘Kaju Watermelon’ for this Diwali. They looked very attractive and tasted good too.  I followed the recipe  in you tube video named as  ‘Food Connection’ .This burfi is cashewnut based and tasted like kaju…

Poached egg curry

Whenever I make Amma’s Motte Randai and there is gravy leftover I make this dish. This dish is a real savior. Amma’s late elder sister,my aunt whom we kids  called  ‘Maav’ taught us to make this dish. She was such…

Karathe Ambade ghashi

This is a traditional g.s.b curry which I’m going to share here today. Amma prepares the best Karathe ambade  ghashi. Karathe means bittergourd and ambade means hog plums. I disliked this curry back then as I was a fussy eater…