SaiGeetha Pai

SaiGeetha Pai

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

Khoa Burfi/ Dodha burfi

Mangalore is decked up with lightings for the Navaratri festival and is looking as beautiful as a bride. Just like Mumbai is popular for Ganesh chaturthi , Bengal for its Durga puja,Mangalore is famous for Dasara. One can hear the…

Koliwada Basa fish fry

Basa fish is a favourite of my son and myself. Especially we like Basa fish and fry from Sizzler ranch. Now we get the frozen basa fish easily in KFDC . I bought it recently and tried in Koliwada style.…

Custard apple milkshake

This season we get best custard apple here and to make the best use of it we make milkshake with it. Though you may relish in the juice bars nothing like home made ones. This is very simple to prepare…

Pesto Chapathi Quesadilla

This is an Italian snack  with Indian twist , Indian Quesadilla to be precise. Whenever there are leftover chapathi’s we can make this snack. I tasted this at Amma’s place when Santoshi had made for  evening snack. It tasted so…

Urad maida polo

Udid/Urad maida polo is a staple breakfast of the G.S.B’s. I started liking this dosa recently. Tastes excellent with chutney. This is a very soft dosa . As kid, memory of this dosa  was mixing of the maida in the water…

Thaikile Muddho

This dish is usually prepared during Monsoon time as the leaves are easily available . Earlier the leaves would grow in the garden . But now it has become extinct since the garden is cleaned on regular basis for various…

Mushti Polo , recipe #4

This is the #4 th recipe of Mushti Polo and there are still more to come. I just like to try new recipe’s. Dosa’s are a staple of G.S.B’s . This recipe was shared to me by my neighbour and…

Pumpkin phodi /fritters

Some days back when I visited my aunt she was making pumpkin phodi during lunch time . I borrowed the recipe from her and tried it since there was pumpkin in stock . I liked the flavour very much and is…