SaiGeetha Pai

SaiGeetha Pai

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

Cheppi Kheeri,A bland dessert

Cheppi Kheeri is a bland Kheer and is sugarless.This is prepared on festive occasions like Nagar Panchami and Gowri Pooja.As a kid I wasn’t enjoying this dish much but now this is one of my favourite. The aroma of the  turmeric leaves is infused…

Rulava Idli

Rulava idli is a idli prepared with Bombay Rawa.This is a popular G.S.B dish prepared during fasting.This idli is very soft and goes well with chutney. My Amma steams the Bombay rawa in the steamer instead of roasting it so does…

Paanak

This drink is often distributed in the temples during  festive occasions.In Mangalore,it is distributed during car festival on “Okkolu”(Holi) day.The Paanak distribution on that day was started my Mamama’s Father,that is my maternal Great Grandfather and is still continued to…

Panchakajjai/ Panchkadayi

Hello dear readers! Today I will share an interesting prasadam recipe which we prepare on special occasions. Panchakajjai or Panchkadayi  is prepared on certain auspicious occasions like Krishna Janmashtami, Gowri pooja and Ganesh Chaturthi as an offering to the God…

Kerala style vegetable biryani

Biryani always stand No 1 position in my favourite list and this biryani is No1 without any doubt..Santoshi had prepared this few days back and I had liked it very much, so I decided to prepare this today..My sister suggested…

Modak,Ganesh Chaturthi special

Modak is Lord Ganesha’s favourite sweet and coming Monday,9th of September is Ganesh Chaturthi,so  I decided to prepare ‘Gannus’ favourite sweet Modak.Modak is a sweet dumpling where coconut jaggery mixture is used as a stuffing often.It can be either steamed…

Punjabi chicken

Ever since the hike in onion price,preparation of North Indian dishes have been automatically reduced to a great extent.But this  recipe was so tempting, I had to prepare it to crave our urge.The recipe  was very simple and the result…