SaiGeetha Pai

SaiGeetha Pai

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

Ambya gojju

Ambya gojju is a famous dish of the GSB’s.I borrowed this recipe from my Mamama(maternal granny).The star of this dish is Mango.This is a sweet,tangy and spicy gojju and a very simple preparation. Mamama used to enjoy her main course only with…

Batate pathal bhaji/puri bhaji

Batate pathal bhaji is best served with puri and is one of the best combo.Amma used to prepare it often for breakfast.Batate means potato and pathal means thin gravy.This is again a popular dish of the  GSB’s.Adding green peas and…

Poha chutney 1/Bhajil

Poha chutney is a popular breakfast of the GSB’s as well as famous Mangalorean dish.Poha means beaten rice.This is one of the staple breakfast of the Mangalorean’s. There are few methods of this preparation.This method is the ground method.I will post different…

Rulama bhakri/Sajjige rotti

Rulama bhakri is a popular breakfast of the GSB’s.It is also known as Sajjige rotti and is a famous Mangalorean dish too.There are few variations in the recipe.At times I add grated cucumber or chopped onion.This is one of my…

Aamras

King of fruits, Mango is in season now and when we have a stock of Factory grown mangoes we can prepare varieties of delicacies.I prepared Aamras with few,Mango milkshake,Aaam ka panna with the raw mangoes,Mango milk candy etc.Preparing it in…

Tomato puri

Tomato puri is a puri flavoured with tomatoes and mint leaves.Yesterday when I was thinking that I should prepare something new type of puri with the combination of Aamras my sight fell on Anjana ji’s recipe in the facebook page…

Butter naan

Butter naan is my all time favourite flat bread.It is a popular dish of North India.Traditionally it is prepared in the tandoor. But this recipe is with the tawa. I have also tried the method of sticking the naan to the tawa with the…

Lal murgi

I had prepared this dish long back.I adapted this recipe from Nita mehta’s book after my friend Aparna Kamath had tried it and suggested me to try.This dish has a lovely colour and tastes very good.I prepared green peas pulav…

Dal dhokli

Dal dhokli reminds me of the song doli taro dol bhaje,dol bhaje….Well, coming back to the recipe this is a popular dish from the land of Gujarat.I love Gujarati cuisine.Dal dhokli means sour chapathi squares in dal.Small pieces of rolled…