SaiGeetha Pai

SaiGeetha Pai

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

Masala Bun

Hot cross buns,Hot cross buns,One a penny ,Two a penny,Hot cross buns.Finally I dared to bake these beauties and was successful.I adapted this recipe from Raks Kitchen and made my own stuffing.Would want to try again and again with different stuffing’s.I was very…

Egg kaju masala

I adapted this recipe from a FB food group posted by one of my friend Sandhya Nayak Kamath.I have  tried this dish several times and  since the taste is awesome I thought of sharing it here today.The original name of…

Palak rice

Palak rice reminds me of Utsav restaurant where we used to get the best palak rice.Now its been a long, long time since I had from there.Keeping that restaurant taste in mind I created this rice,as it is rice delicacies…

Ambuli chutney(Raw mango chutney)

Ambuli means raw mango.This chutney is a common chutney of the GSB cuisine and there are different variations of the recipe.This is most commonly prepared during the raw mango season. This chutney is a saviour when one looses appetite. This also  makes a…

Basil tomato soup

This soup is specially prepared with fresh Basil or sweet basil.Fresh sweet basil is best known for Pesto.I adapted this vibrant basil tomato soup from Nita mehta’s cookery book and prepared with slight changes.I found these leaves in the Easy…

Eggless vanilla cake

I just love eggless cake and Vanilla is my favorite flavor.My baker buddy Lakshmi always sings praises about this cake(Nita mehta’s recipe) and I finally baked it today .I found this recipe in   Divya’s blog .The cake came out pretty soft…

Batate ambuli gojju

Batate Ambuli gojju is again a Konkani dish. Batate means potato and Ambuli means ripe mango,gojju means both the ingredients which are smashed  together  especially  using the hands which adds extra taste.Ripe mangoes have already started to crop in our factory garden…

Sungta hinga uda(Prawn curry)

Sungta hinga uda is a traditional konkani preparation. Sungta or sungat means Prawns and hinga or hing means Asafoetida and uda means water.This is strongly flavored with Asafoetida which is mind blowing.It is best served with boiled rice.A piece of fried fish to accompany the dish completes the…

Paneer tawa masala

Paneer tawa masala is cottage cheese in tomato based gravy with aromatic spices.This is a Punjabi delicacy.I adapted this recipe from Tarla dalal which I had bookmarked few days back.I made slight changes in the recipe as per my needs.This…

Prawns Buzzane

Prawns buzzane  recipe was shared by one of our guest who stayed with us a year back.She said this dish is  basically a  Maharastrian  Koli community’s delicacy.I have prepared this dish several times and is spicy and  super tasty. You may…