SaiGeetha Pai

SaiGeetha Pai

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

Pahadi palak chicken

Palak chicken is B’s one of the signature dish.He used all the  fresh paste and spices  to prepare the curry.Palak means spinach.I have already posted Dahi kadi with palak bhajias few days back and mentioned about its benefits…Coming back to the dish…

The making of Pahadi palak chicken and phulka

Oh my!   THE MAKING OF PAHADI PALAK CHICKEN and PHULKA was a real adventure.My son was in full spirit and enthu and was helping around in the kitchen, making masalas, pastes,chopping etc. Bahadur our employee from the factory paid visit to…

Methi pitla

I was just going through my recipes books yesterday  and found this recipe of Pitla in Tarla Dalal s book  and found  very tempting.I had tasted spring onion pitla several times prepared by my bhabhi S. Pitla or zunka is a popular…

How to deep fry Bittergourd

Deep fried bittergourd is used in many preparations in Konkani cooking like Karathe kismuri, karathe nonche etc.I deep fry and store it in advance for my future use.It is very handy if you deep fry and store it.It can be…

Karathe nonche(Bittergourd pickle)

Karathe nonche or bittergourd pickle is a traditional Konkani pickle.It is prepared more often during GSB functions.Best combination with this is  kotto,a breakfast dish prepared with jackfruit leaves.This pickle never misses at our place since my hubby dear S loves…

Eggless marble cake

Now that the  baking bug has bit me ,I have to find excuses and tell my hubby dear S that I’m baking for the kids sake,lol,health reason n so .Yesterday was Sunday,poor fellow had to go  in search of  vanilla essence for my…

Sungta song

Sungta song is  a prawn pickle,where traditionally it is cooked with potatoes.I tried this  dish song ,since I had left over diced onions in the fridge and I wanted to finish it soon and this idea struck me. Sungta means prawns. Please don’t confuse this…

Eggless chocolate brownies

Chocolate ,chocolate, chocolate!Its chocolaty atmosphere at my place.My daughter and myself can live just  on chocolates.I just love eggless chocolate bakes.I baked this brownie yesterday on Sanjus demand.I had prepared one more version from one blog,but this came out  better than that.My baker buddy Lakshmi…

Methi pulav

Methi pulav is a  rice preparation with fresh fenugreek leaves or methi leaves.Methi leaves has many health benefits.Methi seeds is one of the major ingredient in the Indian cooking.The dried ones are called as kasuri methi which is crushed and…

Bisi bele bath

Bisi bele bath or BBB is a famous South Indian delicacy, most popular in Bangalore and  Mysore. It is nothing but hot lentil rice. Bisi means hot, Bele means  tur dhal , bath  means rice . Though the ingredients and…