SaiGeetha Pai

SaiGeetha Pai

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

Ginger garlic paste

Nothing like homemade ginger garlic paste.No preservative and full of freshness and flavor.I know this is very simple to prepare,but it is so very handy if you prepare it in advance and store it.I,maximum use only homemade ginger garlic paste.It puts…

Zaffrani pulav

Ummmmmmmm, Zaffrani pulav,the name itself spreads so much of aroma. Zaffrani pulav is a rice preparation  made  with  the Saffron strands  and spices.A very simple preparation and mild in taste.You may prepare this pulav sweet if you have a sweet tooth.My folks…

Ginger prawns

I adapted this recipe from  Kudpiraj’s Garam Tawa.When my dear friend Kudpi maam posted this dish in his blog I drooled at the first sight itself and wanted to prepare it immediately.This is indeed a very tasty dish and reminds…

Flour tortillas

Flour tortillas are the Mexican unleavened flat bread.It is usually used to prepare Quesadillas.I have already posted Veg quesadilla recipe recently which was my 100th post .Flour tortillas are most famous in USA in the preparation for burritos.Tortilla is a…

Pulihara

Pulihara or puliyogre is a  tamarind flavored rice.This dish  is tangy and spicy.It can be relished as a breakfast,lunch or dinner. Pulihara is also distributed in the temples as’ prasadam'(religious offering to the almighty,consumed by the worshipers). We, GSB’s celebrate a temple festival known as car…

Appo

Appo is a traditional  Konkani breakfast dish  prepared in almost every household of the GSB’s. To prepare this you need a special pan with few depressions.This is best served with the chutney.My amma prepares the best appo’s. Even though I prepare it,  cant match  it…

Kolmino Patio

 Kolmino patio is a Parsi/Iranian  preparation. Kolmino patio is basically a sweet and sour prawn curry.I came across this dish from  Nutans blog.We were given a task to prepare this dish in the Fb food group on bloggers day by Nutan .I…

Dahi bhendi

Dahi bhendi is a  yogurt flavored curry seasoned with deep fried ladys finger. Dahi means yogurt and bhendi means lady’s finger.I first tasted this dish at a restaurant named Palki in Mangalore.They serve the best dahi bhendi. Then finally one day I found this recipe in my…