Whole wheat Christmas plum cake/ No alcohol plum cake is one such delicious and aromatic cake that can be prepared instantly with whole wheat flour, spices, dry fruits, nuts and most importantly without alcohol/ rum. People who are so used to having this cake will know that apart from taste, […]
Christmas plum cake with rum/ Fruit and nuts rum cake is a very aromatic cake with distinct flavors and tastes different from any other regular cake and is usually prepared during Christmas as the name goes. Christmas cake/ Plum cake with rum is made with all purpose flour, caramelized sugar […]
Eggless Saffron pistachio cookies/ Saffron pistachios cookie is a very fragrant, light and delicious cardamom and saffron flavored cookies that can be made quickly at home with handful ingredients. The addition of pistachios on the cookies gives extra crunchiness which makes it super delish. When you bake these cookies at […]
Butter cake/Tea time butter cake as the name goes it is a soft, moist, fluffy and buttery cake prepared with basic ingredients like all purpose flour, sugar, eggs, vanilla syrup and a lot of butter. Yes that’s what makes it butter cake and different from the regular vanilla cake. This […]
Osmania biscuit is one such super popular and delicious short bread kind biscuits originating in Hyderabad and named after the last ruler Osman Ali khan. This melt in mouth biscuit is super famous in Irani cafes of Hyderabad and slurping a sip of tea and having a bite of homemade […]
Potato puffs/ Aloo puff is a popular Indian snack prepared by filling puff pastry sheets with spicy mashed potato mixture and baked to perfection. I never knew that there was something called aloo puffs until last year when I noticed in a café. We all/ I am used to typical […]
Hello and welcome. I’m Sandhya—the hands, heart, and stories behind Sandyathome This blog was never planned. It began quietly—just like the way my mother and grandmother used to cook. No measurements. No books. Just feeling. Growing up, I didn’t realize I was being shaped by their everyday magic. The gentle clinking of ladles, the warm smell of curry leaves crackling in oil, the quiet hum of love in every dish—they stayed with me. I didn’t inherit written recipes. But I inherited something far deeper—the emotion of cooking, the way food could heal, gather, and speak when words fall short.
