Chicken biryani is a flavorful and delicious one pot meal prepared with aromatic basmati rice and chicken. This chicken biryani is prepared in stove top method and uses biriyani masala to add more flavors and taste. I have posted many varieties of biryani both veg and non-veg recipes earlier but […]
Sheer khurma/ Sheer khorma is a delicious dessert prepared with vermicelli, milk and lots of nuts. This easy and quick to make dessert/ sweet plays an integral part of EID. Yes the festival is fulfilled only when this sweet is tasted. Of course not to forget this recipe during Ramadan […]
Vada pav/ Wada pav is a delicious and a popular fast food / street food in Mumbai. This well known food consists of deep fried potato fritter/ batata vada stuffed between a bread bun/ pav bun and accompanied with spicy and garlic flavored dry chutney, green chutney and sweet imli […]
Ambur chicken biryani/ Seeraga samba biryani is one such delicious and lip smacking one pot meal that has its own distinct flavors and cooking method; where taste is overloaded due to slight variation in the ingredient list which makes it stand out among other biryani. This ambur biryani is so […]
Thandai is a very flavorful, healthy, refreshing and delicious drink prepared with cold milk, sugar and thandai masala powder/ paste for Holi festival. This drink has so much goodness as it uses ingredients like almonds, pistachios, peppercorn, fennel seeds, saffron strands and many more. Sound great right? The traditional method […]
Kadalai urundai/ Peanut chikki/ kadalai mittai is a delicious and healthy snack made with peanuts and jaggery syrup. This is usually made during karthigai deepam festival along with pori urundai/ murmura ladoo, but since it is consumed as snack too I thought to post it today, because I made this […]
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.
