Vegetable cutlet is a delicious and healthy snack made with mixed vegetables. Veg cutlets are usually deep fried snacks with crispy exterior and soft inside adored by both adults and kids. Vegetable cutlets can be made different shapes like heart, oval and standard round shape as well. Cutlets or patties […]
Green chana or Hara chana or choliya is one variety of chana from the legume family that is light, little sweet and yummy to taste like any other desi chana. This chana is green in color as it is picked at a much earlier stage hence not artificially colored. So […]
Chicken 65 is a popular appetizer/ side/ snack dish that is prepared by deep frying marinated chicken pieces. Chicken 65 recipe uses boneless chicken for its making which makes it much easier to eat. This recipe is usually spicy and is judged by the color. I have not used any […]
Onion salan is a thick and flavorful gravy that is exclusively served with biryani in restaurants. This salan aroma and taste is much different from other gravies as it uses peanuts, sesame seeds and coconut. It is simple to make and lip smacking recipe that makes biryani even more delicious. […]
Karamani/ Black eyed peas sundal is one such delicious and easy to make snack or as naivedyam. This sundal preparation does not involve much of work as the cooked peas just needs tossing in masala along with tempering. Super easy right just like any other sundal recipes. So you can […]
Onion samosa or Irani samosa is a yummy deep fried snacks that is smaller in size compared to normal samosa. These little samosas taste great when accompanied with a cup of hot chai specially on a rainy day. Onion samosa contains a simple filling made with onions and poha which […]
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.
