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 […]
Green gram pongal is a khara pongal/ venpongal made with rice, moong dal and green moong dal. Green moong dal pongal is more flavorful, wholesome and healthy breakfast served with simple coconut chutney or tiffin sambar. So what’s different abt it? As the name suggests and explanation in the first […]
Broken wheat/ Cracked wheat/ Dalia/ Godhumai (Godhuma) rava whatever name called is a highly nutritious and healthy ingredient which can be consumed in many forms either sweet or savory just makes the dish tasty. Today we are here to look at a sweet dish payasam/ kheer which can be made […]
Chicken tikka a very popular dish that is loaded with flavorful and succulent pieces of chicken and veggies originating from Indian and pakistan. Chicken tikka is traditionally prepared in clay oven called tandoor which is actually the reason behind its taste and flavors in addition to the veggies and tandoori […]
Pressure cooker chicken kurma is one such easy and quick to make coconut based thick gravy that can be served with umpteen dishes like parotta, rice, poori, chapati, pulao, idli, dosa, uttapam and with many varieties of biryani. I have already posted many varieties of kurma including a chicken kurma […]
Pressure cookers are always a bliss to all working people and non working people with small kids as they finish the work in jiffy. Of course we have the INSTANT POT available in market which does the work even faster but we are not debating about it now. Pressure cooker […]
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.
