No garlic veg biryani/ Instant pot No garlic biryani is a very aromatic and flavorful biryani loaded with veggies and spices. Adding a paste made with mint, cilantro, ginger, tomato and whole spices gives the biryani beautiful color and adds to its taste making it stand out among other biryani. […]
Instant pot mushroom biryani is one such delicious, flavorful and simple biryani prepared with mushrooms, basmati rice and spices. Yes as you read it earlier this is a basic biryani involving no special masala to be used or involves no special ingredient to be used to make it delicious instead […]
Chicken nombu kanji/ Instant pot chicken nombu kanji is a delicious and healthy porridge prepared with rice, moong dal, chicken, carrot and other spices during the holy month of Ramadan. Ramadan nombu kanji is very light and cooling porridge which is consumed in the evening to break the fast; yes […]
Instant pot millet bisi bele bath/ Barnyard millet bisi bele bath is a scrumptious, wholesome and healthy one pot meal prepared by cooking millet, dal and veggies in freshly ground bisi bele bath powder then topped with tempering consisting of ghee, cashews and curry leaves. Traditionally bisi bele bath is […]
Instant pot chettinad mushroom biryani/ Chettinad mushroom biryani is a very flavorful one pot meal prepared by cooking seeraga samba rice and mushrooms in freshly ground chettinad masala. Yes this mushroom biryani is prepared with short grain rice called seeraga samba and homemade masala which makes this biryani very special. […]
Instant pot palak khichdi/ Palak khichdi is one such winter special lip smacking lentil based one pot meal that is super healthy and nutritious. Yes this is one such recipe that is super quick to prepare and is something similar to South Indian VEN PONGAL and SAMBAR SADAM. I might […]
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.
