Lauki dal/ Bottle gourd lentil curry/ Sorakaya pappu is a delicious and easy to make dal/ lentil based curry prepared with bottle gourd as the name goes. I was extremely bored to prepare that same old sorkaya milk curry/ kootu (a coconut based curry) all the time with bottle gourd […]
Okay so I was tempted to try this recipe after seeing a picture in Instagram (I still think if it was there) or somewhere in social media few days back. Methi malai paneer in the pic was ivory in color with tints of green from methi along with paneer cubes […]
Kada muttai/ Quail eggs are small eggs that are light and dotted unlike the usual chicken eggs. As you can infer from the egg’s name there are tiny pieces of nutrition from a wild bird named “QUAIL”. I can hear all your questions? So I got to know about this […]
Bottle gourd and shrimp kootu/ Sorakkai kootu is a thick gravy with a combination of bottle gourd / sorrakkai, lentil, shrimp/ prawn. It is a very delicious and very nutritious dish that goes well with rice and dosa. Though it has many steps in its making the output is a […]
Pepper chicken (milagu chicken) is a spicy, flavorful and delicious dish where chicken is cooked and simmered with loads of freshly ground black pepper in onion based masala. Pepper chicken can be made in gravy, semi gravy or masala form. So this particular recipe is a pepper chicken masala which […]
Prawn pepper kuzhambu is a spicy, flavorful and tamarind based gravy prepared with prawns and spices. As the name suggests the gravy is loaded freshly ground pepper which has lot of health benefits and is much soothing for this cold season. This kuzhambu uses small shrimp/ prawns but big ones […]
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.
