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. […]
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 […]
Kerala kadala curry is a very traditional side dish/ gravy prepared specially to be served with puttu or appam for breakfast. This kadala curry is little spicy gravy enriched with coconut flavors, tastes super delish when accompanied with puttu. This one such simple and easy to make gravy does not […]
Egg curry/ Egg thokku is a spicy and masala filled side dish that is bright red in color and tastes good with many main dishes like rice, roti/ chapati, parotta, idli dosa and much more. Egg curry is one such simplest and quick to make dish that does not involve […]
Poori masala/ Potato masala is one such simple and easy to make side dish that is usually served along with poori. Potato masala can be used as side dish for poori, chapati and as stuffing for masala dosa. Potato masala does not require much of explanation as it well known […]
Vada curry is a delicious south Indian thick gravy made with leftover masala vada. Vada curry is a very flavorful and aromatic coconut based curry usually served along with idli and dosa for breakfast. Earlier in restaurants vada curry used to be prepared with leftover vada but as years passed […]
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.
