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 […]
Poricha parotta/ Virudhunagar parotta is a super flaky, crispy, lightly sweet and delicious deep fried parotta often served with salna both veg/ chicken. This deep fried/ ennai parotta/ poricha parotta is super popular in Virudhunagar/ Thoothukudi and much craved by all for its taste and texture. Not an everyday delicacy […]
Iron kadai Brinjal fry/ Vankaya vepudu is a spicy, flavorful and very quick to make stir fry that can be prepared with handful ingredients in no time and served along with any dal variety/just rice/ roti. I regretted not trying this recipe for a very long time as this brinjal […]
Fish chukka/ Fish sukka/ Air fryer fish chukka is a flavorful and scrumptious dry dish prepared by tossing fried fish in spicy onion tomato masala. Traditionally chukka / sukka is prepared with mutton since I din’t eat mutton I had already posted chukka recipe like this CHICKEN CHUKKA. I was […]
Millet tomato rice/ Kuthiraivali tomato rice/ Millet thakkali sadam/ Millet tomato bath is a healthy, delicious and easy to make one pot meal prepared by tossing cooked millet in spicy, tangy tomato thokku / gravy. Traditionally tomato rice is prepared with raw rice/ pacharisi or Basmati rice but thought to […]
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. […]
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.
