Egg biryani is one such easy and quick to make rice dish that can be prepared in many ways. But till date the most quickest way to whip up an biryani definitely needs to be a recipe stolen from street vendors. Yes either their method is simple or most of […]
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 […]
Instant Pot is the 3rd generation Programmable Pressure Cooker. It speeds up cooking by 2~10 times using up to 70% less energy and produce nutritious healthy food. INSTANT POT is not something new to market now but is very new to my blog. The above definition is available in internet […]
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 […]
Quinoa tomato bath is a mildly spicy, slightly tangy as tomato is the key ingredient and little nutty and crunchiness from quinoa. Quinoa tomato bath is a great lunch box or one pot lunch recipe. It can be served with raita. Quinoa tomato bath is again one such healthy and […]
Vegetable dum biryani is a very flavorful and delicious biryani made with lot of veggies and basmati rice in dum style making it taste like restaurant style one. This biryani is not prepared in authentic Hyderabadi style but does taste like ones made in restaurants. All spices used in this […]
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.
