Tomato rice is a tangy, spicy and masala flavored rice cooked by adding soaked raw rice in tomato mixture. I made this recipe today because we harvested around 1 ½ lb tomatoes from my home garden. I was so temped to make some dish with it and finally made my […]
Soya chunk is a vegetable protein commonly used in vegetarian dishes to replace meat. It is called in different names like soya chunk, soya meat, soya nugget and meal maker. Soya chunk biryani is one such aromatic and flavorful recipe which my mom used to cook for us and I […]
Baby potato biryani is a variation from regular biryani in its taste. Its easy to prepare and hassle free recipe. I used frozen baby potatoes in this recipe as I couldn’t get hold of fresh ones in the store. This recipe is a sure divine for potato lovers so without […]
This tomato-free chicken biryani is the second recipe I learned after mastering dum biryani. With yogurt, mint, and whole spices doing all the magic, this biryani has been my Sunday staple paired with hot tandoori chicken.
This one pot dish is one of my favorite biryani in veg series as it does not require proper cuttings of veggies. I usually struggle a lot to cut veggies I mean to maintain to cut it in perfect shape and especially for vegetable biryani it’s a long struggle. My […]
Chicken dum biryani is a mouth watering and very flavorful one pot dish made with chicken, whole spices and basmati rice. Chicken dum biryani is a slow cooking process where both rice and chicken are cooked in dum procedure. This recipe is very simple and easy to make that even […]
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.
