Kadai mushroom is a creamy, rich and delicious restaurant style gravy. It is prepared with mushrooms) and colorful capsicum cooked in mildly spicy onion, tomato cashew paste and homemade spice powder. This mushroom gravy is such a simple and easy to make side dish that always remains as one of […]
Zucchini dal/ Zucchini pappu is a delicious and very easy to make lentil based side dish usually served alongside roti/ rice. We all know that dal is almost everyone’s favorite and we usually make simple dal like this: DAL FRY CABBAGE PAPPU LAUKI PAPPU/ DAL SORREL LEAVES DAL/ GONGURA PAPPU […]
Veg Makhanwala/ Vegetable makhani is a rich, creamy and delicious restaurant style gravy prepared by simmering mixed veggies in onion, tomato, cashews based gravy. This is one such simple and easy to make buttery gravy loaded with veggies that has same preparation like: Butter chicken Fish tikka masala Air fryer […]
Naan is a leavened Indian flatbread with soft spongy texture and usually oven baked/ tandoor. Naan can be easily prepared at home on tawa with or without yeast but still have have texture like this recipe which I posted earlier WHOLE WHEAT NAAN (without yeast). Naan comes in many varieties/ with […]
Green chana aloo subzi/ Aloo choliya is a delicious and spicy onion tomato based curry prepared with potato/aloo and Green chana/hara chana in pressure cooker. This gravy can be accompanied with many main dishes like roti, poori or rice so it can relished at any time of the day. Green […]
Methi thepla is a mild spicy and aromatic Indian flat bread prepared with wheat flour, fenugreek leaves and few other ingredients to make it delicious. Methi thepla packed with health and taste is very easy to make breakfast as it does not require much time to prepare and it demands […]
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.
