Masala chai is a very flavorful and aromatic sweetened beverage prepared with spices like cardamom, clove, peppercorn, cinnamon stick and ginger chunk for added flavor and goodness along with milk and tea powder. Masala chai/ Masala tea is a slight variation of regular tea/ chai of course with loaded flavor […]
Broccoli peas pulao/ Broccoli rice is a very interesting rice recipe with different combo of veggies prepared in a easy method with all those basic ingredients that a pulao demands. Broccoli pulao is a delicious rice with crunchiness from broccoli and green peas with flavors of mint and whole spices […]
Brinjal curry/ Brinjal chops is a very popular and delicious side dish that is usually served along with biryani in restaurants and most commonly at Muslim houses. Yes you got it right I got to know about this dish at my hubby’s place but this recipe is not from my […]
Carrot kootu is tradition south Indian curry/gravy prepared by cooking chopped carrot in mashed toor dal and moong dal mixture. Adding freshly ground coconut mixture adds to the taste and flavor of this dish. This zero level spicy gravy is one of the healthy and delicious gravies that I completely […]
Rasgulla is a soft and fluffy white colored round shaped delicious Indian dessert (Bengali) that needs no introduction. Rasgulla is made from curdled milk called chenna, which is kneaded into soft dough, shaped, cooked in sugar syrup, chilled and then served. Making rasgulla requires some patience and time with some […]
Appam/ Palappam/ Lacy soft hoppers is a soft and fluffy Indian pancake served as breakfast is prepared with fermented rice batter in appa kadai that is specially designed to make appam. Appam is usually made by grinding rice and coconut, but I thought to post a recipe breaking the traditional […]
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.
