Instant wheat flour appam is a super easy, yummy and healthy sweet recipe that can be prepared in no time with only few ingredients that you can easily pull out of your pantry. This instant appam is a great way to make use of overripe banana and also this appam […]
Mysore pak originating from Mysore (Karnataka) as the name goes is a delicious and mouth watering rich sweet made with besan/ chickpea flour, ghee and sugar. The traditional mysore pak is hard like fudge but this recipe is another version of mysore pak as this is very soft with oozing […]
Idli made with idli rava yields soft, fluffy and spongy idlis in the most simplest and hassle free procedure making it easy for beginners as well. The batter for this idli can be made in both mixie/ grinder yielding in same result but the one ground in mixie is very […]
Manathakkali vathal kuzhambu/ Vatha kuzhambu is a very traditional dish of Tamil Nadu prepared by cooking dried vegetable manathakkali (also called black night shade in english) in spicy and and tangy tamarind extract. This vathal kuzhambu is very tasty with unique flavors compared to the regular kuzhambu due to the […]
Egg stew originating from the state of Kerala is a delicious coconut milk based gravy usually served with idiyappam or appam. Egg stew is mildly spicy gravy with richness of coconut milk is very easy to prepare and also requires few basic ingredients for its making yet results in lip […]
Eggless fudgy brownies are super delicious chocolate brownies that are dense, chewy, fudgy in the middle with crinkly top, topped with or without walnuts. These brownies are super easy to make and demands very basic ingredients in its making. Also it does not involve the use of hand blender or […]
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.
