Cucumber kheer/ Cucumber payasam is a delicious dessert loaded with flavors of cucumber, sweetness of condensed milk and sugar, crunchiness from nuts. This super easy kheer takes only 10 minutes to prepare as it requires no grinding or any soaking making it beginner friendly recipe. Also it demands very few […]
Honey cake is a really delish and melt in mouth cake prepared by drenching regular vanilla cake in a syrup consisting of sugar and honey which is then topped with jam and desiccated coconut. This so delicious cake is one of my childhood favorites and I don’t know how many […]
Flax seed/ Flax seeds considered as one of the top most healthiest food, hence needs to be incorporated in our diet in some or the other form. So I got to know about the goodness of flax seeds through my mom, the one who keeps learning, trying and experiments combos […]
Angannan chicken biryani/ Anganna biryani is a delicious and aromatic biryani popularly served in Coimbatore a city in Tamil Nadu. This biryani is unique in its taste due to the preparation method and ingredients as well. To mention the biryani color too is much different due to the use of […]
Phool makhana chapati/ Lotus seeds chapati/ Fox nuts chapati is a soft, delicious and healthy chapati/ roti made with powdered phool makhana/ lotus seeds and wheat flour. Phool makhana/ lotus seeds a white colored seed popped like popcorn is a good source of protein rich in iron, fiber and a […]
Tiffin sambar is a delicious and very flavorful sambar prepared specially to be served with dosa, idli, pongal, vada or any tiffin items. Tiffin sambar is usually prepared with carrot, beans, potato or pumpkin, creating combos with the veggies mentioned and add their goodness and taste to the sambar. Tiffin […]
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.
