Ribbon pakoda/ Nada karasu/ Ribbon murukku is a delicious and crunchy munchy snack made during festivals is very easy to prepare and does not involve any grinding, roasting and pre preparation in its making. Ribbon pakoda prepared with rice flour and besan is a beginner friendly recipe as it involves […]
Nei appam is an instant sweet recipe prepared with wheat flour and banana during festivals like Gokulashtami and Karthika deepam. This appam is very soft, healthy and tastes delicious as it is cooked with ghee. This recipe is very easy to prepare and has only few basic ingredients in its […]
Vella seedai is a fried sweet recipe prepared by shaping small portion of dough into ball and then dropping it in hot oil. The key ingredients in this recipe is rice flour and jaggery which creates crunchy munchy seedai. This seedai is prepared during south indian festivals like gokulastami and […]
Uppu seedai is a crunchy munchy fried recipe prepared with rice flour. Seedai is popularly prepared during Gokulashtami and it can be made in with jaggery as well and is called vella seedai. Both these recipes are very delicious and need to be prepared with proper measurements and directions which […]
Aval kesari is simple sweet recipe prepared by grinding aval/poha into fine rava. This kesari is usually prepared during festivals commonly for krishna jayanthi and I am a big fan of aval ladoo and aval kesari and prefer this over rava kesari. So lets get to the making!
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 […]
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.
