Ellu sadam/ Sesame rice is a very quick and easy to make variety rice that can be made with freshly ground sesame podi/ ellu podi. This flavorful rice is a very popular kalavai sadam during purattasi, adi perukku and often offered as prasad/ neivedhyam in temples, also is made as […]
Varagu arisi sakkarai pongal/ Kodo millet sakkarai pongal prepared with kodo millet, moong dal, jaggery, flavored with cardamom and garnished with ghee fried cashews and raisins is a traditional sweet dish popular in South India and is often prepared during special occasions / festivals like navaratri, pongal, varalakshmi vratham etc. […]
Green gram sweet sundal/ Pachai payaru sundal is a protein rich delicious sundal that can be served as Prasad/ evening snack. And you guys definitely know why this sundal post popped today in blog all of a sudden!! Yes it is Navaratri!!! And here is the first recipe for it […]
Chocolate sandwich is a very easy to make gooey and delicious chocolate toast with crisp buttery bread outer is a simple and quick to make snack/ breakfast which will be adored by any chocolate lover. Here in this recipe I have used chocolate morsels/ chips which I chopped before spreading […]
Yellow pumpkin kuzhambu/ Parangikai puli kuzhambu is basically a spicy and tangy tamarind based gravy known as vatha/ Puli kuzhambu super popular in Tamil Nadu. Puli kuzhambu/ vatha kuzhambu can be prepared with variety of fresh and dry veggies like turkey beery, manathakkali, potato, brinjal, garlic, drumstick, cluster beans and […]
Whole wheat garlic naan without yeast is one such soft, delicious and easy to make Indian bread with garlic flavors that can be easily prepared at home on tawa without using oven/ tandoor. Yes you heard that right!! On tawa at home that too in whole wheat yet soft and […]
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.
