Mixed vegetable bonda/ Vegetable bonda is a delicious South Indian fritter prepared by dipping spiced vegetable mixture balls in besan/ bengal gram batter and deep fried to perfection. Vegetable bonda can be made with a variety of veggies like carrot, beans, green peas and potato.This vegetable bonda tastes little similar […]
Maravalli kizhangu vadai/ Kappa kizhangu vadai/ Tapioca vada is a crispy, delicious and flavorful vada prepared with tapioca and white urad dal. Tapioca/ Kappa aka Cassava (Maravalli kizhangu) offers some great health benefits, so adding in our diet once in a while is good so here is one such recipe. […]
Grilled cheese sandwich is a yummy hot sandwich with crisp buttery exterior and melty, gooey cheese centre. This grilled sandwich much loved by all all is super easy to prepare and can be achieved with a combination of cheeses like Cheddar, Gouda, Mozzarella, Monterey jack and Havarti cheeses, but you […]
Instant bread bonda/ Bread bonda is a yummy fritter that can be prepared with handful ingredients in jiffy. Yes just put all those stale/ leftover bread to use!! Just kidding even fresh bread will do the job! Was so tempted to eat some fritters during this rainy weather, but was […]
Thinai adirasam/ Foxtail millet karupatti adhirasam is a delicious South Indian deep fried sweet. Millet adhirasam can be prepared with homemade Thinai flour/ Foxtail millet flour and palm jaggery. It is usually for festivals like Diwali and few other festivities. Traditionally adhirasam is prepared with rice flour and jaggery/ karupatti. […]
Ragi Kara boondi/ Finger Millet kara boondi is a spicy, crunchy and yummy deep fried snack made during festivals like Diwali or even served as tea time snack. This kara boondi is prepared with ragi flour/ finger millet flour, besan/ gram flour acting as key ingredient and adding chilli powder, […]
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.
