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. […]
Maravalli kizhangu dosai/ Tapioca dosa is a delicious, soft and spongy dosa prepared by adding ground tapioca/ maravalli paste to Regular idli batter and cooked to perfection on a dosa griddle. I was so interested in making this tapioca dosa after trying Tapioca adai a year back, and trust me […]
Tapioca halwa/ Cassava halwa/ Kappa halwa is one such unique yummy tasting sweet prepared by sweetening the cooked and mashed tapioca with condensed milk which is also flavored with cardamom and garnished with ghee fried cashews. We have heard making halwa with veggies like these: White pumpkin Beetroot Carrot Tomato […]
Tapioca adai/ Maravalli kizhangu adai is a protein rich breakfast/ tiffin prepared by grinding rice and dal to which ground tapioca is mixed and made into thick dosa/ adai. Adai is usually served with aviyal/ sambar/ chutney and is one such tummy filling, wholesome and healthy breakfast popular in South […]
It was during my school days my dad bought this delicious kappa fry sold in some shop when we newly shifted to abudhabi. I finish the whole box , It was that yummy I can say I dint bother to share it with anyone. Since then my mom started preparing […]
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.
