Sugar adhirasam/ Ariselu is a delicious fried indian sweet usually prepared during festivals like diwali. Adhirasam is often considered as complex sweet, as it gets little tricky while making ball consistency sugar syrup, and this plays key role in making this sweet. Sugar adhirasam ingredients and making is same as […]
Oats ladoo is a healthy and delicious ladoo prepared with roasted oats, nuts and jaggery. Oats ladoo packed with nutrition is very easy to make and involves only handful ingredients in its making. This ladoo can be made for festivals like diwali and can be easily prepared even by beginners. […]
Oats halwa is a healthy and delicious recipe where ghee roasted oats is cooked in milk. This halwa is very easy to make and takes only 15 minutes to prepare. So this halwa is suitable to full fill any sudden sweet cravings or can be prepared for festivals too. Sugar […]
Apple jalebi is a fried sweet recipe prepared by soaking batter coated fried apple rings in sugar syrup. I prepared this favorite sweet recipe of mine today as it is 1st anniversary of our house. Since my family is so excited today I thought making apple jalebi will be real […]
Bread gulab jamun is an easy and instant fried sweet recipe where balls made out of bread dough are fried in oil and then soaked in sugar syrup. I prepared this recipe for the very first time last year when we received our own house key as i wished to […]
Agar Agar known as China grass in India is a dried crispy vegetable gelatin used for making pudding, jelly and custards. China grass pudding has glossy appearance and feels like jelly. China grass is prepared by adding melted agar agar mixture in boiled sweet milk then allowing it to set […]
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.
