How does the recipe finder work?

Tick the ingredients you have, or search for them, and press Show me dishes. We match them against the main ingredients of every recipe on Aaj Kya Banau and list the dishes you can cook right now first, then the ones that need one or two more things, with what is missing.

Do I need to tick salt, oil and spices?

No. Salt, oil, water, sugar and everyday spices such as haldi, jeera, rai, red and green chilli and curry leaves are taken as already in your kitchen, so only tick the main things: vegetables, dals, flours, rice, paneer, eggs or meat.

Can I search ingredients in Hindi?

Yes. Type the name you use at home, such as aloo, pyaz, tamatar, lauki, bhindi, dahi, atta or suji, and the matching ingredient comes up. Aloo pyaz se kya banaye? Tick both and press Show me dishes.

Can I see only vegetarian recipes?

Yes. Tick Vegetarian only and the results leave out every dish with meat, fish or egg.

What if nothing matches?

Pick a few more everyday ingredients such as onion, tomato or potato, which go into most Indian dishes, or open the recipes for a single ingredient from the list on this page.