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.

What Can I Cook With What I Have? Indian Recipe Finder

Dishes with coconut, rice

Cook now: you have everything (4)

South Indian Thengai Sadam
VegetarianLunch350 kcal
Kerala Style Appam Without Yeast
VegetarianBreakfast120 kcal
Coorg Style Kadumbuttu/Kadambuttu
VegetarianBreakfast290 kcal
Plain Steamed Rice
VegetarianLunch250 kcal

Need just one more thing (12)

Oats Chakuli Pitha
VegetarianBreakfast180 kcal
Also need: oats
Cucumber Neer Dosa
VegetarianBreakfast100 kcal
Also need: cucumber
Kerala Style Prawns & Shrimp Biryani
Non-vegetarianLunch350 kcal
Also need: prawns
Kolambi Bhaat
Non-vegetarianLunch380 kcal
Also need: prawns
Beetroot Rice
VegetarianLunch350 kcal
Also need: beetroot
Mangalorean Style Beautiful Metthe Dosa
VegetarianBreakfast200 kcal
Also need: fenugreek
Capsicum Bath
VegetarianLunch280 kcal
Also need: bell pepper
Avarekalu Kadubu
VegetarianBreakfast280 kcal
Also need: hyacinth beans
Konkani Style Panna Doddak
VegetarianDrink200 kcal
Also need: onion
Mangalore Style Southe Gatti/Southekayi kadubu
VegetarianBreakfast200 kcal
Also need: cucumber
Konkani Style Cabbage Sanna Polo
VegetarianBreakfast180 kcal
Also need: cabbage
Hesarukaalu Upittu
VegetarianBreakfast240 kcal
Also need: whole green moong

Need two more things (9)

Sambal Telor with Nasi Uduk
Egg (non-veg)Dinner350 kcal
Also need: egg, turmeric leaves
Karnataka Style Guliappa
VegetarianBreakfast150 kcal
Also need: jaggery, cardamom
Thengai Saadam
VegetarianLunch320 kcal
Also need: chana dal, urad dal
Maharashtrian Narali Bhaat
VegetarianLunch320 kcal
Also need: jaggery, cardamom
Karnataka Style Sabsige Soppu Paddu

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