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 onion, paneer, tomato

Cook now: you have everything (9)

Paneer Curry
VegetarianLunch300 kcal
Paneer Masala
VegetarianLunch320 kcal
Paneer Bhurji
VegetarianSnacks200 kcal
Paneer Takatak
VegetarianSnacks285 kcal
Tamatar Bhurji
VegetarianLunch240 kcal
Tamatar Pyaz Curry
VegetarianLunch250 kcal
Salsa
VegetarianBreakfast30 kcal
Paneer Kebab
VegetarianSnacks230 kcal
Bharta Tamatar Curry
VegetarianLunch240 kcal

Need just one more thing (24 of 58 shown)

Paneer Do Pyaza
VegetarianLunch330 kcal
Also need: bell pepper
Paneer Tikka Masala
VegetarianLunch340 kcal
Also need: cream
Chole Paneer
VegetarianLunch330 kcal
Also need: chickpeas
Paneer Handi
VegetarianLunch330 kcal
Also need: ginger
Paneer Capsicum Curry
VegetarianLunch

Need two more things (24 of 108 shown)

Kadai Paneer
VegetarianLunch325 kcal
Also need: bell pepper, kadhai masala
Restaurant Style Paneer Lababdar
VegetarianDinner380 kcal
Also need: cream, butter
Paneer Tawa Masala
VegetarianLunch270 kcal
Also need: bell pepper, tawa masala
Paneer Bhurji Pav
VegetarianLunch285 kcal
Also need: bell pepper, pav
Paneer Lababdar