Dear Tinychef, there are other people in this world besides vegetarians, vegans and a category called ‘I eat everything.’ For instance, some do not eat beef or pork for religious reasons, and then there are those who have seafood allergies or are eggitarians. When I select  ‘I eat everything’ on the app, despite leaving out pork in the selection, I get bacon recipes for my breakfast meal. Sure, it is a technical glitch that can be fixed. Barring that, this smart, futuristic-ish  (because apps like these are already abundant in the West) kitchen-assistant app has the potential to change the way we eat home-cooked meals in India.

Apart from being a repository of Indian (and many global) recipes from chefs all over the world, Tinychef uses voice to search, plan, shop and cook. Born in 2017, it was originally known as Klovechef and is a collaboration between tech entrepreneur Bahubali Shete, celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor and Zelish, a food tech startup. Its new version features customised meal planning, automated grocery shopping and smart cooking with voice assistance and seamless command sharing with smart appliances. However, not all features are currently active in the beta version. In the customised meal planning, based on your preference, you can get a three-meal-a-day plan for upto five days and have the liberty to replace a dish if you want. It also allows you to choose a plan based on the ingredients you already have in your pantry, or a flexible one, wherein you can create a shopping list of the missing ingredients.