What’s for dinner? 10 Apps to help you cook even if you are clueless

 
There are two kinds of people in this world, those who can cook and those who cannot. Today we try to help both groups – by giving the expert cooks a way to hone their skills, and the novices a chance to learn cooking and surprise their peers or spouses (wink!).

But before we proceed, there is a prerequisite – you must own an Android phone – if you do, then get ready to review the ten best apps to learn cooking recipes. In case you do not have one, you can always buy an Android smartphone from Lava Mobiles. It certainly helps to have a mobile phone with large screen when you are working in the kitchen and intend to use it as your personal cookbook – Lava offers phones with 5” inch and 5.5” inch screen sizes to enhance readability.

Let’s begin.

Yummly

This is basically a Google for food – Yummly can provide hundreds of recipes for you to learn and cook. The search engine is so good that you can search for specific needs like your cravings for something healthy as well as tasty, foods without ingredients you are allergic to, and much more. The app gets smarter over time by learning your preferences and accordingly optimizing suggestions.

Kitchen Stories

The app has and comes witha neat and well-organized interface the tagline Anyone Can Cook. Recipes on Kitchen Stories are provided with photo instructions and the app also displays nutritional value of the ingredients. You can save your favorite recipes ina digital cookbook present within the app.

BigOven

Boasting over 350,000 recipes, BigOven lists dishes from all over the world. You can rely on this app to find the best recipes for your culinary adventures. The app also has a grocery list to help you shop for ingredients required for your dishes.

Cookpad

A social media inspired concept, Cookpad provides a virtual space where friends, family members and complete strangers can exchange recipes and cooking experiences. Due to Cookpad’s open nature, you can find useful information and recipe modifications in the comments section as well.

Riaffy Cooking Apps

This is not an app but a group of apps developed by Riaffy Technologies. Choose your app according to your mood – they have apps for German recipes, Indian recipes, Pizzas and Salads – or you can download their all-in-one cooking app, Cookbook Recipes.

Pinterest

If you are surprised to see a social media platform in here, don’t be. People have been sharing their favourite recipes on Pinterest’s image boards since forever. Just search for the right keywords and hashtags and you’ll be bombarded with tons of tasty looking virtual food and recipes. Use your Lava phone’s browser to pin your favorite recipes to your personal Pinterest board.

Tastemade

Featuring great recipes, travel and living shows, and interviews with featured chefs, Tastemade clubs a lot of food related stuff together. The app has a crisp interface and everything is neatly categorized for you to quickly find what your heart desires

My Cookbook

A recipe management app that lets you save your favorite recipes, My Cookbook comes with Dropbox support and has a shopping list as well to manage ingredients you will need for a particular recipe. One of the standout features of the app is its ability to scale recipes for smaller or larger meals.

ChefTap

This little app has a very different skill, it has the ability to parse any English language website page with a recipe and save it for future use. The saved recipes can be scaled up or down as per your guest count. You can save up to 100 recipes with a free account or buy the full version to remove all restrictions.

SideChef

Apart from having all the usual tidbits offered by other cooking and recipes apps, SideChef also provides voice guided assistances to help prepare the meals you crave – acting as your very own kitchen assistant. It is important however that your phone has a good speaker to be audible over the clangs of kitchenware – Lava phones are built to last and have excellent sound quality.

So, are you ready to put on your cooking gloves and oven mitts? Let us know of your experiences in the comments below.

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