Rasoii

Where Recipes Become Reality!

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For a deeper walkthrough and complete demo, feel free to watch the video here: Rasoii Detailed Demo

For an easy-to-skim overview (features, pet safety, revenue, roadmap), visit: Rasoii Landing Page

Inspiration

Rasoii comes from the Hindi word “Rasoii”, which means kitchen which isn’t just a place where food is cooked.
It’s where we learn, experiment, and grow. It’s where families bond over meals, where traditions are passed down, and where comfort is created in the simplest way. A rasoi is full of stories, memories, and warmth — and that feeling is exactly what I wanted this app to carry.

The idea for Rasoii came from something I personally experience all the time.

I save so many recipes from Instagram, YouTube, and food creators, thinking “I’m definitely making this soon”…
but most of them never actually reach my kitchen.

And while thinking about this, I also realized something else — I wanted a way to save recipes not just for myself, but for my pets too. Because what we eat isn’t always safe or healthy for them, and pets deserve food choices made with the same care and thoughtfulness.

When I heard Eitan’s hackathon brief, it immediately clicked.
This was exactly the problem I wanted to solve.

There’s such a big gap between:

"I saw this recipe” → “It’s on the table"

Rasoii is my attempt to bridge that gap and make cooking feel possible again — for everyone in the family, including our pets.

What it does

Rasoii helps turn recipe inspiration into real meals.

It’s built for that moment when you see something amazing online and actually want to follow through instead of just saving it. With Rasoii, users can:

  • Paste a recipe link or video and instantly extract the full recipe, including ingredients and step-by-step cooking instructions
  • Save recipes into a cozy, handwritten-style digital cookbook
  • Select recipes they want to cook and generate a grocery checklist
  • Mark items as already have or need to buy, so shopping becomes effortless
  • Get smart ingredient substitutions when something is missing
  • Chat with an AI cooking assistant when they don’t know what to make
  • Maintain an interactive pantry list so users always know what ingredients they have at home and what they need to restock
  • Add pets to their profile and save recipes specially for them, because pets are family too
  • Use a hands-free cooking mode with step-by-step voice guidance while cooking
  • Auto-detect cooking timers directly from recipe instructions and run multiple timers at once
  • Plan meals through a weekly meal planner and generate grocery lists from the full week
  • Scan fridge or pantry ingredients using AI image recognition to instantly get recipe suggestions
  • Sync recipes, pantry, and meal plans across devices with offline-first cloud backup
  • Enjoy small cooking-time mini-games during timer downtime to make cooking feel lighter and fun
  • Keep cooking ideas organized instead of lost in saved posts forever
    The goal is simple: stop just saving recipes… and actually cook them — for yourself and even for your pets.

How we built it

Rasoii was built as a mobile-first hackathon project, with a focus on making something real, usable, and shippable.

Some key parts of the build:

  • A warm, nostalgic UI inspired by handwritten family cookbooks
  • Gemini powering recipe extraction, ingredient understanding, substitutions, and the chatbot
  • An interactive pantry and grocery system that feels visual instead of overwhelming
  • A pet-friendly profile system where users can add pets and save pet-specific recipes
  • RevenueCat integration for subscriptions, making premium features possible

Challenges we ran into

This project definitely wasn’t effortless.

Recipe links aren’t always structured

A lot of recipe videos don’t clearly list ingredients, and social links can be messy.
One of the hardest parts was figuring out how to extract useful information while still keeping it editable and trustworthy.

Grocery lists needed to feel actionable

I didn’t want Rasoii to generate another boring list — it needed to feel like something you’d actually take shopping.
Building the “select recipes → checklist → have vs buy” flow was a big focus.

Making the app feel different

So many cooking apps look the same.
I wanted Rasoii to feel personal, like opening a real notebook in your kitchen, not scrolling through another feed.

Including pets in the experience

Designing a way for users to save recipes not just for themselves but also for their pets was a meaningful challenge, since pet-safe ingredients require extra care.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

  • Creating a full flow from recipe link → saved cookbook → grocery checklist
  • Designing a unique handwritten cookbook experience that feels emotional and memorable
  • Building ingredient substitutions so users never feel stuck
  • Making the pantry list interactive so users can track what they already have
  • Adding pet profiles and pet-friendly recipe saving as a standout feature
  • Successfully integrating RevenueCat within the hackathon timeline

What we learned

Building Rasoii taught me that good apps aren’t just about adding features. They’re about removing friction. I learned how powerful it is when technology doesn’t overwhelm — it supports. I also learned that AI works best when it feels like a helpful assistant in the background, not the main character. Most importantly, I learned how much design and emotion matter when building something people will actually use — whether it’s cooking for yourself or for the pets you love.

What's next for Rasoii

This is just the beginning, next steps for Rasoii include:

  • Enhancing recipe extraction accuracy across a wider range of websites and social media platforms
  • Building deeper pantry intelligence, including smarter ingredient tracking, waste reduction suggestions, and automated meal planning
  • Continuing UI/UX refinement so Rasoii feels even more seamless, polished, and truly like a personal kitchen companion
  • Expanding pet-safe recipe recommendations, with richer pet profiles and more personalized dietary safety features
  • Introducing cooking-time interactions, such as fun mini-games or lightweight experiences while users wait for timers, making cooking more engaging and joyful
  • Publishing the Android version, bringing Rasoii to Google Play and expanding access beyond the current iOS TestFlight release

Rasoii started as a hackathon idea, but it comes from something very real: Cooking inspiration should not stay trapped in saved posts.

It should end up where it belongs —

on your table. (And sometimes, in your pet’s bowl too)

Rasoii — Where Recipes Become Reality.

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