Degchi
Frequently asked questions
Short, honest answers about the Degchi app and this website. If yours is missing, tell us on the Share an idea page.
What is Degchi?
Degchi is a free kitchen app for home cooks, built around one question: what can we cook today? You mark what is in your pantry, and it shows dishes you can make, with step timers in cook mode, a shopping list built from what is running low, and a family dinner vote.
Is Degchi free?
Yes. Degchi is completely free to use, supported by a few small ads. Ads never appear in cook mode, market mode, onboarding or vendor sale entry.
Which languages does Degchi support?
The app works in English, Urdu, Roman Urdu, Hindi, Bangla and Arabic, and you can change the language any time in Settings. This website is in English, Urdu, Hindi, Bangla and Arabic. Ingredient names are matched in every language.
Does Degchi show metric and US measurements?
Yes. Recipes give amounts in grams and millilitres and in cups, ounces and pounds, and the recipe pages have a toggle to switch between them. That makes South Asian and Gulf dishes easy to shop for in the US, UK, Canada or Australia.
How does the pantry matcher work?
You mark each ingredient as Have, Low or Out. Degchi compares your pantry with the essential ingredients of every recipe and puts dishes you can cook now first, then dishes that need only a few things. Optional ingredients never block a recipe, and anything marked Low or Out goes onto your shopping list. You can try it without signing up on the home page, under Try it.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Your pantry, recipes and shopping list are stored on your phone, so cooking, timers and the pantry all work without internet. Signing in later syncs your data across devices.
Can the whole family use it together?
Yes. Create a family, share an invite code, vote on dinner together and keep one shared shopping list. The owner decides who may change the pantry, start polls or place orders.
Which countries and cuisines is it for?
The recipe library covers Pakistani, Indian, Bangladeshi and Gulf (Emirati and Saudi) home cooking. The app runs on Android, and because every recipe has metric and US amounts it works wherever you can buy the ingredients.
What happens to my data?
Your pantry, shopping list and family details stay on your device unless you choose to sign in. Read the full privacy policy for details.
How do I get the app?
Degchi is on Google Play for Android. Open the Google Play listing on your phone and tap Install. There is no sign-up on this website and no APK to download.
I found a mistake in a recipe. How do I report it?
Open the recipe page, scroll to Notes and questions, choose "This recipe needs an update" and tell us what looks wrong. You can also use the Share an idea page and pick Problem. A person on our team reads each report, and fixes go into the recipe library.
How are recipe notes and questions moderated?
Every note is held until our team has read it. Links, email addresses and phone numbers are not allowed, and notes that are spam or off-topic are removed. If you give an email address it stays private and is only used so we can reply; replies appear on the page as "Degchi team". The privacy policy lists exactly what is stored.