Food is life and, if you are a foodie, then food is THE life. Having an on-the-go app on your phone sounds amazing. If you love to cook or discover new cooking tips, then this piece will excite you.
There are great cooking apps for your phone, be it an Android or iOS device. These apps contain a variety of both Nigerian and Intercontinental recipes. Get ready to head to your app store after reading this.
1. Forks Over Knives
This app gives you a great variety of healthy, delicious recipes. It consists of over 200 recipes and has a focus on plant-based and whole foods. It’s a great app for the fit fam.
2. MamaPut.com
This one is available for Android devices. It is debatably one of the best for a variety of Nigerian and African delicacies. MamaPut also has an easy-to-use interface where you can choose ingredients and the app will tell you what you can make with them. It provides step-by-step tutorials and practice videos.
3. Green Kitchen
This is a great cooking app for vegetarians. The iOS app has a massive library for vegetarian recipes. It is easy to understand and has great photos that can help. There are also gluten-free options available, so it is perfect for conscious people.
4. Big Oven
This app simplifies cooking. It is a great fun app for beginners. It contains countless intercontinental recipes, and it lets you add your own recipe to the app. This is what makes its library so vast. There are contributors from all over the world sharing their own recipes. It also has a social feature that helps you join a community of family and friends. You also get to see what they are cooking from the app. It also has an in-built grocery list to help you organise your food shopping.
5. Nigerian Food Recipes
This is also a free app that comes pre-loaded with a variety of recipes by celebrity chefs. It has an easy-to-use recipe and it lets you create and store your own recipes in the app. It also lets you watch videos on how to prepare African and Nigerian dishes.
6. CookPad
This one lets you showcase the art that is cooking with your family and friends on the app. It is like social networking for cooking. You have people comment on what you cooked and also comment on the cooking of others. It is a good place for expert or intermediate cooks to showcase their work and recipes. Also, it is a great way to network with other cooks.
7. Nigerian Food Prep
This app comes highly recommended because of its in-built category of different foods from diverse cultures. The Igbo section has dishes like Abacha, Ofe Owerri, Ofe Nsala and many more. There are so many things to discover and learn.
8. SideChef
Available for Android and iOS, this app is great for beginners. It has step by step videos, photos and voice command with clear instructions on what to do. Once you are done cooking a meal from the app, you can take a photo and share it. It has a community that can like and comment on your meals.
9. Darajarki Girkinki
This app has a wide variety of meals from the northern part of Nigeria. It has recipes for snacks, drinks, soups and more. If you are looking to learn how to make lovely Hausa meals, you should download this app. It contains photos and step-by-step instructions on how to make local snacks like suya and masa.
10. Miss Pastry
This is a pastry app that has lots of cooking tips on tricks for different pastries and snacks. It also shows you the unique ways they are made across diverse cultures.