This guide takes you from signup to your first cooked-from-plan meal in 10 minutes.
1. Sign up + verify email
Visit app.mealorbit.in/signup. Enter your email + password. We'll send a verification link — click it. Verification creates your household tenant and seeds 20 Jain recipes automatically.
2. Onboard
The 4-step wizard:
1. Jain profile — household-wide compliance level (standard / strict / custom) 2. Add members — name, join date, restrictions 3. Tithi opt-in — opt into observance highlighting 4. Done — you're in
3. Browse the seed catalog
Open /recipes. You'll see 20 stub recipes covering breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks. Use the meal/jain filter chips to narrow down.
4. Plan your first week
Open /schedule. Click any empty cell (day × meal). Search modal opens — pick a recipe.
Repeat for 4-5 meals across the week. That's enough.
5. Cook tonight
Open /kitchen. Today's recipes appear, ingredients auto-scaled to your household size. Cook. Mark each recipe as prepared.
6. Shop for the rest of the week
Open /shopping. Set the date range to "next 6 days". Click PDF download. Hand the printout to whoever's going to the market.
That's the loop. Plan → Cook → Buy. Repeat weekly.
Common next questions
- "How do I add my own recipe?" —
/recipes/new. Fill the form. (Photo upload pending Firebase setup.) - "How do I invite the cook?" —
/members→ "Invite member" → enter email → role =chef. - "Can the cook see member info?" — No,
chefrole doesn't havememberspage permission. Admin can change this in/permissions.
Stuck? hello@mealorbit.in.