Log real Indian food
Search 499 vegetarian dishes — dal tadka, poha, idli, rajma, thepla, misal, pesarattu. Portions are in katoris, rotis and glasses, so you log what you actually served yourself.
A kinder way to lose weight
Eat the food you love.
Eat the food you love.
Know what fits.
Plated turns the Indian meals already in your kitchen into a daily plan you’ll actually want to follow.
✓ 499 Indian veg dishes✓ No ads. No shame.
Not a diet.
Your food, made clearer.
Your food, made clearer.
Designed for Indian home foodPortions in rotis & katorisPersonalised every day
Your day, in one calm view
Less logging. More living.
Open Plated and see your food, water, movement and next meal together. No blank dashboard. No “what do I eat now?” panic.
- 01A plan that flexes with you — if lunch runs big, dinner adjusts.
- 02One-tap habits — water, steps and meals stay delightfully quick.
- 03Progress you can feel — keep the streak, not the pressure.
Good morning, Kavish☀️
1,220kcal left today
48g protein4/8 glasses
UP NEXT · LUNCHPaneer Buddha Bowl410 kcal · 26g protein
→⌂◴+⌁☺
Today feels
doable. ✦
doable. ✦
6,800
steps
steps
Made for your actual life
All the helpful bits.
All the helpful bits.
None of the diet drama.
From Monday’s poha to Sunday’s chole, Plated helps you eat with more confidence — not less joy.
Photograph your plate
Snap a meal and get the dishes identified, portions estimated and calories totalled — plus a straight answer on what was worth cutting.
Targets that fit you
Enter your height, weight, age and how fast you want to lose. You get a daily calorie number, a protein floor, a water goal and a step goal — each derived, not guessed.
Told what to eat next
Instead of an empty search box at 8pm, the Plan screen builds a full day around your target and tells you what fits in the calories you have left right now.
Weekly and monthly proof
A bar chart with your target line drawn across it, a month heatmap of every day you hit or missed, and a weight trend that shows the direction the scale won’t.
Water, steps, streaks
Tap a glass to log water. Steps save as you type. A streak counter that only rewards showing up, and a daily line that isn’t motivational-poster nonsense.
A look inside the food database
Every dish carries calories, protein, carbs, fat, fibre, a home recipe and one specific tip for cutting its calories. These are the highest-protein easy dishes in it.
| Dish | Serving | Calories | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Sauce Pasta with Soya KeemaMain | 1 bowl (~300 g) | 410 kcal | 28 g |
| Protein Mac and PaneerMain | 1 bowl (~270 g) | 415 kcal | 27 g |
| Air-Fried Chilli Soya NuggetsSnack | 1 bowl (~180 g) | 250 kcal | 26 g |
| Paneer Buddha BowlSalad | 1 large bowl (~380 g) | 410 kcal | 26 g |
| Paneer Kathi RollMain | 1 roll (~220 g) | 408 kcal | 26 g |
| Paneer Quinoa BowlMain | 1 bowl (~300 g) | 398 kcal | 26 g |
| Soya KeemaMain | 1 katori (~180 g) | 266 kcal | 26 g |
| High-Protein White Sauce PastaMain | 1 bowl (~280 g) | 415 kcal | 26 g |
And when you’re hungry with no calories left, it knows the lightest things you can eat:
Amla (Indian Gooseberry) · 26 kcal
Soaked Almonds (5) · 45 kcal
Kachumber Salad · 45 kcal
Carrot Cucumber Sticks · 50 kcal
Soaked Walnuts (2) · 52 kcal
Jamun (Black Plum) · 62 kcal
How your numbers are worked out
No black box. Here is the actual arithmetic.
- Your maintenance calories come from the Mifflin-St Jeor equation multiplied by an activity factor — the same method dietitians use.
- Your deficit is whatever pace you pick. 7,700 kcal is roughly one kilogram of fat, so half a kilo a week is a 550 kcal daily deficit.
- Protein is set at 1.6 g per kg of bodyweight — high enough to hold on to muscle while you’re eating less.
- Water is 35 ml per kg, adjusted for how active you are.
- A floor is enforced at 1,500 kcal for men and 1,200 for women. The app will not recommend eating less than that, whatever pace you ask for.
BMI uses Asian-Indian cutoffs, where the healthy range tops out at 23 rather than 25. Plated gives general guidance, not medical advice — if you’re pregnant, diabetic or managing a condition, run your targets past a doctor first.
Questions
Is Plated free?
Yes. It runs on a private server with no ads, no tracking and no subscription. Your food log is visible only to you.
Do I need to install anything?
No. It runs in your browser. On a phone you can add it to your home screen from the browser menu, after which it opens full-screen like a normal app and works offline for the parts that do not need fresh data.
Is the food actually Indian?
Entirely. The database is 499 Indian vegetarian dishes measured in katoris, rotis and glasses — dal tadka, poha, idli, rajma, chole, upma, thepla — not chicken breast and oatmeal. Every dish carries a home recipe and one specific tip for cutting its calories without ruining it.
How are my calorie targets calculated?
Mifflin-St Jeor for your basal rate, multiplied by an activity factor, minus the deficit implied by how fast you want to lose. Targets are floored at 1,500 kcal for men and 1,200 for women, so the app never recommends undereating.
What does the photo feature do?
You photograph a plate and it identifies the dishes, estimates portion sizes from visual cues, and returns calories per item plus what is worth cutting. Estimates from a photo are a guide, not a lab measurement.
Is it suitable for weight loss specifically?
That is what it is built for. It assumes you want to lose weight while still eating Indian home food, so it focuses on portion sizes, protein and swaps rather than telling you to stop eating rice.
Start with the next meal
Your plate can be
Your plate can be
your plan.
Take sixty seconds to set a goal. We’ll take care of the “what next?” bit.