It is 7:30 PM on a Tuesday. You have had a long day. The kitchen is empty except for some onions and leftover dal. Zomato is three taps away. Every Indian family of four navigates this moment dozens of times a month, and the decision made in that moment — multiplied across 30 days — is the difference between spending ₹6,000 and spending ₹25,000 on food.

This article does the maths that most people avoid doing because they suspect it will be uncomfortable. We have built a genuine month-by-month cost model for a family of four in an Indian metro city — covering every meal, every platform fee, every delivery charge, every gas cylinder, every kilo of vegetables — to give you a number you can actually argue with or act on.

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टमाटर बारीक कटा हुआ
अदरक-लहसुन का पेस्ट
हरी मिर्च-कटी
हरा धनिया
घी
दही
जीरा
गरम मसाला या चिकन मसाला
लाल मिर्च- पिसी
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पिसा धनिया
नमक
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