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Leftover chicken, half a cucumber and some yogurt
Chicken shawarma bowl with tzatziki
20 min
Can I make these at home?
Steamed pork buns
3 h, mostly rising
Something festive for Easter, but vegetarian
Mushroom wellington
2 h 30 min
Khao soi like I had in Chiang Mai
Khao soi
40 min
Start anywhere: a dish you have in mind, a feeling, or what’s in the fridge. Simmero gets you to a great recipe.
Quick scones
25 minutes
One bowl, six ingredients, grated frozen butter so there’s no rubbing in.
Every recipe out there is somebody’s version. Here it’s yours, anywhere from a 20-minute shortcut to a full weekend project.
Ask for a swap, a shortcut or an air fryer version. The recipe updates and saves to your cookbook, ready for next time.
Change the servings and every amount follows. Complex dishes are organised into sections and every step tells you exactly how much, right where you need it.
Simmero knows the whole recipe you’re cooking, so you can ask the way you’d ask a friend standing next to you.
Before you start · Chicken tikka masala
I’m out of yogurt for the marinade.
Use 150 g sour cream with 1 tbsp lemon juice in step 1, and marinate for 30 minutes instead of 2 hours.
While cooking · Focaccia
The dough is really sticky. Should I add flour?
A tablespoon at most. This dough is meant to be wet, and it firms up during the folds in step 3.
My Cookbook
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Weeknight lasagne
Quick version, no milk, 30 min
Grandma’s lasagne
From a photo of her recipe card
Lasagne soup
From a screenshot
Every dish you make is saved, with each version you’ve tried. Bring in the rest from screenshots, bookmarks and family recipe cards, and find any of them in seconds.
I was a sceptic. I thought a computer without a sense of taste could only give me bland averages. Then I tried to recreate some buns from a hole-in-the-wall stall, and they tasted like the original, only better. The recipe got lost in a chat thread. So I built Simmero.
Read the whole storyOpen any of them in Simmero and make your own version.
Korean bibimbap
Rice, seasoned vegetables, a fried egg and gochujang. Beef or tofu on top, so it suits meat eaters and vegetarians at the same table.
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Sparkling yuzu ginger mocktail
We didn’t know what to do with the yuzu powder in the cabinet. With ginger, sparkling water and plenty of ice, it became a fresh drink with no alcohol.
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Curry udon à la Keiya
We’d made the traditional one with pork before. This time it was tofu, and a few tweaks from Simmero kept it as good as the original.
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Lamb lahmacun
Sumac was new to us, so Simmero suggested a few swaps. Rolled up and eaten hot, it was pure comfort.
Open in SimmeroYes. There will always be a free version, and you don’t need a credit card. A premium plan with extras will come later.
Every recipe is built on proper technique: seasoning, heat and timing. Like any recipe source, it can occasionally get something wrong, so use your judgement, especially with raw meat, preserving and allergies. If something looks off, ask, and Simmero will explain or fix it. The best test is your own: ask for a dish you know well.
A chat can give you a recipe, but it scrolls away the moment you ask a follow-up. In Simmero the recipe stays whole, with amounts in every step, servings that rescale and steps you tick off. Ask for a change and the recipe updates, and every version is saved in your cookbook.
Yes. Import them from a photo of a cookbook page, a screenshot or pasted text. Then scale, adjust and cook from them like any other recipe.
Tell Simmero what to avoid, and the recipe is written around it. If an allergy is serious, always check the labels on what you buy and double-check the ingredients.
Yes. Simmero answers in the language you write in, and suggests ingredients you can buy where you live.
You don’t need to download anything. Simmero works in the browser on your phone, tablet or computer, and you can add it to your home screen so it opens just like an app. Apps for iPhone and Android may come later.
We store your recipes, preferences and conversations so Simmero can keep your cookbook and remember your changes. You can read exactly what we store and why in our privacy policy.
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