Change the servings, and the steps follow

Cooking for two from a recipe for four, or for six from a recipe for two? Set the number of servings and Smaquli converts everything.

Join the waiting listThe app is in Dutch for now. English is on its way.

The problem

The recipe serves four; there are two of us.

Halving seems easy, until you get to half an egg, to 0.375 teaspoons of salt, or to a step that still says "add 400 ml cream". And when you double a recipe, twice the salt is often just too much.

How Smaquli solves it

Try it with our ramen

Choose the number of servings, from 1 to 20. Every ingredient scales in its own way, and the amounts in the steps follow. Try it below, from 1 to 8.

Example

Red curry ramen with dumplings, pak choi and coconut milk

2 servings

Ingredients

2eggs
1onion
2 tbspred curry paste
400 mlcoconut milk
1star anise
1 tspsalt
200 gramen noodles
coriander, to taste

From step 3: Pour in 400 ml coconut milk and 500 ml chicken stock. Add 1 star anise, 1 tbsp fish sauce and 1 tsp salt, and let it simmer gently for 10 minutes.

In the app

One tap on plus, and everything scales

The amounts follow in the list and in the steps, and each ingredient rounds the way you’d measure it in the kitchen.

The app is in Dutch for now. English is on its way.

From 4 to 8 people and back to 7: everything scales, and 1 lime becomes 2.

Smaquli app: the ingredients of Thai green curry for 6 people, such as 450 g rice and 750 g chicken thigh.

Smaquli app: the method for Thai green curry in four steps, with the amounts in the text and timers of 12, 5 and 10 minutes.

From 4 to 6 people: everything scales, the curry paste a little less.
The amounts are in the steps, and where there’s a time, a timer is ready.

The rules, with examples

From the app’s tests, for a recipe that serves 2. This page calculates the results below with the same code as the app.

Ingredient	For	Becomes	Why
2 eggs	5 servings	5 eggs	Countable things become whole pieces.
1 onion	3 servings	1½ onions	Halves where that works: ½ an onion yes, ½ an egg no.
1 bay leaf	6 servings	1 bay leaf	A bay leaf stays one bay leaf.
1 tsp salt	5 servings	2¼ tsp salt	Salt and spices scale more gently.
400 g beef mince	5 servings	1 kg beef mince	Neatly rounded, and 1000 g becomes 1 kg.
250 ml double cream	1 serving	125 ml double cream	Scaling down is simply proportional.
pepper, to taste	4 servings	pepper, to taste	To taste stays to taste.

What else follows along

The steps: If it says "Brown 400 g mince", for 5 people it says "Brown 1 kg mince". No looking back at the list.
Sensible numbers: Grams and ml below 10 to the nearest 1, up to 250 to the nearest 5, up to 1000 to the nearest 10 and above that to the nearest 50. Spoons in quarters. You’ll never see 237 g.
A hint for big jumps: If you cook for more than twice as many people, or for fewer than half, you get a hint about the pan and the times. With one button, AI checks the method for you.
On the shopping list: When you put the recipe on the list, the number of servings goes with it.

What it doesn’t do (yet)

Smaquli doesn’t convert times or pan size by itself. That’s why big jumps come with a hint, and you can have the method checked.

Questions

How many servings can I choose?

From 1 to 20.

Why doesn’t the salt simply double?

You don’t taste salt and spices in proportion. Smaquli scales them more gently: for 2.5 times as many people, the salt goes up about 2.2 times, rounded to a quarter teaspoon. Scaling down is proportional.

Does changing servings cost anything?

No, it’s unlimited, on Free and on Premium. Only having the method checked counts towards the 2 a month on Free.

Does it work for recipes I type myself?

Yes. Every recipe in your book has separate ingredients, even if you type or say it yourself. So every recipe can be scaled.

Start with that one recipe

Smaquli opens soon. You’ll get one email when you can start.