A UI/UX case study and upcoming Flutter MVP focused on solving the homemade food discovery problem for students and working professionals in tier-2 Indian cities.
Rapid Rasoi connects customers with trusted home kitchen providers through a subscription-based tiffin platform designed around transparency, consistency, and convenience.
Rapid Rasoi is currently in the product design and planning phase.
- Problem research & user flow mapping
- Product feature planning
- Figma design system
- High-fidelity UI screens
- Customer and kitchen-owner journey planning
- MVP architecture planning
- Flutter frontend implementation
- Firebase backend setup
- Phone OTP authentication
- Subscription system
- Kitchen owner dashboard
- Real-time order tracking
Every year, thousands of students and working professionals move to new cities for education or jobs.
One problem appears almost immediately:
“Where can I find homemade food in a new city?”
Most people end up relying on:
- expensive restaurant food
- unhealthy daily takeout
- random tiffin contacts shared through WhatsApp
- inconsistent mess services
At the same time, many talented home cooks struggle to:
- find customers
- build credibility
- manage subscriptions professionally
- compete with larger food platforms
Rapid Rasoi is designed to bridge that gap.
Rapid Rasoi is a subscription-first homemade tiffin platform where users can:
- discover nearby home kitchens
- try meals before subscribing
- track deliveries transparently
- manage flexible meal plans
At the same time, home kitchen providers get tools to:
- showcase their food
- manage subscriptions
- build trust through reviews
- track orders and earnings
| Typical Food Delivery Apps | Rapid Rasoi |
|---|---|
| Restaurant-focused | Home kitchen-focused |
| Per-order delivery model | Subscription-first model |
| Fast food heavy | Homemade meals |
| Customer interacts mainly with delivery partner | Customer builds trust with the cook |
| Limited delivery transparency | Monthly meal tracking system |
| Generic discovery | Hyperlocal kitchen discovery |
Browse nearby kitchens with ratings, hygiene details, pricing, and food previews.
Users can order a single lunch or dinner before committing to a long-term plan.
Choose between:
- weekly or monthly subscriptions
- lunch-only or dinner-only plans
- customizable meal schedules
A visual calendar system to track:
- delivered meals
- missed deliveries
- partial deliveries
This improves transparency and accountability.
Earn reward points through subscriptions and redeem them for discounts or free meals.
Show menus, pricing, food photos, and customer reviews in one dedicated profile.
Verified reviews and transparent ratings help cooks build credibility over time.
Track:
- active subscribers
- daily deliveries
- monthly earnings
- order history
without relying on WhatsApp or manual records.
Rapid Rasoi is primarily designed for:
- 🎓 Hostel students
- 💼 Working professionals living away from home
- 🏠 Home cooks running small kitchen businesses
The platform specifically focuses on tier-2 Indian cities, where homemade tiffin culture is common but digital infrastructure is still limited.
All screens were designed in Figma before development to validate:
- user flows
- onboarding experience
- subscription journey
- dual-role navigation
- overall product usability
- App Introduction
- Login & OTP
- Role Selection
- Home Screen
- Kitchen Detail Screen
- Subscription Plans
- Order Tracking
- Profile Screen
UI previews are available inside the
/designfolder.
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Frontend | Flutter |
| Backend | Firebase |
| Database | Cloud Firestore |
| Authentication | Firebase Phone OTP |
| State Management | Provider |
| Storage | Firebase Storage |
| Notifications | Firebase Cloud Messaging |
| UI/UX | Figma |
Rapid Rasoi is planned as a dual-role application:
Users can:
- discover kitchens
- subscribe to meal plans
- track deliveries
- manage subscriptions
Kitchen providers can:
- manage orders
- update menus
- track payments
- monitor active subscribers
Both experiences will share a single Flutter codebase with role-based navigation and permissions.
lib/
├── screens/
├── widgets/
├── models/
├── providers/
├── services/
└── utils/Final structure may evolve during development.
- Product research
- User flow planning
- UI/UX design in Figma
- GitHub repository setup
- Flutter project initialization
- Static UI implementation
- Firebase integration
- Phone OTP authentication
- Subscription system
- Kitchen dashboard
- Testing & optimization
- Play Store deployment
Rapid Rasoi aims to digitize local home-kitchen ecosystems in tier-2 Indian cities by helping trusted home cooks build sustainable income while giving migrants access to affordable and reliable homemade food.
The long-term goal is to create a trust-first food subscription ecosystem focused on:
- consistency
- transparency
- affordability
- community-driven food discovery
This repository currently contains:
- product planning
- UI/UX designs
- feature documentation
- architecture planning
- upcoming Flutter implementation work
Development updates will be pushed gradually as the MVP is built.
Rapid Rasoi was built after noticing that every new student in my city figures out the tiffin problem through WhatsApp forwards and word of mouth — there's no reliable way to discover or evaluate home kitchens. That gap is what Rapid Rasoi is designed to close.
The project focuses on solving a real everyday problem through thoughtful product design and practical technology.
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/soumya-jha-tech/
- GitHub: https://github.com/souumyajha
Built with 🍛 and long-term conviction.