{"id":12481,"date":"2026-09-05T20:54:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T19:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/knowledgebase\/docs\/non-knowledgebase\/uncategorized\/smart-shopping-options-for-your-utsav-recipes-list\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T20:54:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T19:54:51","password":"","slug":"smart-shopping-options-for-your-utsav-recipes-list","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/knowledgebase\/docs\/mm-guides\/utsav-recipes\/discovering-recipes\/creating-publishing-recipes\/meal-planning-smart-shopping\/smart-shopping-options-for-your-utsav-recipes-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart shopping options for your Utsav Recipes list"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background:#f3f0fb;border-left:4px solid #7c5cbf;border-radius:8px;padding:14px 18px;margin:22px 0;line-height:1.6;\">&#128100; <strong>Who this is for<\/strong><br \/>Home Cooks &mdash; any signed-in MyMahotsav member who has found a recipe on Utsav Recipes and now wants to buy the ingredients. The last section is for members who wrote the recipe themselves and want to point readers at where to buy an ingredient.<\/div>\n<h2>Quick answer<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Utsav Recipes does not build a shopping list for you. The smart shopping options all sit on the recipe page itself: set the Servings you are actually cooking for so every quantity rescales, tick ingredients off as you gather them, and select BigOven in the share row to send the recipe to your BigOven grocery list. If the recipe is your own, you can also attach a shop link to each ingredient from your Recipe Dashboard.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure style=\"margin:28px 0 42px;\"><video controls preload=\"metadata\" playsinline style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:16\/9;border:0;border-radius:10px;box-shadow:0 5px 25px rgba(0,0,0,0.12);display:block;background:#000;\" src=\"https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/kb-img\/smart-shopping-options-for-your-utsav-recipes-list-mtosr6xn-walkthrough.mp4\">Your browser cannot play this video. You can download the walkthrough from https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/kb-img\/smart-shopping-options-for-your-utsav-recipes-list-mtosr6xn-walkthrough.mp4<\/video><figcaption style=\"margin-top:14px;font-size:0.9em;color:#6b7280;line-height:1.55;\">A short walkthrough of the shopping options on a recipe page, and of the ingredient shop link on your own recipe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Before you begin<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Sign in to MyMahotsav. If a sign-in box appears instead of the recipe or the dashboard, you are not signed in.<\/li>\n<li>Open the recipe you want to shop for. You can reach recipes from the <strong>Utsav Recipes<\/strong> menu at the top of the site, or from <strong>Browse recipes<\/strong>. The example used throughout this guide is <strong>Mustard-Curry Leaf Khaman Dhokla<\/strong>: <strong>https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/utsav-recipes\/recipe\/khaman-dhokla\/<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>To send a recipe to a grocery list you need a free BigOven account. BigOven is a separate cooking service, not part of MyMahotsav, and it opens in its own window.<\/li>\n<li>To add shop links to ingredients you must be the recipe&rsquo;s author, and you work from your Recipe Dashboard: your profile dropdown &rarr; <strong>Recipe Dashboard<\/strong>, or <strong>https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/utsav-recipes\/recipe-dashboard\/<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"background:#f4f6f8;border-left:4px solid #9aa4b2;border-radius:8px;padding:14px 18px;margin:22px 0;line-height:1.6;\">&#8505;&#65039; <strong>Note<\/strong><br \/>There is no shopping list stored on Utsav Recipes, so there is nothing to print, export, e-mail or send to Utsav Market. Everything below is either done on the recipe page as you shop, or handed to BigOven, which is where a saved grocery list actually lives.<\/div>\n<h2>Step 1 &mdash; Open the recipe you want to shop for<\/h2>\n<p>Open the recipe and read it through once before you buy anything. The ingredient list, the <strong>Servings<\/strong> selector and the share row all sit on this one page, so you never have to leave it while you shop.<\/p>\n<p>At the very foot of the page you will find <strong>Chef&rsquo;s Notes<\/strong>, links to the previous and next recipe, and a row of <strong>Related Recipes<\/strong>. Those are worth a glance now &mdash; if you are going to the shops anyway, this is where you spot a second dish to buy for in the same trip.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"margin:34px auto 42px;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/kb-img\/smart-shopping-options-for-your-utsav-recipes-list-mtosr6xn-01.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Click to view full size\" class=\"docbot-zoom\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius:10px;box-shadow:0 5px 25px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.1);border:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.06);display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;margin:0 auto;cursor:zoom-in;\" src=\"https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/kb-img\/smart-shopping-options-for-your-utsav-recipes-list-mtosr6xn-01.png\" alt=\"The foot of the Khaman Dhokla recipe page showing Chef's Notes, the previous and next recipe links and the Related Recipes row.\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"margin-top:14px;font-size:0.9em;color:#6b7280;line-height:1.55;\">The foot of the recipe page. The share row that holds <strong>BigOven<\/strong> sits higher up, just above the recipe photo &mdash; scroll back up to reach it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Step 2 &mdash; Set the servings you are really cooking for<\/h2>\n<p>Do this <strong>before<\/strong> you write anything down, because it rescales every quantity in the ingredient list. Find the <strong>Servings<\/strong> selector beside the ingredients and choose one of the five options:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Quarter<\/strong> &mdash; a single portion on this four-serving recipe.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Half<\/strong> &mdash; two servings.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Default<\/strong> &mdash; the four servings the cook wrote the recipe for.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Double<\/strong> &mdash; eight servings.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Triple<\/strong> &mdash; twelve servings, which is the one to use when you are cooking for a festival gathering.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Every ingredient quantity updates on screen straight away. This only changes what <strong>you<\/strong> see &mdash; it does not alter the recipe for anyone else, and the cook&rsquo;s original quantities are untouched.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#fff6f1;border-left:4px solid #e0592b;border-radius:8px;padding:14px 18px;margin:22px 0;line-height:1.6;\">&#128161; <strong>Tip<\/strong><br \/>The serving size travels in the web address. Add <strong>?servings=8<\/strong> to the end of the recipe link and the page opens already scaled to eight servings &mdash; handy when you send the recipe to someone who is cooking for the same crowd as you.<\/div>\n<h2>Step 3 &mdash; Tick ingredients off as you gather them<\/h2>\n<p>Each line in the ingredient list has a tick-box in front of it. Select a line to tick it off as you take it from the cupboard or drop it in the trolley, so you can see at a glance what is still missing. The Khaman Dhokla recipe has eighteen of them.<\/p>\n<p>The ticks are a temporary on-screen aid only. Nothing is saved: close the tab, refresh, or open the recipe on your phone instead of your laptop, and every box comes back empty. Keep the page open while you shop.<\/p>\n<h2>Step 4 &mdash; Send the recipe to your BigOven grocery list<\/h2>\n<p>Scroll up to the share row that sits just above the recipe photo &mdash; the row with <strong>Post<\/strong>, <strong>Save<\/strong>, <strong>Share<\/strong>, <strong>BigOven<\/strong>, <strong>Threads<\/strong>, <strong>Bluesky<\/strong> and <strong>Email<\/strong>. Select <strong>BigOven<\/strong>, ringed in the picture below. Its full label is &ldquo;Save recipe or add to grocery list&rdquo;, and it is the one control on Utsav Recipes that hands your ingredients to a real grocery list.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"margin:34px auto 42px;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/kb-img\/smart-shopping-options-for-your-utsav-recipes-list-mtosr6xn-02.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Click to view full size\" class=\"docbot-zoom\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius:10px;box-shadow:0 5px 25px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.1);border:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.06);display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;margin:0 auto;cursor:zoom-in;\" src=\"https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/kb-img\/smart-shopping-options-for-your-utsav-recipes-list-mtosr6xn-02.png\" alt=\"The share row on the recipe page with the BigOven button ringed, between Share and Threads.\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"margin-top:14px;font-size:0.9em;color:#6b7280;line-height:1.55;\">Select <strong>BigOven<\/strong>, ringed in the picture, in the share row above the recipe photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Step 5 &mdash; Finish the save in the BigOven window<\/h2>\n<p>BigOven opens in a new window and takes over from here. Sign in to your BigOven account &mdash; or create a free one &mdash; and it clips the recipe across, where you can add its ingredients to your BigOven grocery list.<\/p>\n<p>Back on Utsav Recipes nothing changes. The <strong>BigOven<\/strong> button looks exactly as it did before, as the picture below shows, so do not wait for a tick or a &ldquo;saved&rdquo; message here &mdash; the confirmation appears in the BigOven window, not on the recipe page.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"margin:34px auto 42px;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/kb-img\/smart-shopping-options-for-your-utsav-recipes-list-mtosr6xn-03.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Click to view full size\" class=\"docbot-zoom\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius:10px;box-shadow:0 5px 25px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.1);border:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.06);display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;margin:0 auto;cursor:zoom-in;\" src=\"https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/kb-img\/smart-shopping-options-for-your-utsav-recipes-list-mtosr6xn-03.png\" alt=\"The recipe page after selecting BigOven, with the share row unchanged and the BigOven button still ringed.\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"margin-top:14px;font-size:0.9em;color:#6b7280;line-height:1.55;\">After the hand-off, the recipe page is unchanged &mdash; <strong>BigOven<\/strong> keeps its normal appearance. Your saved copy is in BigOven.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Step 6 &mdash; Line up the next dish for the same trip<\/h2>\n<p>Return to the recipe page and scroll to the bottom again. <strong>Related Recipes<\/strong> and the <strong>Next recipe<\/strong> link, ringed in the picture below, are the quickest way to pick a second dish while you are still in shopping mode: open it, set its servings, and send that one to BigOven too so both sets of ingredients land on one grocery list.<\/p>\n<p>The related cards are refreshed each time the page loads, so you will usually see a different set of dishes from the ones in Step 1 &mdash; that is normal.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"margin:34px auto 42px;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/kb-img\/smart-shopping-options-for-your-utsav-recipes-list-mtosr6xn-04.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Click to view full size\" class=\"docbot-zoom\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius:10px;box-shadow:0 5px 25px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.1);border:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.06);display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;margin:0 auto;cursor:zoom-in;\" src=\"https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/kb-img\/smart-shopping-options-for-your-utsav-recipes-list-mtosr6xn-04.png\" alt=\"The foot of the Khaman Dhokla page with the Next recipe link ringed and a fresh row of Related Recipes below it.\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"margin-top:14px;font-size:0.9em;color:#6b7280;line-height:1.55;\">The <strong>Next recipe<\/strong> link, ringed in the picture, and the <strong>Related Recipes<\/strong> row underneath it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>If the recipe is your own: add a shop link to each ingredient<\/h2>\n<p>This part is on a different screen and is only for the member who wrote the recipe. Utsav Recipes lets you attach a web address to any ingredient you have listed. Once you save, that ingredient&rsquo;s name becomes a link on the published recipe, so everyone cooking your dish can go straight to the shop, mill or brand you trust for it &mdash; the closest thing on the site to shopping built into the ingredients.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 7 &mdash; Open your Recipe Dashboard<\/h3>\n<p>Go to your profile dropdown &rarr; <strong>Recipe Dashboard<\/strong>, or open <strong>https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/utsav-recipes\/recipe-dashboard\/<\/strong> directly. <strong>My Recipes<\/strong> lists everything you have written, each row with its status and an <strong>Edit Recipe<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"margin:34px auto 42px;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/kb-img\/smart-shopping-options-for-your-utsav-recipes-list-mtosr6xn-05.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Click to view full size\" class=\"docbot-zoom\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius:10px;box-shadow:0 5px 25px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.1);border:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.06);display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;margin:0 auto;cursor:zoom-in;\" src=\"https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/kb-img\/smart-shopping-options-for-your-utsav-recipes-list-mtosr6xn-05.png\" alt=\"The Recipe Dashboard listing the member's own recipes, each with a status label and an Edit Recipe button.\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"margin-top:14px;font-size:0.9em;color:#6b7280;line-height:1.55;\">The Recipe Dashboard. Your own recipes are listed under <strong>My Recipes<\/strong> with an <strong>Edit Recipe<\/strong> button on each row.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Step 8 &mdash; Open the recipe for editing<\/h3>\n<p>Select <strong>Edit Recipe<\/strong> on the recipe you want to add links to. The edit form opens with a banner reading &ldquo;You are currently editing this recipe&rdquo;, and a <strong>View Recipe<\/strong> link beside it if you want to check the live page. The <strong>Status<\/strong> buttons, <strong>Recipe Title<\/strong> and <strong>Recipe Image<\/strong> are at the top.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"margin:34px auto 42px;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/kb-img\/smart-shopping-options-for-your-utsav-recipes-list-mtosr6xn-06.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Click to view full size\" class=\"docbot-zoom\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius:10px;box-shadow:0 5px 25px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.1);border:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.06);display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;margin:0 auto;cursor:zoom-in;\" src=\"https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/kb-img\/smart-shopping-options-for-your-utsav-recipes-list-mtosr6xn-06.png\" alt=\"The top of the recipe edit form showing the editing banner, the Status choice, the Recipe Title field and the Recipe Image.\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"margin-top:14px;font-size:0.9em;color:#6b7280;line-height:1.55;\">The top of the edit form for your own recipe, opened from <strong>Edit Recipe<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Step 9 &mdash; Scroll to the ingredients and add the link<\/h3>\n<p>The ingredient rows are further down this same form, below the title and image you can see here. Work through them one at a time:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Move your pointer over the ingredient row. A small link icon appears at the end of it &mdash; it is labelled <strong>Show URL<\/strong> and stays invisible until you hover, so take your time finding it.<\/li>\n<li>Select the icon. The row expands to reveal an address box with <strong>https:\/\/<\/strong> shown in it.<\/li>\n<li>Paste the full web address of the product page and move to the next ingredient.<\/li>\n<li>When you have finished, select <strong>Update Recipe<\/strong> at the bottom of the form.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure style=\"margin:34px auto 42px;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/kb-img\/smart-shopping-options-for-your-utsav-recipes-list-mtosr6xn-07.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Click to view full size\" class=\"docbot-zoom\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius:10px;box-shadow:0 5px 25px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.1);border:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.06);display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;margin:0 auto;cursor:zoom-in;\" src=\"https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/kb-img\/smart-shopping-options-for-your-utsav-recipes-list-mtosr6xn-07.png\" alt=\"The recipe edit form again, with the recipe image in place; the ingredient rows sit below this part of the page.\" \/><\/a><figcaption style=\"margin-top:14px;font-size:0.9em;color:#6b7280;line-height:1.55;\">Start here and keep scrolling &mdash; the title and image sit at the top of the form, and the ingredient rows with their hidden link icons are below them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div style=\"background:#f4f6f8;border-left:4px solid #9aa4b2;border-radius:8px;padding:14px 18px;margin:22px 0;line-height:1.6;\">&#8505;&#65039; <strong>Note<\/strong><br \/>Every edit to a recipe goes back to our recipe team for a quick check before it appears publicly, so your new ingredient links will not show on the live page the moment you save. Your recipe will sit as pending until it is approved &mdash; this is normal and you do not need to resubmit it.<\/div>\n<h2>Tips and best practices<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Set the servings first, tick second.<\/strong> Changing the servings redraws every quantity, so decide the batch size before you start counting what you already have in the cupboard.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shop with the page open.<\/strong> The tick-boxes live only in the open page, so keep the recipe on screen while you are in the shop rather than ticking at home and hoping it sticks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Use BigOven for anything you need to keep.<\/strong> It is the only route that gives you a saved, editable grocery list you can still see tomorrow.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Add spices and store-cupboard items to one BigOven list.<\/strong> Send two or three recipes across in one sitting and let BigOven merge the shop for the week.<\/li>\n<li><strong>If you write recipes, link the awkward ingredients.<\/strong> Asafoetida, fruit salt, a particular mustard oil &mdash; those are the ones a reader will otherwise give up on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"background:#eef8f0;border-left:4px solid #2e9e5b;border-radius:8px;padding:14px 18px;margin:22px 0;line-height:1.6;\">&#127919; <strong>Best practice<\/strong><br \/>Treat the recipe page as your shopping screen and BigOven as your shopping list. Scale the servings, tick off what you already own, then send the recipe across &mdash; that way the list you carry into the shop only contains what you still need to buy.<\/div>\n<h2>Troubleshooting<\/h2>\n<h3>I cannot find a button to print or export my shopping list<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Cause:<\/strong> There is no shopping list held on Utsav Recipes, so there is nothing for the site to print or export. The controls on the recipe page work on the ingredients in front of you, live. <strong>Fix:<\/strong> Set the servings, tick off what you have, and select <strong>BigOven<\/strong> to hand the ingredients to a grocery list you can keep and manage there. <strong>Escalate if:<\/strong> a page or e-mail has told you a printable list exists on MyMahotsav &mdash; tell support where you saw it so the wording can be corrected.<\/p>\n<h3>Selecting BigOven seems to do nothing<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Cause:<\/strong> BigOven opens in a new window, and browsers commonly block that window from opening, so nothing appears to happen. <strong>Fix:<\/strong> Allow pop-up windows for mymahotsav.com in your browser settings, reload the recipe, and select <strong>BigOven<\/strong> again. Sign in to BigOven, or create a free account, when its window appears. <strong>Escalate if:<\/strong> the button still opens nothing on more than one recipe with pop-ups allowed.<\/p>\n<h3>My ticks have disappeared<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Cause:<\/strong> The ingredient tick-boxes are an on-screen aid, not a saved list. Refreshing the page, closing the tab or switching device clears them. <strong>Fix:<\/strong> Keep the recipe open while you shop. If you need the list to survive, send the recipe to BigOven before you set off. <strong>Escalate if:<\/strong> the boxes clear themselves while you are still on the page and have not reloaded it.<\/p>\n<h3>A sign-in box appears instead of the recipe or my dashboard<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Cause:<\/strong> You are not signed in, or your session has expired. <strong>Fix:<\/strong> Sign in to MyMahotsav and open the link again. For the Recipe Dashboard you must also be signed in as the member who wrote the recipe. <strong>Escalate if:<\/strong> you are signed in, your name appears at the top of the page, and the dashboard still asks you to sign in.<\/p>\n<h3>I cannot see the link icon on my ingredient rows<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Cause:<\/strong> The icon is hidden until you hover over the row, and it only exists on the edit form for a recipe you wrote yourself. <strong>Fix:<\/strong> Open the recipe through <strong>Edit Recipe<\/strong> on your Recipe Dashboard, scroll to the ingredients, and move your pointer slowly along an ingredient row until the icon appears at the end. <strong>Escalate if:<\/strong> nothing appears on any row of your own recipe on a desktop browser.<\/p>\n<h2>FAQ<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q: Can I print my shopping list?<\/strong><br \/>A: Not from Utsav Recipes &mdash; the site does not create or store a shopping list, so there is no list for it to print or export. Send the recipe to BigOven and use the list there, or scale the servings and tick items off on the recipe page as you shop.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: How do I sync my ingredients to Whisk?<\/strong><br \/>A: You cannot. The Whisk connection is no longer available and nothing on the recipe page links to it. <strong>BigOven<\/strong> in the share row is the working grocery-list hand-off today, and it is the one to use.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: Can I send my list to Utsav Market to order the ingredients?<\/strong><br \/>A: No. Utsav Recipes and Utsav Market are not connected for ingredients, so there is no one-tap ordering from a recipe. Buy through BigOven&rsquo;s list, or through the shop links an author has added to individual ingredients.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: How do I tick off items I have already bought?<\/strong><br \/>A: Select the tick-box in front of each ingredient on the recipe page. The ticks are only there while the page stays open &mdash; they are not saved to your account and will not follow you to another device.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: Do I need an account to use BigOven?<\/strong><br \/>A: Yes, a free BigOven account. BigOven is a separate service and your MyMahotsav sign-in does not carry across, so you will be asked to sign in or register in its window.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: Does changing the servings change the recipe for other people?<\/strong><br \/>A: No. Rescaling is just for your view of the page. The author&rsquo;s original quantities stay exactly as they wrote them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: Can I add shop links to somebody else&rsquo;s recipe?<\/strong><br \/>A: No. Ingredient links can only be added by the member who wrote the recipe, from the edit form on their own Recipe Dashboard.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:none\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mahi=\"context\">\nAlso asked as: how do I make a shopping list on Utsav Recipes; can I print my Utsav Recipes shopping list; how do I send recipe ingredients to a grocery list; how do I sync Utsav Recipes with Whisk or Samsung Food; can I order recipe ingredients from Utsav Market; how do I tick off ingredients I have already bought; how do I change the number of servings on a recipe; how do I add a shop or buy link to an ingredient in my recipe; where is the BigOven button on a recipe; does Utsav Recipes have a meal planner or shopping list. Applies to: Utsav Recipes smart shopping options for Home Cooks. Where to find it: any recipe page on Utsav Recipes, the ingredient list and the share row above the recipe photo (example: https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/utsav-recipes\/recipe\/khaman-dhokla\/); ingredient shop links are added from the profile dropdown then Recipe Dashboard, https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/utsav-recipes\/recipe-dashboard\/, via Edit Recipe on your own recipe. Canonical facts: Utsav Recipes stores no shopping list, so there is no print, no export, no e-mail of a list, no consolidated or generated list, no meal planner, and no send-to-Utsav-Market ordering. Whisk \/ Samsung Food syncing is no longer available and no Whisk control exists on the page. There are exactly four smart shopping controls. One, the Servings selector beside the ingredients with five choices, Quarter, Half, Default, Double and Triple, which on a four-serving recipe give 1, 2, 4, 8 and 12 servings and rescale every ingredient quantity for your view only; the choice also travels in the web address as ?servings=8. Two, a tick-box in front of each ingredient, eighteen on the Khaman Dhokla example, which is a temporary on-screen aid, saved nowhere and cleared by a refresh, a closed tab or a change of device. Three, the BigOven button in the share row above the recipe photo, alongside Post, Save, Share, Threads, Bluesky and Email, whose full label is Save recipe or add to grocery list; it opens BigOven in a new window, needs a free BigOven account, and is the only working grocery-list hand-off; the Utsav Recipes page does not change appearance afterwards and shows no saved confirmation, and browser pop-up blocking is the usual reason it appears to do nothing. Four, ingredient shop links, which only the recipe&#8217;s author can add, from Recipe Dashboard then Edit Recipe then hover an ingredient row to reveal the hidden Show URL link icon, paste an https:\/\/ address, then Update Recipe; the ingredient name then becomes a link on the published recipe. Edited recipes return to the review queue and sit as pending until approved, so links do not appear publicly the instant they are saved. Sign-in is required throughout; a sign-in box in place of the recipe or dashboard means the member is not signed in. Video walkthrough: https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/kb-img\/smart-shopping-options-for-your-utsav-recipes-list-mtosr6xn-walkthrough.mp4\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utsav Recipes does not build a shopping list for you. 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