Healthy living has been one of the stories preached in every aspect of our lives. Mostly the story ends with recommendation of what to eat and what not to introduce into your system. It is hardly about how to prepare what is best for the body and this is just what Hash Plus, a team of young graduates from the University of Ghana, decided to do with the development of  Wodiru ( means food in Kaseem, the language of the Kasena people found in  Navrongo), a cook book App.

An application built to be highly user friendly with its simplified design, procedure and language, highlights recipes from all corners of the country; from chief foods to snacks and drinks. Wodiru hosts over 70 recipes currently, comes in local and standard units and has an impressive dietary pattern.

"Our purpose for developing Wodiru, which runs on Android OS, are in excess. The most pressing need for the development of this application was as result of Ghanaians lacking local recipes in their meal planners and increase in taste for foreign foods. A situation encountered mainly because of lack of a curricula in our educational system that seeks to teach the new generation how to prepare Ghanaian local dishes.

We aim at salvaging what is left of our meals and prioritize it among our people to appreciate our rich cultural recipes.

Our eating habit has been infiltrated with a lot of junk foods, causing health issues. Hash Plus, developers of the mobile application, deemed it important to have this cookbook available to all Ghanaians, both home and abroad, as a way of enticing them to go back for their indigenous meals which are rich in food nutrients."

The food pool section of Wodiru highlights the main course of foods prepared in Ghana as well as snacks and drinks.

Hash Plus added a local measurement system to the application to make it simple for all user to get the recipes in the right quantities. The feature uses local quantifiable measurements such as look, margarine tin etc.

This section also highlights the various eating patterns of Ghanaians according to their geographical location as well as similar foods the various ethnic groups prepare. It also explains why we eat certain foods at certain time of the year. Amongst the reasons that have been identified on the app are, seasons and bounty harvests. The Dietary patterns also proposes to the user where to get local dishes and healthy eating habits one should look out for.

All this was done to make a complete eating system that is exhibited by Ghanaians. To expates who have plans of visiting Ghana, get informed on what you will be served on the dining table through Wodiru.

With a futuristic aim of adding more recipes from all corners of Ghana, features that can estimate meal preparation time, ability to share recipes via social platforms, a calorie calculator and an improved user interface to be characterized by a national image, Wodiru is set to become one of the most innovative use of technology to preserve the way of life of Ghanaians. The generation unborn will surely be proud of this creation.

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