Menu-Sahayak: Instant Allergen Insights for Indian Restaurant Menus (Powered by Llama 3.3)

Description and use

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week2-2026-10-12">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p><strong>Menu-Sahayak</strong> is a lightweight web app that analyzes Indian restaurant menus and flags likely allergens per dish. </p> <p>Tourists with food allergies often struggle to read Hindi or regional-language menus. Generic translation tools will tell you what "Chole Bhature" means, but they won't tell you it contains gluten and dairy. Menu-Sahayak bridges that gap. Paste a menu, and ins

Problem

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week2-2026-10-12">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p><strong>Menu-Sahayak</strong> is a lightweight web app that analyzes Indian restaurant menus and flags likely allergens per dish. </p> <p>Tourists with food allergies often struggle to read Hindi or regional-language menus. Generic translation tools will tell you what "Chole Bhature" means, but they won't tell you it contains gluten and dairy. Menu-Sahayak bridges that gap. Paste a menu, and ins

Outcome

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week2-2026-10-12">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p><strong>Menu-Sahayak</strong> is a lightweight web app that analyzes Indian restaurant menus and flags likely allergens per dish. </p> <p>Tourists with food allergies often struggle to read Hindi or regional-language menus. Generic translation tools will tell you what "Chole Bhature" means, but they won't tell you it contains gluten and dairy. Menu-Sahayak bridges that gap. Paste a menu, and ins

Evidence

Menu-Sahayak: Instant Allergen Insights for Indian Restaurant Menus (Powered by Llama 3.3)

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