Food is an important part of cultures all across India. Due to diverse cultures, geography, soil type, and vegetation; there is an assortment of cuisines in the Indian subcontinent. We Indians love our food and cooking it too. This is substantiated by the fact that Indians spend more than double the world's average time cooking (13 hours a week).

A lot of Indian food requires extensive preparation of raw materials, spices, vegetables, etc… Traditional food preparation tools have been hard to work with and are painful for the user. As technology progressed, it also started coming inside kitchens in the form of various appliances. Numerous preparations are now done with appliances like grinders, food processors etc. that have reduced preparation time and reduced millions of Indian kitchen users' physical stress. Mixer grinder has become an indispensable part of modern Indian kitchen along with refrigerators in the electronic kitchen appliance category. But it is followed by plenty of other small appliances to help in food preparation.

It is relevant to explore the product category of food preparation devices and the problems faced by the users. The design project hopes to come up with quality research and insight, further complimented with a structured design development approach to deliver a design of a multi-functional appliance that not only hopes to address the issues of functionality and usability but also create a unique formal language for the product to emotionally engage with the user.

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