← Entertainment

Random Recipe

GET /recipes/random

Get a completely random recipe with full cooking instructions, ingredient list with measurements, category, cuisine origin, and a thumbnail image. Perfect for 'what should I cook tonight?' features, recipe-of-the-day widgets, cooking challenge generators, and adding variety to meal planning apps. Data from TheMealDB.

See it visualized

Example Requests

Basic usage
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/recipes/random

Live Response

{
  "data": {
    "area": "British",
    "category": "Vegetarian",
    "id": "52867",
    "ingredients": [
      {
        "ingredient": "Roasted Vegetables",
        "measure": "400g"
      },
      {
        "ingredient": "Kidney Beans",
        "measure": "1 can "
      },
      {
        "ingredient": "Chopped Tomatoes",
        "measure": "1 can "
      },
      {
        "ingredient": "Mixed Grain",
        "measure": "1 Packet"
      }
    ],
    "instructions": "Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Cook the vegetables in a casserole dish for 15 mins. Tip in the beans and tomatoes, season, and cook for another 10-15 mins until piping hot. Heat the pouch in the microwave on High for 1 min and serve with the chilli.",
    "name": "Vegetarian Chilli",
    "source": "https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/veggie-chilli",
    "tags": [
      "Chilli"
    ],
    "thumbnail": "https://www.themealdb.com/images/media/meals/wqurxy1511453156.jpg",
    "youtube": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0bFRVH_EqU"
  },
  "success": true
}