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Find any dish by typing its initials: how restaurant menu management works.

Tadka Tech is restaurant software for restaurants, cafés, QSRs and cloud kitchens in India. This guide is a 42-second What's New video with every step written out below. Type the first letter of each word in a dish name and menu search finds it, on the counter, in the waiter app, on your website and in the QR menu.

0:42 video4 chaptersHindi audio Video published 20 Sep 2026

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Why search by initials

0:00

During a rush, typing out a dish's full name is slow. Menu search now finds a dish from just the first letters of its name.

Type the first letter of each word

0:08

Open a New Order and go to the menu search. Instead of the whole name, type the first letter of each word.

On this restaurant's menu, P B M brings up Paneer Butter Masala straight away.

WhereNew Order → menu search

Search by name still works

0:20

Another example from the same menu: C F R finds Chicken Fried Rice.

Searching by the dish name works exactly as before. Initials sit on top of it; they don't replace it.

WhereNew Order → menu search

Works in every menu search

0:30

Your cashier no longer has to remember how every dish is spelt.

The same search works in the waiter app, on your online ordering website and in the table QR menu.

FAQQuestions this guide answers

Restaurant menu management: questions this guide answers.

How do I find a dish quickly at the counter?
In the New Order menu search, type the first letter of each word of the dish name, for example P B M for Paneer Butter Masala. See: Type the first letter of each word
Does normal search by name still work?
Yes. Searching by name works exactly as before; initials are an extra way to search, not a replacement. See: Search by name still works
My cashier doesn't know the exact spelling of a dish. Can they still find it?
Yes. With initials they don't need the spelling: the first letter of each word is enough. See: Works in every menu search
Can my waiters search by initials too?
Yes. The same search works in the waiter app. See: Works in every menu search
Does initials search work on my website and QR menu?
Yes. It works on your online ordering website and in the table QR menu as well. See: Works in every menu search

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