Switching your restaurant POS · live in 48 hours

Looking for a Petpooja alternative? Switch to Tadka Tech in 48 hours.

Tadka Tech is restaurant software for restaurants, cafés, QSRs and cloud kitchens in India, with the counter, waiter, kitchen, kiosk, website, rider and owner on one system. Switching from your current POS starts with one WhatsApp message: send a photo of your menu, we move it across free and train your staff, and you are live in 48 hours — with up to 6 months free.

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Updated October 2026By Tadka Tech+91 88470 21579

Petpooja is a trademark of its owner. Tadka Tech is not affiliated with Petpooja. This page does not describe or compare any other product — it explains how switching to Tadka Tech works.

01How switching works

Switching from your current POS, in four steps.

Worried about switching? We do it for you — your menu moved across, everything set up, your staff trained — while you keep running the restaurant.

Live in 48 hours Menu moved across free Up to 6 months free No setup fee No card needed

How many months are free depends on the plan you choose. After that, you pay that plan's regular price.

Start on WhatsApp

1
You · 2 minutes
WhatsApp us a photo of your menu
One clear phone photo of each page is enough to start. No export from your old system needed.
2
We build
We build your whole menu
Dish photos, table QR codes and your own website.
3
We set up
Tables, staff logins and printers
We lay out your tables, create the staff accounts and pair the printers.
4
You go live
We train your staff. You go live.
Counter, kitchen and waiters trained — then real orders.

02See it first

One restaurant. One bad day. Lived again, with Tadka.

The paneer ran out last night. A table has waited twenty minutes. Nobody knows where the rider is. ₹45,000 is stuck in the udhaar book, and the cash drawer won't match. Watch the same day again, from the 10 AM shutter to the 11 PM day close.

Hinglish narration, English on screen · recorded on a live demo restaurant. Watch on YouTube

03Why restaurants switch POS

Before you switch POS, write down what keeps going wrong.

Then check the new system against that list, not against a feature sheet. These are the moments Tadka Tech is built to catch.

Floor plan with T02 in red, marked +3m late

Busy night

“Table 2 has been waiting 17 minutes and nobody noticed.”

TadkaEvery order carries a strip that turns red with “+3m late” once it passes your limit — and “Use my numbers” sets that limit from your own last 30 days.

Orders & timers

Orders → Due, by customer, with a Remind button on every row

Udhaar

“The udhaar is in a diary, and nobody chases it.”

TadkaOrders → Due shows what each customer owes. One tap sends a polite WhatsApp reminder with a pay link.

Orders → Due

UPI

“Payment done, bhaiya.” Did the money actually come in?

TadkaUPI money that's paid twice, paid short, or not yet applied sits in a red panel on Bills until someone deals with it.

Billing

Kitchen

“The chef's hands are in the dough. He can't read the screen.”

TadkaTap सुनें and the kitchen screen reads the order out in Hindi or English. Say “Oye Chotu, 18” and order 18 is marked ready.

Kitchen display

An order tagged '12th order in 30 days · Regular'

Regulars

“He's been in twelve times this month. The new cashier treated him like a stranger.”

TadkaEvery order with a phone number shows “New customer”, “Regular” or “Back after 40 days”, with lifetime orders and average bill.

Customers

Expenses list with categories, amounts and approval status

Month end

“You know today's sales. You don't know if you made money.”

TadkaLog rent, gas, repairs and petty cash under your own categories, and the profit & loss shows real costs.

Expenses

04Before you switch

What to check before you switch POS — and how Tadka Tech handles it.

Ten questions worth asking of any restaurant POS before you move. The answers on the right are ours.

Your menu

Can it be moved across without retyping every dish?

WhatsApp a photo of each menu page and we build the whole menu, free — with dish photos, table QR codes and your own website. Your own categories, sizes and add-ons, including add-on prices that change by size and add-on groups a guest must choose from.
Menu Management

Staff training

How long until the counter and kitchen are confident?

We train the counter, kitchen and waiters before you go live. After that, every screen has a Hindi video guide with the steps written in English in Tadka Academy, and staff can search it in their own words — udhar, khata.
Tadka Academy

The printer you already own

Will my thermal printer and cash drawer still work?

Tadka Tech prints to the thermal printer already installed on your counter computer — Windows, Mac or Linux — through a small free print agent, on 80 mm or 58 mm paper: KOT in the kitchen, bill at the counter, and the cash drawer opens through the printer. Kitchen screens can also drive a USB or LAN receipt printer, or a label printer for sticky labels. We pair the printers with you.
Printer setup guide

Tablets, PCs and TVs

Do I have to buy new hardware?

Six of the seven Tadka Tech screens are web pages on whatever device is already there — a laptop or tablet at the counter, the waiter's own phone, a TV in the kitchen. The kitchen display also has an Android TV build.
The apps

GST invoices

Will every bill carry the right GST?

GST is charged after the discount, split into CGST and SGST. Each dish carries its own tax category, so 5% food and an 18% packaged item show as separate lines, and your GST number can print in the receipt footer.
GST billing

UPI

Can the counter trust that a UPI payment really came in?

A static restaurant UPI QR or a Razorpay session. With payment confirmation on, an order says Paid only once the money has really arrived — not from a screenshot.
Billing

KOT and the kitchen screen

What happens when a table adds one more dish?

Only the new item goes out, as a numbered add-on KOT — the kitchen never remakes the whole order. On the kitchen screen it joins the same card with a New tag, and orders arrive by themselves, with no refresh.
Kitchen Display

WhatsApp

Can it reach customers where they already are?

One-tap udhaar reminders with a pay link, and WhatsApp offers to the regulars who haven't been back in a month — then see who read it and who ordered again.
WhatsApp

Swiggy and Zomato

Will delivery-app orders land in the same place?

A Chrome extension on the counter PC brings Zomato and Swiggy orders onto your Tadka Tech Orders board, in their own lane, with a KOT that can print by itself. You still accept each order on the partner website, and orders come in only while that partner tab is open. They are not added to your Tadka Tech bills or the kitchen screen. Our team switches it on for your restaurant when you ask.
Setup guide

Data from your old POS

What comes across, and what stays behind?

Your menu comes across from a photo, so no export is needed to start. Your customer list comes across too: export it from your old POS as a CSV and the import maps its columns and skips duplicate phone numbers. Past bills stay in your old system for your records.

05Questions

Switching POS: questions owners ask.

How long does it take to switch from my current POS to Tadka Tech?

48 hours from the photo of your menu to going live. We move the menu across, set everything up and train your staff while you keep running the restaurant.

Will my menu be moved across?

Yes, free. WhatsApp us one clear phone photo of each page of your menu and we build the whole menu, with dish photos, table QR codes and your own website.

Can I keep the thermal printer I already have?

Tadka Tech prints to the thermal printer that is already installed on your counter computer, on Windows, Mac or Linux, through a small free print agent, on 80 mm or 58 mm paper. KOTs can print in the kitchen and bills at the counter, and a cash drawer cabled into the printer opens on cash payments. We pair the printers with you during onboarding.

What happens to the data in my old POS?

Your menu comes across from a photo, so you don't need an export to start. Your customer list can be imported from a CSV export of your old POS, with duplicate phone numbers skipped. Past bills are not imported; keep your old system's reports for your records.

Do my staff need training?

We train the counter, kitchen and waiters before you go live. After that, every screen has a Hindi video guide with the steps written in English in Tadka Academy, and staff can search it in their own words, such as udhar or khata.

What does switching cost?

Your menu is moved across free, there is no setup fee and no card needed, and you get up to 6 months free. How many months are free depends on the plan you choose; after that you pay that plan's regular price.

Can Swiggy and Zomato orders come into Tadka Tech?

Yes, onto your Orders board, through a Chrome extension on the counter PC, with KOT printing. Accepting the order still happens on the partner website, orders arrive only while that partner tab is open, and they are not added to your Tadka Tech bills or the kitchen screen. It is switched on for your restaurant on request.

Is Tadka Tech connected to Petpooja?

No. Tadka Tech is not affiliated with Petpooja. Petpooja is a trademark of its owner.

06Keep reading

Look closer before you move.

At the counter

Restaurant billing software

GST bills, split and UPI payments, udhaar, thermal printing and the day close.