Step 4: cooked food recipe data collection using the ACEC App
The data collection was conducted under the supervision of the nutritionists. ASHAs recruited five women from fifty villages (250 women) in ten different clusters to cook two food items each. Women aged 18–45 years who were not engaged in the Integrated Childhood Development Scheme (ICDS) of the government and who consented to prepare the cooked food items were recruited. Women engaged in the ICDS were excluded to prevent health-related biases in food preparation, e.g. using less oil. The cooked food recipes from the final ‘