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Our mission is to bring back the classic Indian dishes but to the authentic flavour of originals prepared for you by Two Michelin Star chef Aktar Islam. Great quality, incredible value, all for you to enjoy in the comfort at home anywhere in the UK. Simple as that!
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Start hereWhat is Aktar At Home?
Enjoy exceptional home cooked Indian flavour delivered to your door! Simple as that!
Aktar at Home was born out of lockdown! Having just been awarded a coveted Michelin Star at Opheem (now proudly the first Two Michelin Star in Birmingham), Aktar found himself forced to close his restaurant and stuck at home.
Following a series of flavourless, uninspiring and frankly scandalously priced takeaways, it felt time to take action.
Unacceptable bland dishes, nothing like the curries cooked by his mum or the vibrant flavours discovered in the Indian subcontinent itself. Instead, watery sauces and tiny morsels of meat with no love or authenticity.
People deserve better so Aktar at Home was the answer. Restaurant quality, flavour-packed dishes made with love.
Great flavour! World class quality! Incredible value!
We started small. Just Aktar and two others, cooking for a handful of friends of Opheem for click & collect. From day one, our mission was clear; showcase what real Indian food is all about.
The response was incredible selling out in minutes. So we grew and grew but always maintaining our core values :
- Quality! The best ingredients we can use, sharing suppliers with those we use at our Two Michelin Star restaurant Opheem
- Big flavour! Faithful to the origins, no shortcuts and huge depth.
- Generous portions! Every portion is double the size of your local curry house with 600g in each dish including 300g of each protein.
From a few click & collect orders to serving millions of people in their homes across the nation. What’s stopping you?
Discover Aktar at Home and experience Indian food as it’s supposed to be!
Aktar at Home FAQs
What is in the set boxes and how many do they serve?
Our larger set boxes with a variety of 8 dishes should either keep your freezer full to eat over time or a group of 6 to 8 people. The mini boxes with 4 curries should serve around 2-4 people depending on your appetite.
Each curry is designed to serve 2 hungry people with 600g of food – 300g of pure protein minimum.
How long will my curries last?
We blast freeze each dish to quickly lock in flavour but means on delivery, they can stay in the freezer for up to 3 months! Alternative, once defrosted all the food is fine for three days after delivery.
All of our dishes are super fresh and made with no additives or artificial preservatives.
Can I make my own bespoke box?
Our set boxes are a rotating selection but we also have a pick your own option to add as many dishes as you like if you have your own favourites.
What is the difference between you and my local curry house?
We follow authentic recipes that have developed over hundreds and sometimes thousands of years with no shortcuts. We love the British Curry Industry who have shown the great British tradition of embracing other cultures. However, the modern British curry is not a fair reflection of the incredible flavour of authentic Indian home cooking! The style is different and loses it’s depth of flavour. It’s the difference between a frozen pizza and having an authentic pizza in Rome.
Do you cater to dietary requirements and allergens?
From the offset, we don’t want anybody to worry about what they are receiving. We have made our dishes as dietary friendly as possible with significant vegan options. We also avoid all gluten and nuts in our curry dishes.
Our kitchen is state of the art and our production schedule ensures that each style of dish is prepared on separate days to avoid cross contamination as best we can. Our prawn curry will be prepared separately from everything else. Each protein dish is prepared separately. Our vegetarian dishes are prepared on separate days too. We don’t want you to worry.
Each dish has full microbiological testing in the info section while ordering as well as a summary of dietaries. This is also in your confirmation e-mail when your order is made!
How is my box delivered?
We use a dedicated overnight service with a delivery partner working alongside DHL who monitor every delivery from the minute it leaves our kitchen, to the depot and to your front door.
You will receive a predicted delivery slot from DHL but our team will be in touch should there be any issues highlighted as early as possible for delays!
Each box is carefully picked by hand with a dedicated team delivered with a fibre insulated box to act like a fridge in transit now using dry ice to ensure the box remains super cold during its delivery!
Where do you deliver to?
If you live in the UK, chances are we will deliver to you! We offer delivery to all mainland UK and a Royal Mail service if necessary to the islands. Northern Ireland is massively on our agenda and will be coming soon.
For the outskirts and more remote areas, we have been delivering to you for five years. In certain remote areas (Isle of Skye etc), it can depend on ferry schedules but with our insulation and dry ice, the boxes are designed to easily cope with a two day transit schedule if there is a delay!
What is my box is delayed?
Over the last 5 years, we have tried to solve every possible problem with delivery. Recently moving to a new fibre insulated box that keeps the contents chilled longer and adding a kilogram of packaged dry ice to the box to make sure the temperature is as cold as possible.
Delays can happen so we advise our gcustomers to order a day ahead for super special occasions but if there is a delay, the box is designed to still stay cold for an additional days delivery!
