In a country full of excellent Indian restaurants, the thing that is genuinely hard to find is the food an Indian family eats at home. Saakshi's Kitchen exists for exactly that: ghar ka khana — the dals, sabzis and slow-cooked pots of a Punjabi household — cooked in one family kitchen and delivered to your door across UK mainland.
Key takeaways
- This is the home version of Indian food — the Tuesday-night repertoire, not the restaurant menu.
- Everything is cooked from family recipes in one FSA 5-star rated Brighton kitchen.
- The menu runs from mild everyday dals to richer favourites, with a pure veg range; our kitchen-cooked meats are halal.
- Meals arrive frozen and reheat straight from frozen — dinner without the cooking.
- Many boxes are sent as gifts — to students, parents and anyone who needs feeding from a distance.
The taste of an Indian home, not an Indian restaurant
You have had the restaurant version. This is what we cook on a Tuesday: dal tadka finished with jeera and hing in hot ghee, rajma simmered until the beans collapse into the masala, chole cooked dark with dhania, a seasonal sabzi, soft roti or rice alongside. The masala for each dish is built from scratch — onion, tomato, ginger and garlic, bhuno'd properly — because a home kitchen does not keep a standing gravy base. The food tastes like somebody's house because it comes from one.
What is on the table
The menu moves the way a home kitchen's week moves, but the shape stays constant: everyday dals and sabzis at the centre, paneer dishes and biryani for hungrier nights, and the occasional celebration dish because celebrations happen. Everything is spiced, not hot — the heat a family actually cooks at — and if you like it milder or livelier there is a spread of dishes to choose from. There is a pure veg range for vegetarian households, and our kitchen-cooked meats are halal.
See what is cooking on this week's menu, or build your own box around your household's favourites.
Made by a family, for families
These are family recipes, passed down and cooked the way our family cooks them — we cook for your family the way we cook for our own. The same kitchen, the same hands, every batch, which is why the rajma you loved last month tastes the same this month. 79% of our orders come from families who order again; alongside 4.6 stars from 800+ verified reviews and 16,000+ deliveries, that reorder rate is the proof we care about most.
Feeding people from a distance
"Khaana khaya?" — have you eaten? — is how Indian families say I love you. A lot of our boxes are answers to that question sent across the country: to a student in halls who misses proper dal, to an elderly parent who no longer cooks big pots, to a new mum with no hands free. A freezer full of home food is a very practical way of looking after someone you cannot cook for in person. Check their postcode and send the box where it is needed.
Ready when you are
Every meal arrives frozen and goes straight into the freezer — no stressful cooking, no planning. On the night, cook or reheat straight from frozen until piping hot all the way through, following the pack instructions. Once a meal has defrosted, eat it within 24 hours and never refreeze it. If you want the routine handled entirely, a weekly tiffin keeps the rotation arriving on schedule.
We deliver across UK mainland. Some areas we cannot reach — check your postcode before you order.
Frequently asked questions
What makes it home-cooked rather than restaurant food?
The repertoire and the method: everyday household dishes, each masala built from scratch with no standing gravy base, cooked from family recipes in one Brighton kitchen.
Can I send a box to someone else?
Yes — many customers send boxes to students and parents. Check the recipient's postcode on our delivery locations page; we deliver across UK mainland.
How do the meals arrive?
Frozen, so they keep in the freezer until needed. Reheat straight from frozen until piping hot; once defrosted, eat within 24 hours and never refreeze.
Where to go next
- This week's menu — the dishes cooking right now.
- What is a dabba? — the lunchbox tradition behind the tiffin.
- Check your postcode — where we deliver.
- How the delivery works, step by step — from our kitchen to your freezer.