Help Ajanta’s re-open in a new home - and save Sheffield’s ONLY 100% plant-based Indian kitchen!
When Ajanta’s Vegetarian opened its doors in 2019, we got off to a great start.
Everyone loved the fresh, healthy, and irresistibly delicious taste of our 100% plant-based, Indian Punjabi dishes - all expertly made to secret family recipes handed down from one generation to the next.
With a growing following and amazing reviews, the future was looking good. Our dreams of success - part of a wonderful community making a positive difference to the well-being of people, animals and the planet - all seemed within reach.
Then the pandemic hit.
As a new venture with limitless enthusiasm but limited finances, we really tried our best to keep going as the effects of the pandemic took hold.
But faced with all the disruption and uncertainty of one lockdown after another, unable to secure the lease on suitable premises or invest in a properly equipped professional kitchen, we eventually took the painful decision to close.
After so many months of hard work it was a very sad day.
But, despite the adversity and setbacks, we were determined to stay positive and come back at some point.
And here we are.
With your support we can re-open in a new home and return to do what we love doing best - delivering world-class, 100% plant-based, Indian deliciousness - and this time even better than before.
We think a great modern city like Sheffield deserves to have at least one fully vegan, authentic Indian kitchen serving fantastic food. We hope you agree - and hope you will support us.
Thank you!
Ajanta’s x
How will crowdfunding
help us?
Reaching our crowdfunding target means we will be able to re-open in a new home. We’ve already found what would be the ideal place for us (in the S8 area of Sheffield) - but we really need your help to get us there!
As well as securing the lease so we have a permanent home, we want to equip the kitchen with everything we need to store, prepare and cook food to the highest standards - including stainless steel work surfaces, refrigeration, a ventilation/extraction system and commercial cooker/oven.
With a properly equipped professional kitchen we can expand our menu to offer many more of the 100% plant-based, authentic Indian Punjabi dishes - all based on secret family recipes - we have been busily perfecting while we’ve been away.
Support us and enjoy delicious rewards!
Ajanta’s is passionate about the quality of the food we make. In fact, we think it’s so good we really couldn’t think of a better way to thank and reward as many of our supporters as possible!
£5 Reward - Any Main Dish
For just a £5 pledge you can order any Main Dish from our more extensive new menu.
If you haven’t tried Ajanta’s before, we highly recommend either our famous Dal or our equally legendary Chana Masala. Simply irresistible!
£10 Reward - Any TWO Main Dishes
Support us with a £10 donation and choose any TWO main dishes from our bigger, better, even more delicious menu.
£20 Reward - Order Ajanta’s up to the value of £30
For every £20 pledge you can order anything you fancy from Ajanta’s more exciting and extensive new menu - up to the value of £30.
You can also exchange each £20 pledged for an equivalent gift voucher (again, worth £30 at Ajanta’s).
There is no time limit on redeeming rewards either - so you can order and enjoy a feast from Ajanta’s whenever’s best for you!
£100 Reward - Ajanta’s at home - Traditional Thali Dining Experience for Six guests.
For a £100 pledge you and your guests (six in all) can enjoy the legendary Ajanta’s traditional Thali dining experience - all from the comfort of your own home. If you’ve previously enjoyed an Ajanta’s Thali, you already know just how good it is and we very much look forward to serving you again. If you haven’t, then you are in for a treat. Fun, different and, above all, delicious, the traditional Thali is made up of several dishes all served separately but together on a stainless steel tray. This reward also includes starters of Indian tea with pakoras, samosas and a selection of pickles, chutney and sauces.
We also take care of everything (including the washing up!) so you can just relax and look forward to being congratulated on your exceptionally good taste.
£200 Reward - Ajanta’s at home - Traditional Thali Dining Experience for Twelve guests.
Exactly the same as our £100 Reward (above) but it’s for up twelve guests, so twice as nice!
£500 Reward - Ajanta’s food for up to Fifty guests.
Whatever the event - whether it’s a party or any kind of special occasion - Ajanta’s will come to your chosen venue, within 20 miles of Sheffield, and provide a range of delicious, 100% plant-based Indian dishes together with plenty of Basmati rice and naan bread, pakoras and samosas - enough to comfortably satisfy up to fifty hungry guests. We take care of everything, from plates and cutlery to napkins to tidying up afterwards. Available from Sundays to Wednesdays inclusive.
Priority Ordering for three months.
As an extra ‘Thank You’, for the first three months you will have access to our priority ordering service - exclusively for everyone who has been kind enough to support us so far.
It’s all about the food.
Ajanta’s is all about celebrating and sharing the beautiful food that originates from the richly fertile Punjab region of Northern India.
Deeply rooted in traditions going back thousands of years (and strongly linked to the ancient healing power of Ayurveda), plant-based Punjabi food is widely regarded as amongst the healthiest and most nutritious in the world.
Many people believe (us included) it’s also the most delicious too!
All the best to you.
At Ajanta’s we start with our secret recipes and then bring together the finest, carefully selected ingredients.
That’s why, for example, you will never see table salt in our kitchen - we only ever use the sea, rock and Himalayan pink varieties. Similarly, there is no place for cheap refined ccooking oils in any of our dishes either. We exclusively use cold-pressed rapeseed and Extra Virgin Olive oils for a fresher, healthier taste.
Our obsession with quality extends to our gorgeously fragrant Basmati rice. It is matured for at least two years rather than the usual six months and all that extra time and care makes a difference you can really taste.
The reviews are in.
If you haven’t experienced Ajanta’s for yourself, here are just a few reviews to give you a flavour of what you can expect when we re-open.
“THE BEST DAL EVER!”
“We’ve ordered takeaway from Ajanta’s quite a few time now. The menu is simple but everything is absolutely delicious, so full of flavour, and I think the dal is the best I’ve ever tasted! My favourite takeaway by far!”
“Amazing food. My favourite takeaway”
“Friendly people, delicious food, generous portions, vegan, my favourite takeaway in Sheffield”
“If I could give it 10 stars I would!”
“Amazing authentic food”
‘The best Indian food in the woooorld!”
“Had the Dal and naan bread for takeout and it was delicious! Bought enough for 2 of us and there was enough for our tea the next evening, great value!”
“Easily the best Asian food I’ve had in Sheffield”
“Authentic vegan food done right, Plenty of flavours and texture, Really gr8 people.”
“I can honestly say it was was the best curry I’ve had in Sheffield .. and I’ve tasted a lot! The food was all delicious, nicely spiced and not at all greasy.”
“Absolutely delicious food. We all really enjoyed the thalis, even my meat loving 11 year old.”
If this small selection of reviews has whetted your appetite, please check out our other amazing reviews on Tripadvisor, Google, Facebook and specialist vegan site Happy Cow. If you like what you see, please don’t forget to come back and support us!
Thank you!
If you do choose to support us, we would just like to say a massive “Thank You!”. Hopefully we can reach our target and very soon get back to doing what we love best - delivering world-class, 100% plant-based, Indian deliciousness to the lovely people of Sheffield!