Rani Restaurant is a family run vegetarian Indian restaurant at 7 Long Lane in Finchley. Established in 1984, it has built its identity around Gujarati home cooking, fresh ingredients and a convivial dining room where families and groups can explore a wide range of meat free dishes together.
Gujarati specialities bring sweet, savoury, tangy and gently spiced flavours into the same meal. Snacks, chaat, breads, lentils, vegetables and rice can be combined into a varied table, with the kitchen’s own spice blends giving familiar recipes a distinctive house character.
The menu reaches beyond Gujarat through South Indian and Indo Chinese choices. Noodles, vegetable fried rice, garlic chilli mushrooms and mogo sit beside curries and traditional accompaniments, while vegan dishes are clearly represented for guests who avoid dairy as well as meat.
Buffet service provides an easy way to compare several recipes, with weekend lunch and daily dinner sittings complementing the regular menu. Takeaway and delivery add flexibility, while the entirely vegetarian focus makes Rani especially useful for mixed groups seeking broad choice without meat or fish.
Address: 7 Long Lane, Finchley, London N3 2PR, United Kingdom
Rani Finchley Menu
Hot Starters
Potato Bhajias
Sliced Potatoes Mixed In A Spiced Gram Flour Paste And Deep Fried. Served With Fresh Coriander Chutney. (Chutney with this item contains peanuts and sugar)
Onion Bhajias
Chopped Onions Mixed In A Spiced Gram Flour Paste And Deep Fried. Served With Fresh Coriander Chutney. (Chutney with this item contains peanuts and sugar; Contains Onions/Garlic)
Kachori
A Mildly Spiced Lentil, Pea And Sultana Mix Flavoured With Cinnamon, Rolled In Pastry And Deep Fried. Served With Tamarind Sauce. (Contains Sugar; Chutney with this item contains peanuts and sugar)
Akhaa Murcha
Cooked Vegetables Stuffed In Large Chillies Coated With Gram Flour Paste And Deep Fried. Served With Fresh Coriander Chutney. (Chutney with this item contains peanuts and sugar; Contains Sugar)
Mushroom Bhajia
Chopped Mushrooms Mixed In A Spiced Gram Flour Paste And Deep Fried. Served With Fresh Coriander Chutney
Chilli Paneer
Fried Cheese Cooked In Tomato Gravy With Chillies, Mixed Peppers, Garlic, Onions And Spices For Flavour. (Contains Onions/Garlic; Contains Sugar)
Main Courses Curries
Matar Gobi
Cauliflower Florets And Garden Peas Slow Cooked With Mild Spices And Freshly Chopped Coriander Curry
Banana Methi
Ripe Bananas And Fresh Fenugreek Leaves Cooked With A Richly Spiced Tomato Gravy
Lilotri Sak
Slow Cooked Kenyan Aubergines, Broad Beans, Green Beans, Peas And Potatoes With Subtle Spices
Chola
Black Eye Bean Curry Mildly Spiced With Cinnamon, Cloves, Root Ginger And Fresh Coriander. (Contains Sugar)
Rani Aloo
Mildly Spiced Potatoes Cooked With Roasted Lentil And Cashew Nuts. (Contains Sugar; Contains Nuts)
Rice
Plain Basmati Rice
Basmati Rice
Jeera Rice
Fried Jeera Spice Mixed With Plain Basmati Rice
Pilau Rice
Basmati Rice Slow Cooked With Vegetables, Sultanas And Cashew Nuts. Mildly Spiced. (Contains Nuts)
Khichdi
Slowed Cooked Moong Dal Lentils And Rice With Butter
Vegetable Biryani
Mixed Vegetable Rice Dish Served With Raita (Contains Dairy)
Rani Specialities
Rani Thali-Traditional Main Meal
Served In A Round Steel Tray. The Meal Will Consist Of A Curry Of Your Choice From The Menu, Chola, Pilau Rice, Chapattis Or Pooris, Gujarati Dal, Raita, Green Chilli Pickle And Mango Chutney. (Contains Sugar; Contains Nuts)
Rani Special Dosa
Rani Aloo (Contains Sugar; Contains Nuts; Contains Onions/Garlic) Folded In A Rice And Black Lentil Pancake. Served With Sambhar (Contains Sugar) And Coconut Chutney (Contains Dairy)
Rani Masala Dosa
Rani Aloo (Contains Sugar; Contains Nuts; Contains Onions/Garlic) Folded In A Rice And Black Lentil Pancake. Served With Sambhar (Contains Sugar) And Coconut Chutney (Contains Dairy)
Ras Malai (Two Piece)
Sponge Milk Dumplings Soaked With Pistachios And Almonds. (Contains Sugar; Contains Nuts)
Rani Nutty Monthal
Gram Flour Slow Roasted With Pistachio, Almonds And Cashew Nuts And Sugar Syrup. (Contains Sugar; Contains Nuts)
From the Wok – Indo-Chinese
Garlic Chili Mushroom (Vegan)
Mushrooms tossed in our special garlic chilli sauce with peppers and onions
Chilli Paneer
Fried Indian cottage cheese in our special schezwan sauce with peppers and onions
Chilli Paneer
Fried cheese cooked in tomato gravy with chillies, mixed peppers, garlic, onions & spices for flavour Contains onions OR garlic Contains dairy Contains sugar
Vegetable Fried Rice
Long grain rice and mixed vegetables in a soy sauce and our unique spice mix
Vegetable Hakka Noodles
Thin noodles and mixed vegetables tossed in soy sauce and our unique spice mix
Schezwan Fried Rice
Long grain fried rice and mixed vegetables tossed with schezwan sauce.
Chilli Tofu
Crispy battered tofu tossed in our spiced sauce with peppers and onions.
Schezwan Hakka Noodles
Stir-fried noodles and mixed vegetables tossed in our fiery spicy sauce
Plain Hakka Noodles
Noddles tossed with Mixed Vegetables
Appetisers
Plain Papadums
Thin roasted crispy appetiser served with fresh coriander chutney (contains nuts) Chutney with this item contains peanut & sugar
Curries
Paneer Masala
Paneer cooked with Mixed Peppers and Onions in a rich tomato based gravy
Chola
Chickpeas prepared in a delicately spiced tomato & tamarind gravy Contains sugar Contains mustard seeds
Undhia
A curry with aubergine, peas, guvar, valour, tindora, pigeon peas & potato, slow cooked with fried fenugreek balls… Contains: onion, garlic and dairy
Makai Methi
Sweetcorn and fresh fenugreek leaves cooked with a richly spiced tomato gravy.
Lilotri Sak
Slow cooked Kenyan aubergines, broad beans, green beans, peas & potatoes with subtle spices to accommodate most potatoes
Palak Paneer
Chopped Fresh Spinach & Paneer Curry with Onion, Garlic, Spices and Herbs…. Mild Contains nuts
Rice
Vegetable Fried Rice
Mixed vegetables tossed in fried rice.
Plain Basmati Rice
Basmati rice
Jeera Rice
Fried jeera spice mixed with plain basmati rice
Schezwan Fried Rice
Long grain fried rice and mixed vegetables tossed with schezwan sauce.
Khichdi
Slowed cooked moong dal lentils & rice with butter Contains dairy
Rani Thali
Rani Thali for Two
Appetiser: Any two papadums with coriander chutney [C] Starter: Any two starters Main Meal: Any two curries Rice & Bread: Any one portion bread & one portion rice Alternatively you can have any two portions bread or any two portions rice Soup: Choice of Gujarati dal, mixed dal or sambhar… Accompaniments: Mango chutney & raita
Rani Thali for Two
Appetiser: Plain or spicy papadums with coriander chutney (chutney with this item contains peanuts & sugar) Starter: Bhel Poori [S N W O X] A mixture of crispy poori, puffed rice, sev, potato & onion mixed with tamarind sauce [S]… Samosas [S W ] Spicy vegetables mix folded in hand-rolled pastry & deep fried. Served with date chutney & a lemon slice Main Meal: Banana Methi [M] Ripe bananas & fresh Fenugreek leaves cooked with a richly spiced tomato gravy Kofta Paneer [D M]… Cooked vegetables stuffed in large chillies. Coated with gram flour paste & deep fried. Served with fresh coriander chutney Main Meal: Lilotri Sak Slow cooked Kenyan aubergines, broad beans, green beans, peas & potatoes with subtle spices to accommodate most palates Murcha Paneer [D]… Deep fried bread shaped into hollow puffed balls Bread: Pooris [W] Deep fried puffy bread with fenugreek leaves Rice: Pilau Rice [N] Basmati rice slow cooked with vegetables, sultanas & cashew nuts. Mildly spiced Soup: Tarka Dal [O M]… A hearty soup consisting of red lentils with onions & garlic Accompaniments: Mango chutney [S] Raita [D]