Manjal Indian Restaurant Loughton is located at the end of Langston Road in Loughton. Its spacious, elegant dining room takes visual cues from nearby Epping Forest, while a bar, generous parking and space for events make the venue comfortable for both an ordinary meal and a larger celebration.
The restaurant specialises in South Indian and Sri Lankan cuisine, supported by a kitchen team with decades of experience. Street food inspired starters, dosa and kothu roti sit alongside clay oven preparations, allowing diners to explore textures and techniques beyond the familiar curry house format.
Curries and regional specialities cover seafood, meat and vegetables, with spices handled in ways that range from gentle and aromatic to more assertive. Rice, breads and lentil dishes complete the selection, while vegetarian, vegan and halal choices make group dining easier to organise.
Lunch and dinner are served through the week, with attentive table service and a relaxed soundtrack contributing to the refined but approachable atmosphere. Private dining and event menus extend Manjal’s role beyond day to day restaurant service, and collection is available for diners who prefer to eat at home.
Address: Langston Road, Loughton IG10 3TQ, England
Manjal Indian-Loughton Menu
Soup
Hot & Sour Soup
Choices of Veg / Chicken / Prawns. Delicious hot & sour soup added with peppers & fresh vegetables resulting in a perfect appetizer before a lovely meal.
Sweet Corn Soup
Choices of Veg / Chicken / Prawns. Nutritious smooth sweet corn soup enriched with proteins, fiber & vitamins.
Vegetarian Starters
Basket of Papad
Selection of papad served with homemade chutneys.
Chilli Cassava/Cassava Fry
Methu Vada / Sambar Vada
South Indian traditional urad dal based fried snack served with chutney or dipped with Sambhar.
Bhel Puri Chat
Special Mumbai Street chat prepared with puffed rice, Sev, tomato, potato, cashew nut, red onions mixed with sweet & sour chutneys.
Pani Puri – 6pcs
Hollow, fried dough balls (puri) stuffed with boiled potatoes; chickpeas & chat spices served with spicy tangy water & a sweet chutney.
Punjabi Samosa (3pcs)
Deep fried stuffed vegetable pastry.
Bhindi Jaipuri
Fresh ladyfingers / okra starter beautifully flavoured with Indian spices & fried.
Onion Bhaji (3 pcs)
Sliced Onion Smothered in a fragnantly spiced batter & fried to crispy Perfection
Gobi 65
Specially selected cauliflower / broccoli florets mixed with South Indian spiced batter & deep fried.
Mumbai Street Chats
Potato Tikka Chats / Samosa Channa Chat. Mumbai special snack – crispy potato patties or veg samosa topped with Channa masala, onion, tomato, mint & tamarind sauce.
Indo Chilli Paneer
Cottage cheese sauteed in chefs’ special hot sauce with diced onion, colorful capsicum & spring onion.
Idli / Gobi / Mushroom / Manchurian
Fresh Idly / gobi / mushroom / florets sauteed with special sauce & peppers.
Meat & Fish Starters
Nethili / Tilapia Fish Fry
Anchovy-unique fresh sea fish’s or Tilapia fish flavoured with South Indian spices, taste of its own in every crispy bite seasoned with onion and spices.
Fish Pollichathu (whole sea bream)
Pollichathu Fish Sea Bream marinated with special Manjal spices cooked wrapped with Banana leaf.
Hot Butter Cuttle Fish
Fresh baby squid cooked with peppers, spring onions with a hot & sour sauce.
Chicken / Lamb Varuval
Varuval Meaning – Dry Roasted starter. Chicken breast / lamb pieces tossed with traditional chettinad spices with onion and coriander.
Chicken Lollipop
Chicken wings marinated with chef’s specially grounded natural spices & deep fried, served on its own or tossed with Mysore chilly garlic sauce.
Chicken 65
Fresh Chicken thigh Pisces spiced with South Indian Masala & deep fried.
Chicken Devil / Lamb Devil
Battered chicken / lamb deep fried and sautéed with onion, capsicum, fresh spices & chefs special hot devil sauce.
Lamb Roll (3pcs)
Hot South Indian delicacy prepared with specially grounded spices mixed with lamb, potato wrapped with care, crumbed and fried.
Lamb Chops Devil (3pcs)
New Zealand lamb chops sautéed with onion, capsicum, fresh spices & Chefs special hot devil sauce.
Prawn 65 / Prawn Devil / Tilapia Devil
Fresh medium sized prawns (fillet fish) battered & fried / sautéed with onion, capsicum, fresh spices & chefs special hot devil sauce.
Tandoor Sizzlers – Starters
Paneer Tikka Shashlik / Tandoori Aloo Tikka
Homemade cottage cheese grilled with onion, tomato & peppers . Baby Potatoes marinated in thick, spiced yogurt mixture and roasted crispy.
Tandoori Chicken (Half)
Yogurt and fresh grounded spices marinated overnight with chicken on the bones, slowly cooked in tandoori oven.
Malai Chicken (Mild & Creamy)
Chicken Tikka
Peshawari Sheek Kebab
Minced lamb marinated with cardamom, nutmeg, skewered & grilled.
Adaraki Tandoori Lamb Chops (3pcs)
New Zealand lamb chops marinated with garlic, spices & cooked in tandoori oven.
Garlic King Prawn (3pcs)
King prawns marinated with Indian spices & cooked in tandoori oven.
Salmon Tikka
Scottish fresh salmon marinated with Indian spices cooked in a tandoori oven.
Tandoori Meat Platter
An assortment of meat lamb chops, chicken thighs, sheek kebab, chicken tikka and malai chicken cooked in clay oven.
Veg Magnum Opus
Chef’s work of Art
Paneer Bhurji
Thick mix of grated cottage cheese & green peas cooked with Indian spices.
Bhindi Masala
Fresh lady fingers / okra sautéed with small onion & coriander.
Tarkari Handi
Garden fresh vegetables with cumin, lemon juice & ginger.
Pagarkai Poricha Curry
Fresh bitter gourd cooked with onion & South Indian spices.
Baby Aubergine Curry
Baby aubergines moderately spiced.
Bombay Aloo
Specially selected baby potatoes cooked with tomato & onion sauce.
Aloo Gobi
Steamed potato, cauliflower cooked with onion paste & North Indian spices.
Dal Manjal / Channa Masala
Black(white) Channa Dal, tomatoes cooked with aromatic chef’s special coconut curry and South Indian spices.
Dal Tadka
Dal & Spinach
Yellow lentils & baby spinach cooked with aromatic herbs & spices.
Dal Makhani
Black urad dal simmered in creamy gravy sautéed with tomatoes, onions and mild spices.
Non-Veg Magnum Opus
Chef’s work of Art
Prawn Hara Payz
Succulent Prawns nestled in a sauce cooked with plenty of Onions.
Nellur Fish Curry
Nellur – district / county in South India, famous for its specially grown spices, this fish curry is with those specially imported Nellur spices cooked with onion, tomato & tamarind.
Fish Mole
Fresh fish cooked with coconut based mild curry sauce.
Lamb Rogan Josh / Lamb Shank Rogan
Aromatic persian origin spices slowly cooked with specially selected New Zealand lamb shank, creating a medium spiced rogan.
Southern Railway Lamb Curry
Famous Southern railway lamb curry, prepared with handpicked South Indian special spices & coconut.
Mutton Curry on the Bone
Home style thick Mutton curry cooked with Mutton on the bones with Liver. A beautiful, spiced curry.
Egg Masala
Thick onion and tomato masala cooked with chef’s special spices. (Enjoy)
Chicken Curry on the Bone
Home style chicken curry cooked with chicken on the bones.
Chicken Chettinad
Boneless chicken cooked in typical chettinad spices and onion gravy, Chettinad-Region in South India which is well known for its unique spices.
Butter Chicken
Mild & creamy sweet chicken curry
Sri Lankan Signature Kothu Roti
Special Mutton / Chicken Kothu Roti
Shredded bread Infused with mutton / chicken curry, egg, onion, leeks and chilly.
Veg Kothu Paratha
Infusion of fresh vegetable curry with paratha cooked on a griddle.
Classics
Each classic curry available with choice of Prawns, Lamb, Chicken, or Veg/Paneer.
Tikka Masala
A mild curry cooked with tomato, cream, indian spices, almonds & cashew nuts.
Korma
Mild curry sauce with cream and Almonds.
Kadai / Jalfrezi
Aromatic sauce prepared with cubes of peppers, onions & tomato.
Bhuna
Rich thick sauce with garlic, onions & tomato.
Saag / Spinach
Fresh spinach-based curry with ginger, garlic, onions & tomato
South Indian Pancakes
Appam (2pcs)
Hopper made from a fermented batter of rice flour cooked in a traditional vessel.
Milk Appam (2pcs)
Crispy appam served with a sweet coconut milk topping.
Egg Appam (2pcs)
Crispy thin appam topped with egg.
Plain Dosa / Ghee Dosa
Thin pancake made of rice and lentils served with sambar {dal & vegetable curry} and chutney.
Masala Dosa / Ghee Masala Dosa
Thin pancake is made of rice & lentils stuffed with potato masala.
Paneer Dosa / Paneer Masala Dosa
Thin pancake made of rice & lentils spread with indian cottage cheese.
Onion Rava Dosa / Onion Rava Masala Dosa
Special semolina pancake cooked with onion.
Uthappam
Thick pancake topped with onion, tomato & chilly.
Non-Veg Pancakes
Chicken Masala Dosa
A thin pancake made of rice & lentils stuffed with chicken potato masala.
Lamb Masala Dosa
Thin pancakes made of rice & lentils stuffed with lamb potato masala.
Rice
Steam Rice
Jeera Rice
Fragrant Indian dish made by tempering basmati rice with cumin seeds and ghee.
Pulao Rice
Rice spiced up with cinnamon, cardamom & cloves.
Peas Pulao
Spiced pulao rice mixed with freshly grown garden peas.
Mushroom Pulao
Spiced pulao rice mixed with fresh mushrooms.
Fried Rice
Veg Fried Rice
Plain rice sautéed / stir-fried with garlic, cabbage, celery, mixed peppers, spring onion & fresh vegetables.
Egg Fried Rice
Plain rice sautéed / stir-fried with garlic, cabbage, celery, mixed peppers, spring onion & fresh Eggs.
Chicken Fried Rice
Plain rice sautéed / stir-fried with garlic, cabbage, celery, mixed peppers, spring onion & flavoured chicken.
Prawn Fried Rice
Plain sautéed rice / stir-fried with garlic, cabbage, celery, mixed peppers, spring onion & flavoured prawns.
Biryani
Veg Biryani
Slow cooked rice specially spiced with Indian spices added with fresh vegetables. Served with cucumber & onion raita.
Chicken Biryani
Slow cooked rice specially spiced with Indian spices added with boneless chicken. Served with cucumber & onion raita & sauce.
Lamb Briyani
Slow cooked rice specially spiced with Indian Spices added with boneless New Zealand lamb. served with cucumber & onion raita & sauce.
Bread Items
Malabar Paratha (2pcs)
Special South Indian soft layered bread prepared with Maida / all-purpose flour & milk, cooked on hot pan.
Plain Naan/ Butter Naan
White bread prepared with plain flour & milk, cooked in the clay oven.
Tandoori Roti / Butter Roti
Brown bread prepared with wheat flour, cooked in the clay oven.
Chapati (2PCS)
Thin brown bread prepared with wheat flour, cooked on hot pan.
Garlic Naan / Chilli Naan
Special South Indian soft layered bread prepared with Maida / all-purpose flour & milk, cooked on hot pan.
Peshwari Naan
Naan bread stuffed with mixture of nuts & raisins.
Cheese Naan
Naan bread stuffed with mature local farm cheese.
Keema Naan
Naan bread stuffed with spiced New Zealand lamb mincemeat.
Kids Menu
Nutella (chocolate) Dosa
Spreading hazelnut chocolate spread onto a crisp, cooked dosa.
Gulab Jamun Dosa
Spreading jamun spread onto a crisp, cooked dosa.
Chicken Nuggets & Fries
Cheese Stick
A Popular snack featuring cheese cut into sticks, which are often battered and deep fried until crispy.
Cheese Dosa
Thin pancake made of rice & lentils spread with indian cottage cheese.
14PCS Mini Idly and Sambar
Combo Lunch Menu
Combo Lunch Deal £10.00 (Monday – Friday Lunch only menu 12pm to 3pm)
Combo 1
Paratha (2 pcs) / Chicken Chettinad Curry / Yellow Dal (NV) or Paratha (2 pcs) / Kadai Vegetable / Yellow Dal (V) Price: £10.00
Combo 2
Plain Dosa / Chicken Chettinad Curry / Sambar (NV) or Plain Dosa / Kadai Vegetable / Sambar (V) Price: £10.00
Combo 3
Chapati (2 pcs) / Chicken Chettinad Curry / Yellow Dal (NV) or Chapati (2 pcs) / Kadai Vegetable / Yellow Dal (V) Price: £10.00
Combo 4
Chicken Fried Rice / Gobi Manchurian / Samosa (NV) or Vegetable Fried Rice / Gobi Manchurian / Samosa (V) Price: £10.00
Combo 5
Chicken Biryani / Chicken 65 / Raitha (NV) or Vegetable Biryani / Gobi 65 / Raitha (V) Price: £10.00
Cocktails
Purple Rain
Blue Curacao, Archers & Bacardi White Rum
Walking Zombie
Apricot Brandy, White Rum, Dark Rum, Pineapple & Orange
Maharaja Manjal
Tequilla, Mint, Lime & Chilli
Rose & Lychee Martini
Hendricks Gin, Lychee Liqueur, Rose Syrup, Lychee Juice & Lime
Mocktails
All mocktails £7.99
Hurricane
Orange Juice, Cranberry Juice, Pineapple Juice & Apple Juice & Grenadine
Sunrise
Mango, Lime & Grenadine
Shirley Temple
Ginger ale, Grenadine, Lime juice
Strawberry Colada / Pina Colada
Strawberry, Pineapple Juice, Coconut Cream
White Wine
Prices shown per 125ml or bottle.
Las Condes Sauvignon Blanc
La Delizia Pinot Grigio
Villa Wolf Dry Riesling
Mirror Lake
Red Wine
Prices shown per 125ml or bottle.