Maharani Indian Restaurant
380 W Washington Ave, Madison
(608) 251-9999
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Tandoori Chicken and Buffet Fare
Chicken Tikka Masala
Chef's Special Naan
Mysore Masala Dosa
Mango Ice Cream
Butter Chicken
Chicken Tikka
Chicken Curry
Shrimp Masala
Paneer Tikka
Biryani Rice Specialties
Chicken Biryani
Basmati rice cooked in chicken.
Lamb Biryani
Juicy pieces of lamb cooked with basmati rice and spices garnished with nuts.
Chef's Special
Basmati rice cooked with green vegetables, chicken chunks, juicy lamb, beef chunks, and king shrimp with herbs, fresh spices, nuts, and raisins.
Beef Biryani
Basmati rice and spicy beef chunk cooked with nuts and falvored with saffron.
Shrimp Biryani
King sized shrimp cooked with basmati rice garnished with dried fruits.
Vegetarian Biryani
Basmati rice cooked with green vegetables garnished with dried fruits.
Basmati Rice
Vegetables
Paneer Tikka Masala
Grilled cheese in spices.
Channa Masala
Chick peas cooked with onion, tomatoes, and spices.
Gobhi Manchurian
Chinese style cauliflower dumplings in a tangy garlic sauce garnished with scallions.
Shahi Mutter Paneer
Fresh cheese cooked with green peas and creamy sauce.
Dal Tarka
Yellow lentil delicately spiced.
Dal Makhni
Black bean and kidney bean cooked with butter.
Vegetable Masala
Vegetables cooked with thick creamy sauce.
Aloo Gobhi
Cauliflower and potatoes cooked with tomatoes and spices.
Rajma
Kidney bean cooked with onion, ginger, garlic, tomato, and spices.
Vegetable Mix Curry
Variety of vegetables like green peas, potatoes, and cauliflower.
Paneer Bhurji
Minced cottage cheese in a mix of sauteed onions and tomatoes.
Cheese Moglai
Fresh cottage cheese cooked with spices and creamy sauce.
Aloo Chole
Chick peas deliciously cooked with tomatoes and potatoes.
Paneer Kadahi
Fresh cottage cheese cooked with fresh vegetables.
Punjabi Saag
Fresh spinach with mustard leaves, ginger, and garlic.
Vegetable Mango
Variety of vegetable cooked in mango sauce.
Aloo Mutter
Fresh green peas cooked in a delicately spiced sauce with potatoes.
Kadhi Pakora
Kadhi prepared with bean curd and spices.
Mutter Mushroom
Fresh mushroom cooked with green peas curry.
Palak Mushroom
Fresh mushroom and spinach cooked in mild spice.
Palak Aloo
Delightful ragout of spinach, light cream, and other spices.
Paneer Jalfrazie
Fresh cottage cheese cooked with fresh vegetable and spices.
Navarattan Korma
Mixed vegetable cooked with cream, herbs, and cashews.
Malai Kofta
Vegetable ball fried and cooked in delicious gravy.
Mutter Paneer
Fresh cottage cheese and green peas curry.
Palak Paneer
Spinach cooked with cheese.
Shahi Paneer
Chunks of cheese sauteed with ginger, garlic, onion, and tomatoes garnished with cashews and raisins cooked in creamy sauce a royal vegetarian delight.
Baingan Bhartha
An eggplant specialty baked over a flame and mashed then sauteed with onions, green, ginger, and other spices.
Bhindi Masala
Spiced okra.
Palak Chole
Spinach cooked with thick peas.
Indian Breads
Keema Naan
Tandoori nan stuffed with seasoned minced lamb.
Gobhi Paratha
Whole wheat bread stuffed with cauliflower.
Maharani Paratha
Layered whole wheat bread made with batter.
Poori
2 pcs. Light, fluffy-puffed, and deep fried.
Chapati
Dry whole wheat bread.
Aloo Paratha
Whole wheat bread stuffed with potatoes and peas.
Naan
Unleavened white flour bread baked in tandoor.
Onion Kulcha
Naan stuffed with onions and baked in tandoor.
Stuffed Naan
Unleavened bread stuffed with potatoes and spices baked in tandoor.
Garlic Naan
Naan stuffed with garlic and baked.
Ginger Naan
Unleavened wheat bread stuffed with ginger.
Cheese Naan
Unleavened wheat bread stuffed in cheese.
Kabuli Naan
Unleavened wheat bread stuffed with dry nuts, raisins, coconut, sugar, fennel, and seed baked in tandoor.
Chef's Special Naan
Unleavened wheat bread stuffed with cheese onion potatoes baked in tandoor.
Assorted Bread
Onion kulcha, stuffed naan, and garlic naan.
Tandoori Roti
Whole wheat bread baked in tandoor.
Chicken Naan
Unleavened white bread stuffed with chicken.
Condiments
Pickle
Mixed vegetable.
Mango Chutney
Mixed vegetable.
Salad
Cucumber, carrots, tomatoes, onion, and lettuce.
Raita
Cucumber mint and carrot in yogurt.
Plain Yogurt
Indian Beverages
Mango Lassi
Sweet yogurt and mango falvored drink.
Mango Milk Shake
Made with mango flavored ice cream.
Sprite
Lassi
Sweet or salted yogurt drink.
Mango Juice
Iced Tea
Milk
Pepsi
Diet Pepsi
Mountani Dew
Coffee
Darjeeling Tea
Indian tea from Darjeeling.
Masala Tea
Darjeeling tea brewed with spice, milk, and sugar.
Desserts
Kulfi
Exotic ice cream made with condensed milk, with almonds, and nuts.
Mango Ice Cream
Mango flavored ice cream made with milk.
Gulab Jamun
Non-fat dry milk and cottage cheese fried ball soaked in sugar.
Gajar Halwa
Grated carrots, sweetened milk and butter garnished with cashews, and raisins.
Kheer
Rice cooked in sweetened milk.
Ras Malai
Flat round discs of Indian cottage cheese poached in milk and served with pistachio nut garnish.
Vegetarian
Vegetable Samosa
Stuffed with potatoes and green peas.
Samosa Chaat
Served traditionally with chana masala, yogurt, and chutneys.
Aloo Tikki Chaat
Served traditionally with channa masala, yogurt, and chutneys.
Aloo Tikki (2 pcs)
Chopped potatoes, green peas, and gram flour balls deep fried.
Papadam
Crispy, spicy, and wafers.
Vegetable Pakora
Vegetable fritters.
Paneer Pakora
Cheese deep fried in gram flour.
Assorted Vegetable Appetizer
Vegetable pakora, cheese pakora, samosa, and aloo tikki.
Vegetable Spring Roll
Stuffed with fresh vegetable and deep fried.
Onion Rings
Non Vegetarian
Fish Pakora
Fish boneless and skinless marinated with lemon juice, spices, and chick pea batter and deep fried.
Assorted Platter
Chicken pakora, fish pakora, and seekh kebab.
Shrimp Pakora
Skinless shrimp deep fried.
Chicken Pakora
Chicken deep fried in chick pea batter.
Chicken 65
Boneless chicken simmered in yogurt flavored with pungent spices and curry leaves.
Soups
Mulligatawny Soup
Lentils, vegetables, and spice.
Coconut Soup
Coconut, cream, and pistachio.
Tomato Soup
Rasam Soup
A traditional South Indian sour and spicy soup.
Tandoori Specials Charcoal Clay Oven
Seekh Kebab
Finely minced lamb seasoned with chopped onion, herbs, and spices then baked on skewers in a tandoor oven.
Tandoori Chicken
Skinless chicken marinated in a mixture of yogurt and aromatic spice baked to a succulent tenderness in the tandoor.
Paneer Tikka
Cheese cubes marinated in yogurt sauce spices and roasted in the tandoor.
Grilled Fish
Fish cooked on the grill with aromatic spices.
Chicken Tikka
Chicken roasted in charcoal oven and mild spices. Served with lemon.
Tandoori Shrimp
King-sized shrimp marinated in fresh ginger and garlic then roasted in the tandoor.
Tandoori Mixed Grill
Combinations of tandoori specialties like tandoori chicken, chicken tikka, seekh kebab, and shrimp. Served with sauteed onions and a piece of lemon.
Boti Kebab
Chunk of juicy lamb pieces marinated in yogurt and authentic spices baked in a charcoal oven.
Tandoori Salmon Fish Tikka
Thick pieces of fresh salmon.
with vegetable and slices of lemon
Malai Kebab
Tandoori chicken breast marinated with sour cream and spices cooked in tandoor.
Seafood
Fish Masala
Boneless fish pieces marinated with yogurt and mild spices cooked with creamy sauce, tomatoes, and peppers.
Fish Vindaloo Curry
Boneless fish cooked with potatoes, onions, and tomato curry.
Shrimp Curry
Fresh jumbo shrimp cooked in a spicy curried sauce.
Shrimp Saag
Jumbo shrimp cooked with spinach.
Shrimp Vindaloo
Shrimp cooked in a spicy curry sauce with onions and tomatoes.
Shrimp Masala
Fresh jumbo shrimps cooked in a rich tomato cream sauce.
Shrimp Madras
A classic medium hot curry accented with garlic, fresh ginger, coconut, and red pepper.
Shrimp Kadhai
An exotic dish of shrimp sauteed with fresh green chilies, tomatoes, fresh ginger, and coriander.
Shrimp Pudina Masala
Fresh shelled shrimp cooked in a rich mint and spinach.
Fish Curry
Boneless fish cooked in onions, garlic, ginger, tomatoes, and spices.
Fish Goa Curry
Cooked with coconut and an array of masterfully blended spices.
Lamb Curries
Lamb Tikka Masala
Cubes of lamb baked in a clay oven and folded into delicate creamy tomato sauce.
Lamb Vindaloo Curry
Lamb curry cooked with potatoes and very hot spices.
Lamb Shahi Korma
Lamb cooked in cream sauce with herbs and cashews.
Goat Curry
Goat with bone curry cooked with onion, ginger, garlic, and gravy.
Rogan Josh
Lean lamb cooked in a yogurt based sauce.
Lamb Curry
The perfect lamb curry cooked with onions and tomato curry.
Lamb Moghlai
Juicy pieces of lamb cooked in a special sauce of tomatoes, cream, fresh mushrooms, herbs, and spices.
Lamb Madras
Lamb cooked in special sauce with coconut and herbs in Madras style.
Lamb Saag
Lamb curry cooked with spinach.
Lamb Mango
Boneless lamb cooked in an onion, garlic, ginger, and mango sauce.
Lamb Masala
Boneless roasted lamb cooked in spices and thick curry sauce.
Lamb Achari
Tender pieces of lamb cooked with pickle.
Lamb Mushroom
Juicy lamb pan roasted with spices, onions, tomatoes, and mushrooms.
Lamb Jalfrazie Curry
Lamb curry cooked with green vegetables and onions.
Beef Curries
Beef Vindaloo Curry
Juicy beef curry cooked with potatoes and very hot spices.
Beef Curry
Beef cooked in onions, garlic, ginger, and spices.
Beef Masala
Beef cooked in a rich cream sauce of tomato sauce.
Beef Moghlai
Juicy pieces of beef cooked in a special sauce of tomatoes, cream, fresh mushrooms, herbs, and spices.
Beef Shahikorma
Beef cooked with exotic spices, herbs, cashews, almonds, raisins, and cream sauce.
Beef Mango
Boneless beef cooked in onions, garlic, ginger, and mango sauce.
Beef Mushroom
Juicy beef pan roasted with spices and mushrooms.
Beef Jalfrazie
Beef curry cooked with green peppers, tomatoes, and onions.
Beef Saag
Beef curry cooked with spinach.
Chicken Curries
Chicken Curry
Boneless chicken cooked in onions, garlic, ginger, yogurt, and spices.
Chicken Vindaloo
Boneless chicken curry cooked with potatoes and very spice sauce.
Chicken Shahikorma
Chicken cooked with cream sauce and cashews.
Chicken Mango
Boneless chicken cooked in onions, garlic, ginger, and mango sauce.
Chicken Madras
Chicken cooked with coconut milk and madras spices.
Chicken Chilli Masala
Boneless piece of chicken cooked with jalapeno chillies and hot sauce.
Chilli Chicken
Boneless chicken batter fried and tossed in ginger and garlic sauce with soy sauce.
Chicken Jalfrazie
Boneless chicken cooked with green vegetable and onion.
Chicken Methi
Chicken tenderly cooked with methi, fresh garlic, spinach, and herbs.
Chicken Mushroom
Boneless chicken curry cooked with mushrooms.
Chicken Saag
Boneless chicken cooked with spinach.
Chicken Pudina Masala
Chicken cooked with mint and spinach.
Chicken Tikka Masala
Boneless roasted chicken cooked in pieces and thick curry sauce.
Chicken Moghlai
Chicken tikka cooked in mushroom sauce, tomato sauce, and a blend of spices and herbs.
Butter Chicken
Shredded tandoori chicken in spicy cashew and cream sauce.
Chicken Tikka Saag
Boneless roasted chicken cooked in delicately spiced spinach and fresh ginger gorlak.
Chicken Shahjahani
Chicken cooked with mushroom, green peas, cream sauce, cashews, herbs, and spices.
Maharani Combination Dinners
Non Vegetable Dinner for Two
Chicken pakora, chicken curry, lamb masala, butter chicken, basmati rice, naan bread, and choice of dessert.
Vegetable Dinner for Two
Samosa, palak paneer, mix vegetable curry, malai kofta, basmati rice, naan bread, and choice of dessert.
Seafood Dinner Special for Two
Fish pakora, grilled fish, fish curry, and shrimp masala.
Tandoori Festival Platter
Chicken sixty-five, malai kebab, tandoori chicken, chicken tikka masala, naan bread, basmati rice, and choice of dessert.
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Recent Reviews
The Maharani is one of my favorite restaurants near downtown Madison! I personally love the lunch buffet from 11:30-3:30pm Friday-Sunday. The picture shows one example of foods you can get in the buffet. As a vegetarian, I love that they have a huge variety of plant-based entrees and side dishes. I am a picky eater, and I have not found one thing in this restaurant I do not like. I highly recommend them for both lunch and dinner. The atmosphere is ambient and relaxing and they...
June 2025
Absolutely delicious! Rice is included, recommend sharing one dish, especially if you want dessert (their dessert is a must) and a side of Naan! Portions are generous, and the patio is very pleasant. Would not hesitate to eat here, their homemade cheese is to die for! Family owned and quiet, if you are a foodie, this is some of the best Indian food I've had.
Vegetarian options: Their vegetarian selection is my favorite party of the menu!
Parking:...
Vegetarian options: Their vegetarian selection is my favorite party of the menu!
Parking:...
October 2024
I was really looking forward to trying the open buffet at Maharani but unfortunately, the experience was far from enjoyable. The food was a major letdown – it was cold, dry, and lacked flavor ( 2:00 PM). It felt like leftovers from the previous day.
To make matters worse, the staff was indifferent and seemed uninterested in providing good service. It's a shame, as the potential for a great Indian buffet experience was there. I won't be returning.
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To make matters worse, the staff was indifferent and seemed uninterested in providing good service. It's a shame, as the potential for a great Indian buffet experience was there. I won't be returning.
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August 2024
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