Saapaaduu

Name: Saapaaduu
Address: 5968 Silver Creek Valley Rd, San Jose, CA, 95138, US
Telephone: 408-622-8268

South Indian

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Tue-Sun 11:30am-2:30pm, 5:30pm-9:30pm; Closed Monday

5968 Silver Creek Valley Rd, San Jose, CA 95138
408-622-8268
Last verified: August 2026
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Dining room with garden view at Saapaaduu

Appetizers

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Cauliflower Malli Fry
- Vegan
- Gluten-free
Cilantro spiced fried cauliflower
Pidi Kozhukkattai
- Vegan
- Gluten-free
Steamed rice dumplings spiced with veggies and coconut, with chutneys
Vazhakkai Bajji
- Vegan
- Gluten-free
Plantain fritters with chutney
Masal Vadai$4.50
- Vegan
- Gluten-free
Crispy mixed lentils fritters (3 pcs)
Mixed Veggie Pakoda$4.50
- Vegan
- Gluten-free
Chicken 65
- Gluten-free
Spicy fried marinated chicken
Chicken Pallipalayam
- Gluten-free
Chicken with spices and coconut
Mutton Sukka
- Gluten-free
Pan fried spiced goat

Menu items and prices are approximate and may have changed — call the restaurant to confirm.

Dishes to know on this menu

Dosa: A thin, crisp South Indian crepe of fermented rice-and-lentil batter, served with sambar and coconut chutney. Masala dosa is folded around spiced potato; Mysore masala adds a red chili-garlic smear; rava dosa is a lacy semolina version; paper dosa is the extra-large, extra-crisp one. Uttapam is the same batter cooked thick like a pancake with onion, tomato and chili on top. On this menu as: Dosas · Plain Dosa · Masala Dosa.
Garam masala: "Masala" simply means a spice blend, or the sauce built on one. Garam masala ("warm blend") is the finishing mix of cardamom, cinnamon, clove, cumin, black pepper and other whole spices toasted and ground, added at the end of cooking for aroma rather than heat. Every region and household has its own proportions. On this menu as: Masala Dosa · Mysore Masala Dosa · Butter Masala.
Biryani: Long-grain basmati layered with marinated meat, fried onions, saffron and whole spices and cooked "dum", sealed under a lid so the rice steams in the meat's juices. Hyderabad, Lucknow, Kolkata (with a potato and egg), Malabar and Sindh each have their own. Served with raita and often a thin gravy (salan). Pulao is the simpler, single-pot cousin. On this menu as: Biryanis · Vijayawada Biryani · Seeraga Samba Chicken Biryani.
Korma: A Mughal court braise: meat or vegetables cooked slowly in a pale, rich sauce of yogurt, cream and ground nuts (cashew or almond), scented with cardamom and saffron. Mild on most restaurant menus; navratan ("nine jewels") korma is the vegetable-and-fruit version. On this menu as: Mixed Veg Kurma.
Madras & Chettinad: Two southern styles. "Madras" is a British-restaurant label for a hot, tomato-and-chili curry in the Tamil manner. Chettinad, from the Chettiar merchant community of Tamil Nadu, is the real thing: black pepper, star anise, stone flower, curry leaves and dried chili ground fresh, all dark, aromatic and fierce. Kolhapuri is Maharashtra's equally fiery red-chili style. On this menu as: Chettinad Chicken Curry.
Idli, vada & upma: South Indian breakfast. Idli are soft steamed cakes of the same fermented batter as dosa; medu vada are savory lentil doughnuts, crisp outside and fluffy within (dahi vada are soaked in spiced yogurt); upma is a savory semolina porridge; pongal is rice and lentils cooked soft with pepper, cumin and ghee. All are eaten with sambar and chutney. On this menu as: Masal Vadai.

How these dishes compare

Biryanitypically $16 across 345 menus
Pakora & bhajitypically $8 across 281 menus
Kormatypically $16 across 253 menus
Lassitypically $5 across 216 menus
Kheer & halwatypically $5.99 across 193 menus
Madras & Chettinadtypically $16.95 across 154 menus
Chaitypically $4 across 122 menus
Dosatypically $10.49 across 120 menus

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