Shan Restaurant

Name: Shan Restaurant
Address: 3739 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA, 95051, US
Telephone: 408-248-8433
Price range: $$

Pakistani$$

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Mon–Thu 11:30am–10:30pm, Fri 11:30am–2am, Sat 12pm–2am, Sun 12pm–11pm

3739 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95051
408-248-8433
Last verified: September 2026
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Goat karahi garnished with cilantro in a white dish at Shan Restaurant.

Vegetarian Choice

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Okra Masala (Bhindi)$12.99
Palak Aloo$12.99
Chana Masala$11.99
Achaar Paneer$14.99
Palak Paneer$14.99
Paneer Masala$14.99
Daal Makhni$11.99
Bangen Bhartha (Eggplant)$12.99
Veggie Kofta$12.99
Daal Chana$11.99
Mix Vegetable$12.99
Mutter Paneer$14.99

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

Dishes to know on this menu

Tandoori: Cooked in a tandoor, a deep, charcoal- or gas-fired clay oven that reaches very high heat. Tandoori chicken is bone-in pieces marinated in yogurt, lemon, ginger-garlic and spices (the red color is mostly Kashmiri chili or food coloring), skewered and roasted until charred. Naan is slapped onto the same oven's walls. On this menu as: Tandoori · Chicken Leg Tandoori · Chicken Breast Tandoori.
Kebabs: seekh, boti, shami: Seekh kebab is spiced minced lamb or chicken pressed around a skewer and grilled; boti is marinated cubed meat; reshmi ("silky") is chicken mince or breast in a cream marinade; shami is a pan-fried patty of minced meat and chana dal; galouti is Lucknow's melt-in-the-mouth version; chapli is the flat, coriander-seed-studded patty of Peshawar; bihari kebab is thin strips of marinated beef. On this menu as: Chicken Seekh Kabab · Lamb Seekh Kabab · Beef Seekh Kabab.
Naan: A leavened, teardrop-shaped bread slapped onto the wall of the tandoor, blistered and brushed with butter or ghee. Garlic, butter and cheese naan are standard; keema naan is stuffed with spiced mince, peshwari with coconut and dried fruit. Kulcha is the flakier, often stuffed (potato, onion, paneer) Punjabi relative. On this menu as: Naan Breads · Onion Naan · Aloo Naan.
Kathi roll & frankie: A paratha (often egg-washed on the griddle) rolled around kebab, tikka or paneer with onion, chutney and lime. Kolkata's kathi roll and Mumbai's frankie are the same idea. The Indian wrap. On this menu as: Shan Rolls & Wraps · Beef Kabab Roll · Chicken Kabab Roll.
Paneer: Fresh, unaged cheese made by curdling hot milk with lemon or vinegar and pressing the curds into a firm block. It does not melt, so it can be grilled (tikka), fried, or simmered in gravies, and it is the standard vegetarian protein on North Indian menus. On this menu as: Paneer Tikka · Achaar Paneer · Palak Paneer.
Aloo, gobi, bhindi, baingan, matar: The vegetable vocabulary of a North Indian menu: aloo is potato, gobi cauliflower, bhindi okra, baingan eggplant (bharta is roasted and mashed), matar peas, jeera cumin. Malai kofta are dumplings of paneer and potato in a creamy gravy. "Aloo gobi" is potato and cauliflower; "matar paneer" peas and paneer, and so on. The name is the recipe. On this menu as: Okra Masala (Bhindi) · Palak Aloo · Veggie Kofta.

How these dishes compare

Tikkatypically $15 across 366 menus
Biryanitypically $16 across 345 menus
Daltypically $11.99 across 344 menus
Naantypically $3.99 across 337 menus
Tandooritypically $11.97 across 316 menus
Roti, chapati & parathatypically $4 across 313 menus
Saag & palaktypically $15.95 across 309 menus
Tikka masalatypically $16.99 across 303 menus

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