Saffron Indian Cuisine

Name: Saffron Indian Cuisine
Address: 1178 Woodruff Rd, Suite 16, Greenville, SC, 29607, US
Telephone: (864) 288-7400
Price range: $$

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Lunch Mon & Wed–Fri 11am–2pm, Sat–Sun 11:30am–2pm (closed Tue lunch); Dinner Sun–Thu 4:30–9pm, Fri–Sat 4:30–9:30pm

1178 Woodruff Rd, Suite 16, Greenville, SC 29607
(864) 288-7400
Last verified: October 2026
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Dining room at Saffron Indian Cuisine in Greenville, with brass elephant statues, black-and-gold pendant lights, a long bar, and the restaurant name lettered on the glass door

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 Entrees · Tandoori Chicken · Tandoori Salmon Tikka.
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: Biryani · Chicken Biryani · Lamb Biryani.
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 · Garlic Naan · Peshwari Naan.
Tikka: Boneless cubes marinated and grilled on skewers in the tandoor. Chicken tikka is the yogurt-and-spice version; malai tikka is marinated in cream and cheese for a mild, silky result; hariyali is a green marinade of mint, cilantro and spinach; paneer tikka is the vegetarian standard, often with peppers and onion on the skewer. On this menu as: Chicken Tikka · Tandoori Salmon Tikka.
Pakora & bhaji: Fritters of vegetables, paneer or chicken dipped in a chickpea-flour (besan) batter and deep-fried. Onion bhaji is the British-menu name for onion pakora. Mixed vegetable pakora is the rainy-day snack of the subcontinent, eaten with chai. On this menu as: Veggie Pakora · Chicken Pakora.
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: Gobhi Manchurian · Malai Kofta.

How these dishes compare

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Daltypically $11.99 across 347 menus
Samosatypically $6.99 across 343 menus
Naantypically $3.99 across 341 menus
Biryanitypically $16 across 337 menus
Kebabs: seekh, boti, shamitypically $16 across 327 menus
Tandooritypically $11.99 across 314 menus
Chana masala & choletypically $14.99 across 294 menus

Saffron Indian Cuisine

Menu

Appetizers

Tandoori Entrees

Chicken

Lamb & Goat

Vegan & Vegetarian

Biryani

Tandoori Breads

How these dishes compare