Das Ethiopian Menu
Introducing the menu at Das Ethiopian, a vegetarian restaurant located in Washington, DC, offering a variety of flavorful dishes that cater to both vegetarians and vegans. The menu includes options like Vegetarian Sambusa, Mild Ethiopian Cheese Kaisa, and Chicken Doro Kay Wat. Customers have raved about the delicious food, elegant ambiance, and friendly service at Das Ethiopian. The outdoor seating area, free Wi-Fi, and full bar make it a perfect spot for a casual dinner or group gathering. Reviews highlight the unique flavors, quality ingredients, and shared plate concept of Ethiopian cuisine. Don't miss out on trying the shrimp tibs, lemon sorbet served in a frozen lemon, and special chicken tibs for a truly memorable dining experience at Das Ethiopian.
Appetizers
Vegetarian Sambusa
2 pieces of delicious sambusa pastry shell filled with whole lentil mixed with onion and jalapeno pepper.
Mild Ethiopian Cheese
Kaisa. Dried curds of Ethiopian-style cottage cheese, purified butter, sun-dried powdered collard greens and red pepper.
Shrimp Tibs
Sauteed shrimp with onions, red pepper and fresh garlic sauce, bell pepper.
Beef Zilzil Tibs
Beef strips with chefs special red chili pepper sauce.
Mushroom
Ingudai tibs. Sauteed mushrooms, onions, special sauce with a touch of bell pepper.
Tomato Salad
Chopped tomatoes, onions, bell peppers in a lemon and olive oil dressing.
Ethiopian Potato Salad
Diced potatoes, bell peppers in fresh garlic, lemon and olive oil dressing.
House Salad
Beets, diced potatoes, string beans, onions, bell peppers in lemon and olive oil dressing.
Salads
Entrees
Chicken Doro Kay Wat
Tender chicken drum stick sauce, spices served with hard-boiled egg.
Chicken Doro Wat Alicha
Tender chicken, in purified butter and flavored with curry and tamarind served with hard-boiled egg.
Chicken Infillay
Strips of tender chicken sauteed with onions, soy oil and awaze. (Ethiopian red pepper sauce).
Special Chicken Tibs
Extra lean cubes of chicken marinated in our chefs special sauce.
Beef Kay Wat
Cubes of beef simmered in Ethiopian red pepper sauce, flavored with spices.
Beef Alicha Wat
Cubes of beef prepared in purified butter and flavored with curry and tamarind.
Special Beef Tibs
Extra lean cubes of beef marinated in our chefs special sauce.
Beef Awaze Fitfit
Pieces of injera soaked in spiced red pepper sauce with beef.
Beef Alicha
Beef cubes prepared in special herbed butter, flavored with spices.
Beef Segana Gomen
Tenderloin cubes flavored with spices & mixed with collard greens.
Fish
Asa. Ethiopian-style fish served with awaze sauce (Ethiopian red pepper).
Fish Dulet
Freshly minced tilapia fish sauteed in a special blend of house spices, onion, pepper, mitmita and olive oil.
Steak Tartare Kitfo
Ethiopian steak tartar freshly minced extra lean beef, seasoned with mitmita (spiced chili powder) traditionally served raw or medium rare.
Das Chicken and Beef Combination Sampler
Includes chicken doro wat, beef kaey watt, beef alicha and beef cubes.
Das Combination Vegetarian Entree Sampler
Includes shiro wat, split peas, collard green, red lentil, cabbage with carrots and eggplant and carrot wat.
Ethiopian Style Short Ribs
Godn tibs. Short ribs served with awaze sauce.
Lamb Tibs
Tender fine lamb sauteed in a special blend of house spices, onion, tomato, pepper, and Ethiopian spiced butter.
Beef Gored Gored
Extra lean chunks of beef lightly sauteed in house sauce traditionally served raw or lightly heated.
Spinach & Rice with Vegetables
String beans, cauliflower & carrots simmered in stewed tomatoes with spinach & rice.
Spinach & Rice with Chicken Infillay
Strips of tender chicken sauteed with onions, seasoned butter awaze with spinach & rice.
Telba Wat
Roasted flaxseed, pureed & cooked in spicy sauce.
Flax Seed
Telba wat. Puree or roasted flax seed cooked in spicy sauce. Vegetarian.
House Specialties
Vegetarian Entrees
Ethiopian Harvest Vegetable Specialty
Cauliflower, string beans and carrots simmered in stewed tomatoes.
Shiro Wat
Seasoned chickpea flour cooked in a mild sauce.
Split Peas
Kik alicha. Puree of yellow split peas mixed with onions and garlic.
Collard Greens
Gomen. Collard greens mixed with onions and garlic.
Red Lentil
Miser wat. Red lentils spiced with berbere (red pepper) sauce.
Cabbage with Carrots in Sauce
Tikil gomen. Cabbage, potatoes and carrots flavored with ginger and garlic.
Eggplant and Carrot Wat
Eggplant and bits of carrot simmered in stewed tomato sauce.
Coffee
Espresso
Cappuccino
Macchiato
Espresso with steamed milk.
