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Meskerem

(202) 462-4100

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  • 2434 18th St Nw, Washington, DC 20009
  • African ,  Ethiopian ,  Vegetarian
  • $$$$$
  • Meskerem

  • (202) 462-4100
  • Menu
  • Appetizers
    Appetizers
    • 2 Piece Sambusa $3.95

      Thin dough shells stuffed with a balanced blend of minced beef, green chili and herbs. This dish is lightly deep-fried in vegetable oil to a golden perfection.

    • 2 Piece Vegetarian Sambusa $3.75

      This meatless alternative features a masterful compilation of vegetables with green chili, onion and herbs. Choice of lentil, collard green and potato or cabbage, potato and carrots.

    • Shrimp $5.95

      Large fresh shrimp steamed, then served with Meskerem's piquant sauce.

  • Salads
    Salads
    • Tomato Salad $5.50

      Diced tomatoes tossed with onions and green chili and dressed with olive oil and lemon.

    • Mekerem Salad $5.50+

    • Ethiopian Potato Salad $5.50

      Diced potato, green chili with Meskerem's house dressing (olive oil and lemon).

    • Kay Seer Salad $5.50

      Chopped beets, potatoes, onion and chili pepper dressed with Meskerem's house dressing (olive oil and lemon).

    • Sinigg Karia Salad $0.75

      Chili pepper stuffed with seasoned onion and herbs.

  • Beef Entrees
    Beef Entrees
    • Kay Watt $11.95

      Very lean chopped beef, simmered in hot and thick berbere sauce.

    • Special Tibbs $12.95

      Cubes of choice lean beef, sauteed in special, spicy sauce.

    • Zilzil Tibbs $12.95

      Strips of choice lean beef, sauteed in butter, onion and herbs.

    • Bozena Shurro $11.50

      Meskerem's highly seasoned milled chick peas (shurro) simmered in berbere sauce with cubes of lean beef.

  • Lamb Entrees
    Lamb Entrees
    • Yebeg Kay Watt $12.50

      Succulent lamb meat cooked to tenderness in a hot and thick berbere sauce.

    • Yebeg Alitcha $12.50

      Succulent lamb meat cooked in a mild and distinctly flavorful sauce.

    • Yebeg Fitfit $12.50

      Pieces of Mekerem's traditional injera soaked in one of the above lamb dishes.

    • Sigana Atkilt $12.50

      Lamb meat slowly cooked with string beans, carrots and potatoes in a mild sauce.

    • Zilbo $11.50

      Morsels of lamb, collard greens and potato seasoned in a specialty mild sauce.

  • Poultry Entrees
    Poultry Entrees
    • Yedoro Watt $11.75

      A drumstick and thigh cooked to tenderness in a hot and thick berbere sauce served Ethiopian style with hard boiled egg.

    • Yedoro Alitcha $11.75

      Features a drumstick and thigh simmered to perfection in a mild thick sauce and served with a hard boiled egg.

    • Yedoro Fitfit $11.75

      Pieces of meskerem's traditional injera soaked in one of the above poultry dishes.

  • Vegetarian Entrees
    Vegetarian Entrees
    • Kik Alitcha $9.95

      Slightly pureed yellow split peas simmered in a mild sauce of onion, herbs and spices.

    • Yemisir Watt $9.95

      Pureed lentils are simmered in Meskerem's own spicy berbere sauce.

    • Tikil Gomen $10.25

      Sliced cabbage, carrots and potato chunks, cooked to perfection in a mild sauce.

    • Gomen Watt $10.25

      Chopped collard greens simmered in unique, hot and spicy berbere sauce.

    • Shurro Watt $10.25

      Seasoned milled chick peas (shurro) simmered in unique, hot and spicy berbere sauce.

    • Vegetariab Messob $12.95+

      A combination of vegetarian dishes arranged on a platter and served with tomato and potato salads.

  • Seafood
    Seafood
    • Shrimp Watt $13.95

      Shrimp sauteed in Meskerem's unique, hot and spicy Berber sauce.

    • Shrimp Alitcha $13.95

      Shrimp sauteed in a mild and flavorful onion and herb sauce.

    • Shrimp Tibbs $14.25

      Shrimp sauteed with chili, awaze, onion and seasoned butter.

    • Shrimp Atkilt $13.95

      Shrimp cooked with string beans, carrots and cauliflower in Meskerem's mild sauce.

    • Assa Watt $13.50

      Fillet of fish sauteed in Meskerem's unique, hot and spicy berbere sauce.

    • Seafood Platter $15.95

      A hearty platter of shrimp, scallops and fillet of fish sauteed in Meskerem's special sauce.

  • Meskerem Specialties
    Meskerem Specialties
    • Meskerem Messob $13.95+

      A dazzling array of beef, chicken and lamb with vegetarian dishes, arranged on our large serving tray.

    • Meskerem Tibbs $13.50

      Tender chopped lamb sauteed to perfection with onion, green chili, seasoned butter and herbs.

    • Kitfo $12.45

      Freshly minced, very lean beef mixed with mitmita and butter. A specialty of the Gurage people of central Ethiopia, is served raw, like steak tartar, or lebleb (very rare). The butter has a special herb (koseret) that gives kitfo its flavor.

    • Gored Gored $12.95

      Morsels of choice lean beef dipped in awaze, a traditional sauce of milled pepper thickened with honey wine, butter and spices. Gored Gored is served raw or very rare.

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