Elfegne Menu

2420 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20009
  • Add-Ons

    • Veggies

      leave a not your choice of extra veggie Mesir, Ater, Suf Fitfit, Shiro, Gomen, Tikel Gomen,Timatim Salata, Kaye Sir, Fosolia, Timatim Fitfit
      $5.00
    • Meats And Poutry

      leave a note your choice of meat: Kaye wot, Alicha wot, Doro wot, or Alicha doro wot
      $7.00
    • Aybe

      Fresh homemade cottage cheese
      $5.00
    • Teff Injera /Gluten Free/

      Authentic teff injera imported from Ethiopia (gluten free)
      $4.50
    • Homemade Injera

      Injera made from wheat and teff flour
      $2.50
    • Stuffed Jalapeños

      Jalapeños pepper stuffed with diced tomatoes & onions tossed in homemade vinaigrette
      $2.00
  • Sea Food

    • Assa Dulet

      Minced tilapia marinated in bird's eye-chili pepper, diced jalapeños, & herbs, served with 2 veggie sides
      $18.00
    • Fried Tilapia Filet

      Crispy Ethiopian-Inspired Tilapia Delight Infused with Seasonal Flavors, served with Tomatoes salad
      $14.00
  • Appetizer

    • Lentils Sambusa

      Ethiopian-styled turnovers seasoned with black peppers, diced onions, jalapeños, herbs lentils.
      $4.00
    • Timatim Fitfit

      Cold, tart, finely diced tomatoes, onions, jalapeños, mixed olive oil and pieces of fresh injera.
      $7.00
    • Stuffed Jalapeños

      Jalapeños peppers stuffed with diced tomatoes and onions mixed in homemade vinaigrette.
      $7.00
    • Garden Salad

      Romaine, iceberg, fresh tomatoes, onions, and red cabbage tossed with homemade vinaigrette.
      $9.00
    • Kataegna

      A toasted injera with a mixture of Awaze and Ethiopian clarified butter or Olive oil with cottage cheese
      $9.00
    • Azifa

      Pureed Green lentil, onions and Jalapeño, coarsely mashed in an Ethiopian mustard vinaigrette with shredded Injera
      $8.00
  • Beef

    • Derek Tibs Beef

      Fried tibs cooked with fresh onion, jalapeños, tomatoes, herbs.
      $19.00
    • Awaze Tibs

      Tibs cooked in a mouthwatering chili-pepper sauce, garnished with fresh jalapeños, tomatoes.
      $21.00
    • Elfegne Special Goden Tibs

      Fried short ribs sautéed with caramelized onion, diced jalapeños.
      $23.00
    • Lega Tibs Beef

      Tender tibs sautéed with fresh onions, jalapeños, tomatoes, herbs.
      $20.00
    • Kitfo

      Lean minced beef marinated in mitmita & spiced butter, traditionally served raw, but prepared to your liking
      $22.00
    • Elfegne Special Kitfo

      Served traditional way with gomen (collard greens) &aybe (cottage cheese) lean minced beef marinated in mitmita & spiced butter, traditionally served raw, but prepared to your liking
      $25.00
    • Gored Gored

      "non-minced" version of kitfo lean cubes of beef marinated in mitmita & spiced butter with diced onion, & jalapeños
      $19.00
    • Gomen Besega

      Marbled cuts of beef and chopped collard greens cooked in a mild garlic and onion sauce
      $18.00
    • Key Wot

      Spicy beef stew simmered in spiced butter, chili pepper sauce, ginger root & Ethiopian cardamom
      $19.00
    • Bozena Shiro

      Hearty chickpea stew with lean cubes of beef prepared with spiced butter, lightly garnished with jalapeños
      $19.00
    • Alicha Wot

      Mild, savory beef stew simmered in spiced butter, onion & turmeric
      $18.00
  • Vegetarian

    • Ful

      Fava beans cooked with olive oil, garnished with diced jalapeños, tomatoes, and onions served with injera.
      $14.00
    • Veggie Ferfer

      Pieces of injera tossed in a savory chili-pepper sauce, served with 2 veggie sides from list below.
      $15.00
    • Vegetarian Combinations (10 Veggies)

      Choose any combination of ten vegetarian Ethiopian dishes, including ater (yellow peas), mesir (red lentils), shiro (ground chickpea stew), gomen (collard greens), and six more options.
      $34.00
    • Vegetarian Combinations (4 Veggies)

      $18.00
    • Vegetarian Combinations (6 Veggies)

      Choose six from ten Ethiopian vegetarian options: ater (yellow split peas), mesir (lentil stew), shiro (chickpea stew), gomen (collard greens), tikel gomen (cabbage and carrots), timatim salata (tomato salad), kaye sir (beets and potatoes), fosolia (green beans and carrots), timatim fitfit (tomato mixed with pieces of injera), suf fitfit (sunflower seeds with injera).
      $24.00
    • Mesir

      Spicy red lentils stew simmered in a chili pepper sauce (berbere)
      $15.00
    • Ater

      Mild, yellow split peas simmered in a turmeric & ginger
      $14.00
    • Suf Fitfit

      Pieces of injera mixed with diced jalapeños, onions in a sauce made from safflower seeds
      $13.00
    • Shiro

      Creamy, chickpea puree
      $14.00
    • Gomen

      Fresh, hand-chopped, cooked collard greens with onions and garlic
      $14.00
    • Tikel Gomen

      Hearty cabbage, carrots & potato stew with onion, garlic, ginger
      $14.00
    • Timatim Salata

      Cold, tart, diced tomatoes, jalapeños, onions, tossed in homemade vinaigrette
      $13.00
    • Kaye Sir

      Cold, mildly-sweet beet salad with onions, garlic, lemon
      $13.00
    • Fosolia

      Green beans and carrot stew
      $14.00
    • Timatim Fitfit

      Cold, tart, finely diced tomatoes, onions, jalapeños, mixed olive oil & pieces of fresh injera
      $14.00
    • Gardan Dalad

      Romaine, iceberg, fresh tomatoes, onions, & jalapeños with homemade dressing
      $12.00
  • Lamb

    • Nech Tibs

      Tibs prepared in a mild broth, garnished with jalapeños, tomatoes
      $21.00
    • Lega Tibs Lamb

      Tender tibs sauteed with fresh onions, jalapeños, tomatoes, herbs.
      $22.00
    • Derek Tibs Lamb

      Fried tibs cooked with fresh onion, jalapeños, tomatoes, herbs
      $21.00
    • Yebeg Kikik

      Chunks of lamb slowly cooked to perfection with garlic, ginger, onions finished off with turmeric
      $19.00
    • Dulet

      Minced beef, lamb tripe, and lamb liver cooked with mitmita and spiced bitter minced tilapia marinated in bird's eye-chili peper, diced jalapeños, and herbs. Tilapia.
      $18.00
  • Poultry

    • Dor Wot

      Spicy, boneless chicken stew simmered in a hearty chili pepper sauce, spiced butter with hard-boiled egg.
      $19.00
    • Alicha Doro Wot

      Mild, savory boneless chicken stew simmered in spiced butter, onion and turmeric with hard boiled egg.
      $18.00
    • Doro Tibs

      Lean cubes of chicken sauteed with tomatoes , jalapeños.
      $18.00
  • Meat Combinations

    • Mehaberawi

      Veggie and 4 meats (Kaye wot, alicha wot, doro wot, Alicha Doro Wot and kitfo).
      $35.00
    • 50/50

      Half half of 2 meat dishes , with 2 veggies side (doro wot, doro alicha,veggies, key wot and alicha wot).
      $20.00
    • Taste Of Elfegne

      Tibs beef, kitfo, Aybe (cottage cheese) Choice of 1 veggie
      $24.00
  • Beverages

    • Sprite

      The cold, refreshing flavors of lemon and lime, perfectly blended.
      $3.00
    • Coke

      The cold, refreshing, sparkling classic that America loves.
      $3.00
    • Diet Coke

      A crisp, refreshing taste you know and love with zero calories.
      $3.00
    • Perrier 16 Oz

      $4.00
    • Mango Nectar

      $3.50
    • Gingerale

      Refreshing, crisp ginger-flavored carbonated soft drink.
      $3.00

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