Elsa Ethiopian Kitchen Menu

2614 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008
  • Appetizers

    • 2 Sambussa

      Fried pastry with savory filling of lentils or beef, scallion, jalepenos, onions, celery with amaze sauce on the side.
      $8.00
    • Veggie Soup

      A bowl with mix off lentil, carrot cellary.
      $9.00
    • Ayeb With Gomen

      Scrambled cheez with collard green.
      $10.00
    • House Salad

      $8.00
    • Extra Ingera

      $2.00
    • Vegg Plus Meat Sampler

      $25.00
  • House Special

    • Goden Tibis (Prime Short Beef Ribis )

      Prime short ribs marinated with special Elsa sauce.
      $27.00
    • Zilzil Tibis

      Well cooked strip of tender beef.
      $25.00
    • Shekel Tibis (Ethiopian Style Short Beef Ribs)

      Well cooked prime beef with hot clay pot.
      $29.00
    • Shekel Tibis (Ethiopian Style Chicken)

      Chicken served with hot clay.
      $25.00
  • Entrees

    • Lega Tibis

      Tenderalion beef tibis with onions, garlic, ginger, peppers, jusy tibis.
      $23.00
    • Geba Weta Tibis (Beef)

      Cubed tender beef seasoned and diced cooked with onion, garlic, finished with Ethiopian herbal butter and rosemary.
      $23.00
    • Awaze Tibis (Spicy)

      Tender beef cubes stewed in onion, garlic.and ginger and berbere sauce with traditonal spices.
      $23.00
    • Derek Tibis

      Ethiopian style beef jerky sauteed with onion, garlic, ginger, tomato, rosemary, seasoned with house spices.
      $23.00
    • Kitfo (Steak Tartare)

      Ethiopian style steak tattar** seasoned to a rich flavor with our special blend of spies and spiced butter and mitmita.
      $25.00
    • Key Wot, An Ethiopian Beef Stew (Spicy)

      The beef version of Doro Wot. This authentic Ethiopian sega wot has an incredible depth of flavor.
      $21.00
    • Dinich Bsega Wot (Spicy)

      Golden potatoes with beef, string beans, garlic, ginger, fresh tomatoes and spices.
      $19.00
    • Gomen Besga Wot

      Beef with onions, garlic, ginger, and fresh collard greens.
      $19.00
    • Doro Wot (Spicy Chicken)

      Chicken simmered in berbere sauce with onions, garlic, ginger and flavored with spices. Served with one hard boiled egg.
      $21.00
    • Doro Wot (Mild Chicken)

      Chicken simmered with onions, garlic, ginger, jalapeños, turmeric and flavored with spices. Served with one hard boiled egg.
      $21.00
    • Meat Sampler

      Combination of four variety meat dishes: Doro wot, key wot, gomrn besga, dinch besga.
      $29.00
    • Alicha Wote

      Tender pieces of prime beef or lamb sauteed in butter and simmered in mild sauce seasoned with spices and fresh herbs.
      $21.00
    • Ferfer (No Meat)

      $16.00
    • Ferfer (With Meat)

      $17.99
    • Yebeg Kekel

      $17.99
  • Fish

    • Fish Dullet

      Ground fish with diced onions, garlic, jalapeños, cardamom and mitmita.
      $23.00
    • Fish Goulash

      Asa Goulash is deep fried fish served with injera, a spicy sauce and 2 veggie your choice.
      $23.00
    • The Whole Fish (With Bone)

      Crispy Fried and well seasoned Tilapia Fish Ethiopian style two veggies your choice.
      $23.00
  • Salad

    • Potato & Red Beet Salad

      $8.00
    • Tomato Salad

      $8.00
  • Vegetarian

    • Shiro Wot

      Chickpeas seasoned with authentic Ethiopian spices and herbs.
      $16.00
    • Mesere Wote (Red Lentil Stew)

      Split Lentils simmered with berbere, onions and garlic.
      $16.00
    • Alicha (Yellow Split)

      Yellow split-peas seasoned with garlic, ginger and turmeric.
      $16.00
    • Collared Green (Gomen)

      Fresh collard greens made with onions, garlic, and ginger.
      $16.00
    • Cabbage With Carrot

      Cabbage and carrot with onions, garlic, ginger and turmeric.
      $16.00
    • Potato With Carrot

      Potato and carrot with onion, garlic, ginger and turmeric.
      $16.00
    • Elsa Vegetarian Combination Entree

      Combination of six variety of veggie dishes your choice.
      $21.00
    • Mushroom With Spinach Tibis

      Mushroom with spinach lightly fried tibis.
      $18.00
    • Soya Tibis (Vegan Tibis)

      Soya tibis lightly fried with onion, garlic, ginger and other spices.
      $18.00
  • Gluten Free

    • Gluten Free Injera

      $3.50
  • Dessert

    • Tiramisu

      $5.50
    • Baklava

      $5.50
  • Sides

    • Red Lentil

      $2.99
    • Yellow Split Tea

      $2.99
    • Green Bean

      $2.99
    • Shiro

      $2.99
    • Cabbage With Carrot

      $2.99
    • Potato With Carrot

      $2.99
    • Collard Green (Gomen)

      $2.99
    • Tomato Salad

      $2.99
  • Breakfast Sides

    • Sardine

      $2.00
    • Tuna

      $2.00
    • Organic Egg

      $2.00

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Menu Gallery

  • Menu 1
  • Menu 2
  • Menu 3
  • Menu 4
  • Menu 5
  • Menu 6

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