Makeda Ethiopian Restaurant Menu

516A S Van Dorn St, Alexandria, VA 22304
  • Appetizers

    • Avocado Salad

      Diced avocado mixed with tomatoes, onions, peppers, cilantro, and vinaigrette..
      $12.99
    • Kategna

      Toasted injera cooled with awaze and Ethiopian purified butter or olive oil.
      $9.99
    • Sambusa Lentils

      A pair of baked Ethiopian style phyla dough pockets with a savory filling. Your choice of meat or lentils.
      $6.99
    • Sambusa Meat

      A pair of baked Ethiopian style phyla dough pockets with a savory filling. Your choice of meat or lentils.
      $6.99
    • Timatim Firfir

      Diced vine ripened tomatoes, peppers, onions, and crumbled injera, tossed in awaze and olive oil vinaigrette.
      $8.99
  • Combination Dishes

    • Taste Of Makeda

      Avocado salad, miser wot, gomen besega, tibs wot, awaze tibs, doro wot, and doro tibs
      $31.99
    • Veggie Combo

      Miser wot, kik alecha, shiro, atakitat wot, fasolia wot, and gomen wt.
      $20.99
  • Vegetarian Dishes

    • Atakilt Wot Veg

      Cabbage, potato, carrot cooked with onion, ginger, and garlic with a touch of turmeric.
      $14.99
    • Engudae Dulet

      Portobello mushroom finely chopped and mixed with olive oil, mitmita, and cardamom.
      $18.99
    • Engudae Tibs

      Portobello mushroom sauteed with onion, garlic, tomato, and a touch of awaze sauce.
      $18.99
    • Gomen Wot

      Finely chopped collard greens cooked in steam with mild seasoning.
      $12.99
    • Kaye Sir Veg

      Beets, carrot, potato cooked with minced onion, and garlic.
      $12.99
    • Kik Alecha Veg

      Yellow split peas are cooked in finely chopped onion garlic, and oil with a touch of turmeric and subtle blend of herbs.
      $12.99
    • Mesir Wot

      Red split lentils stewed with finely chopped onion, garlic, oil, and Ethiopian herb.
      $12.99
    • Shiro

      Chickpea flour mixed with onion, oil, garlic, ginger, and cook on medium heat for several minutes.
      $12.99
  • Beef Dishes

    • Bozena Shiro

      Lean dice of marinated beef simmered in traditional chickpea gravy and seasoned with purified butter.
      $15.99
    • Geba Weta

      Morsel cuts of marbled prime beef cooked in its own fat with rosemary, onions, jalapenos and Ethiopian spices.
      $20.99
    • Gomen Besega

      Marbled cuts of beef in a mild onions sauce with chopped collard greens and garlic.
      $17.99
    • Gored Gored

      Morsel cuts of beef marinated in a hot berbere-butter.
      $20.99
    • Kitfo

      Extra lean cuts of prime beef are finely chopped and mixed with seasoned clarified butter and mitmita. Served with mash Ethiopian feta cheese.
      $20.99
    • Makeda Tibs

      Tender tips of marinated rib eye beef cooked with peppers, onion, garlic, and a touch of rosemary.
      $20.99
    • Quanta Firfir

      Seasoned Ethiopian style beef jerky cooked in light berbere sauce, and tossed with pieces of broken injera.
      $18.99
    • Tibs Wot

      Diced lean beef seasoned on a hot skillet, slow cooked in berbere stew.
      $17.99
    • Zilzil Tibs

      Criss crosscut chain of beef marinated in awaze, red wine, and stir-fried with onion and jalapeno.
      $20.99
  • Poultry Dishes

    • Doro Tibs

      chicken breast , rubbed with the chef’s blend of Ethiopian seasoning and stir-fried with onions, garlic, jalapeno pepper, fresh rosemary and finished with red wine.
      $15.99
    • Doro Wot

      Legs of range chicken are slow cooked in a dense stew of onions, berbere, and kibbeh. A boiled egg is knife poked and simmered in the stew. A high holiday treat.
      $17.99
  • Lamb Dishes

    • Awaze Tibs

      Strips of the leg of lamb marinated in awaze and sauteed with onions, garlic, and pepper.
      $20.99
    • Derek Tibs

      Tender cubes from the shoulder of lamb are rubbed with the chef's blend of Ethiopian seasoning and stir-fried with onions, garlic, jalapeno pepper, fresh rosemary, and finished with red wine.
      $20.99
    • Lega Tibs

      Strips of the leg of lamb and sauteed with onions, garlic, and pepper.
      $20.99
  • Seafood Dishes

    • Assa Dulet

      Grounded tilapia fish mixed with diced onion, jalapeno, seasoned with cardamom olive oil, and mitmita.
      $17.99
    • Assa Goulash

      Salmon simmering slowly with onion, garlic, tomato, jalapeno, a touch of awaze sauce, and white wine.
      $20.99
    • Tilapia Fish-Fish Cutlets

      In-season freshwater whole fish or fillet prepared Ethiopian style moist fakes inside its crispy skin
      $13.99
    • Tuna Kitifo

      Red fish tuna finely chopped and mixed with olive oil, cardamom and mitmita (Can be served med-rare)
      $22.99
  • Kids Menu

    • K: Chicken Nuggets With Fries

      Crispy chicken nuggets paired with golden fries.
      $9.99
    • K: Mac And Cheese

      Creamy macaroni pasta coated in a rich, smooth cheese sauce.
      $9.99
    • K: Rice W/Chicken

      Jasmine rice cooked with chicken sauteed in a flavorful awaze or turmeric sauce.
      $9.99
    • K: Shiro

      Chickpea flour mixed with onion, garlic, ginger, and cooked on medium heat.
      $8.99
    • K: Spaghetti

      Spaghetti sauteed with tomato sauce.
      $8.99
  • EVENT

    • Avocado Salad

      Diced avocado mixed with tomatoes, onions, peppers, cilantro, and vinaigrette..
      $12.99
    • Veggie Combo

      Miser wot, kik alecha, shiro, atakitat wot, fasolia wot, and gomen wt.
      $20.99
    • Engudae Tibs

      Portobello mushroom sauteed with onion, garlic, tomato, and a touch of awaze sauce.
      $18.99
    • Geba Weta

      Morsel cuts of marbled prime beef cooked in its own fat with rosemary, onions, jalapenos and Ethiopian spices.
      $20.99
    • Kitfo

      Extra lean cuts of prime beef are finely chopped and mixed with seasoned clarified butter and mitmita. Served with mash Ethiopian feta cheese.
      $20.99
    • Makeda Tibs

      Tender tips of marinated rib eye beef cooked with peppers, onion, garlic, and a touch of rosemary.
      $20.99
    • Tuna Kitifo

      Red fish tuna finely chopped and mixed with olive oil, cardamom and mitmita (Can be served med-rare)
      $22.99

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Menu Gallery

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