Meleket Ethiopian Restaurant Menu

1907 Seminary Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910
  • Breakfast

    • Scrambled Eggs

      Made with tomatoes, onions, and jalapeño peppers served with french bread.
      $12.00
    • Combo Delight

      Beef stew fir fir, Kimche, and scrambled eggs served with two French breads.
      $16.00
    • Ful

      Homemade shredded flat bread tossed in butter and house spicy sauce.
      $13.00
    • Fir Fir

      Pieces of injera tossed in blended fresh tomato, onion, and green pepper mixed with house dressing.
      $13.00
    • Beef Firfir

      A mild stew of meat spiced with berbere & mixed with injera.
      $16.00
  • Appetizers

    • Sambusa

      Three fried pastries filled with your choice of lentils, beef, or chicken.
      $9.00
    • Cucumber Bites

      Pieces of fresh cucumber with homemade dressing.
      $5.00
    • Bayou Bites

      Kale and cheese spread over toasted French bread.
      $7.00
    • Azifa Salad

      Green lentils with lime juice, jalapeño peppers, and spices.
      $8.00
    • Wings

      Buffalo, BBQ, teriyaki, parmesan, or plain.
      $13.00
    • Timatim Fitfit (Tomato Salad)

      Ethiopian-style tomato salad made with tomato, onions, pepper, garlic, dressing, and pieces of injera.
      $9.00
    • House Salad

      Romaine lettuce, tomato, onions, jalapeño peppers tossed in Italian dressing
      $7.00
  • Lunch & Dinner

    • Meat & Veggie Combo | A Crowd Pleaser

      Selection of three veggies and three meat choices.
      $35.00
    • 50/50 Combo

      Selection of a chicken and a beef dish or selection of a chicken and a lamb dish.
      $22.00
    • Doro Tibs​

      Chicken breast stir-fried with onions, peppers, and spicy berbere
      $18.00
    • Doro Firfir

      Chicken stew mixed with injera in red pepper sauce with an assortment of spices, choose spicy or mild.
      $17.00
    • Doro Alitcha

      Chicken stew cooked with a sauce made of onions, turmeric, garlic, and ginger.
      $17.00
    • Meleket's Special Beef Tibs

      Cubed tender sautéed beef with onion, tomato & jalapeño.
      $17.00
    • Beef Derek Tibs (Dry)

      Dry cubed beef, stir-fried with onion, tomato, and jalapeño.
      $19.00
    • Special Kitfo

      Ethiopian steak tartar seasoned with purified and herbed butter, Mimita & Korerima, served with Ethiopian-style cheese (Iyb), collard greens, and Kocho.
      $23.00
    • Kitfo

      Traditionally served raw but can be cooked to your liking, finely chopped tender sirloin seasoned with Mimita and Korerim, served with Ethiopian-style cheese (Iyb), collard greens.
      $21.00
    • Zilzil Tibs

      A strip of tender beef sautéed in purified butter, seasoned with onions, green peppers, and fresh rosemary.
    • Tibs Fir Fir

      Cubes of beef cooked with injera, spicy or non-spicy.
      $16.00
    • Quanta Fir Fir

      Air dried beef cooked in a special red sauce mixed with injera.
      $17.00
    • Dullet

      Ground beef, tripe, and liver cooked with mimita, Ethiopian butter, spices, onions, and jalapeños.
      $19.00
    • Shifinfin

      Tibs fir fir, lyb kitfo and served with hard-boiled egg, lamb, stir-fried with onions and jalapeño.
      $32.00
    • Bozena Shiro

      Beef cooked with powdered chickpeas and Ethiopian butter in an Ethiopian clay pot.
      $18.00
    • Whole Fish

      Deep fried whole fish served with our house salad, choose from branzino or red snapper.
      $27.00
    • Fish Dullet Tilapia | Salmon

      $18.00 | $21.00 • Chopped fish, onion, and jalapeño stirred fried in butter and mitmita, choose a side of rice or injera
      $0.00
    • Fish Gulash Tilapia | Salmon

      $18.00 | $21.00 • Deep-fried fish chunks served in a sauce made of tomato, onion, and jalapeño, choose a side of rice or injera.
      $0.00
    • Tilapia | Salmon Filet

      $18.00 | $21.00 • Pan-fried filet served with our house salad and rice.
      $0.00
    • Meleket's Special Lamb Ribs

      Cubed tender lamb stir-fried with tomatoes, jalapeño and a touch of garlic.
      $19.00
    • Zizi's Special Tibs

      Cubed tender lamb legs marinated with tomatoes, jalapeños and a touch of garlic.
      $21.00
    • Lamb Derek Tibs - Dry

      Cubed lamb stir-fried with onions and jalapeño.
      $21.00
    • Yebeg Alitcha | Bone - In

      Tender lamb marinated in ginger, rosemary and spices then braised in a mild sauce with a touch of turmeric.
      $17.00
    • Qey Wot

      Slow simmered tender lamb in a spicy savory berbere sauce.
      $19.00
    • Gomen Be Siga

      Fresh collard greens simmered with sautéed lamb, jalapeño and Ethiopian butter.
      $18.00
    • Veggie Combo | Our Bestseller!

      A combination of misir wot, kik alicha, atkilt wot, gomen wot, and shiro wot.
      $20.00
    • Shiro Wat

      Roasted and powdered peas are simmered with red onions, garlic, ginger, and oil.
      $14.00
    • Misir Wot

      Split red lentil made with onion, hot berbere, garlic, ginger, and oil.
      $16.00
    • Kik Alicha

      Split yellow peas made with onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric, and oil.
      $15.00
    • Atkilt Alicha

      Chopped cabbage, sliced carrots, and potato, simmered with onions, garlic, ginger, and vegetable oil.
      $16.00
    • Gomen

      Collard greens cooked with vegetable oil and spices.
      $16.00
    • Tomato Sauce Pasta

      Angel hair pasta covered in our homemade tomato sauce.
      $12.00
    • Tomato & Meat Sauce Pasta

      Angel hair pasta covered in our homemade tomato & meat sauce.
      $14.00
    • Meatball Pasta

      Angel hair pasta covered in our homemade tomato sauce and meatballs.
      $15.00
    • Tuna Macaroni

      Macaroni pasta mixed with tuna cooked in tomato sauce.
      $14.00
    • Pesto Pasta

      Angel hair pasta tossed in our homemade pesto sauce | Add Chicken +$3.00
      $14.00
    • Hamburger

      Flame-grilled patty on a soft, toasted bun topped with lettuce, tomato, onions & mayo | Add Cheese +$1.00
      $13.00
    • Fish Sandwich

      Pan fried fish filet on a soft, toasted bun topped with lettuce, tomato, onions & mayo | Add Cheese +$1.00
      $13.00
    • Chicken Sandwich

      Flame-grilled chicken breast on a soft, toasted bun topped with lettuce, tomato, onions & mayo | Add Cheese +$1.00
      $14.00
    • Chicken Fingers

      Juicy & crispy deep-fried chicken tenders.
      $12.00

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Menu Gallery

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