Meskerem

Name: Meskerem
Address: 2434 18th St. NW, 20009, DC, 20009
Telephone: 202-462-4100

2434 18th St. NW, Washington, DC 20009, US

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Cuisine: Ethiopian
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Appetizers

Beef Sambussa

Thin dough shells are 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

Chicken Sambussa

Lentils Sambussa

This meatless alternative features a masterful combination of vegetables with green chili, onion, and herbs

Collard green and Potato Sambussa

Cabbage, Potato and carrots Sambussa

Shrimp

Large fresh shrimps are steamed then served with Meskerem's Piquant sauce.

Salads

Tomato Salad

Diced tomatoes tossed with onions and green chili on a dressing of olive oil and lemon.

Meskerem Salad

Feta cheese, tomato, lettuce and olive in Meskerem's house dressing.

Ethiopian potato Salad

Diced potato, green chili in Meskerem's house dressing.

Kay Seer Salad

Chopped beets, potatoes, onion and chili pepper in house dressing.

Sinig Karia

Chili pepper stuffed with seasoned onion and herbs.

Beef

Kay Watt

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

Alitcha Watt

Extra lean chopped beef, simmered in a mild and flavorful onion and herb sauce

Special Tibbs

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

Zilzil Tibbs

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

Bozena Shurro

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

Seafood

Shrimp Watt

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

Shrimp Alitcha

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

Shrimp Tibbs

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

Shrimp Atkilt

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

Assa Watt

Chunks of filet of fish grilled then slightly simmererd in hot berbere sauce.

Seafood Platter

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

Poultry

Yedoro Watt

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

Yedoro Alitcha

This mild version of Yedoro Watt features a drumstick and a thigh simmered to perfection in a mild and thick sauce and served with a hard boiled egg.

Yedoro Fitfit

Pieces of Meskerem’s traditional injera soaked in one of the above poultry dishes

Lamb

Yebeg Kay Watt

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

Yebeg Alitcha

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

Yebeg Fitit

Pieces of Meskerem’s traditional injera soaked in one of the above lamb dishes.

Sigana Atkilt

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

Zilbo

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

Vegetarian Entrees

Kik Alitcha

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

Yemisir Watt

Pureed lentils are simmered in Meskerem’s own spicy, hot berbere sauce.

Tikil Gomen

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

Atikilt Watt

String beans, with sliced carrots and potato chunks, simmered in mild sauce.

Misir Azifa

Pureed lentils are served next to a rare combination of finely chopped onions and green chilies mixed in vinaigrette sauce.

Gomen Watt

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

Shuro Watt

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

Vegetarian Messob

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

Meskerem Specialities

Meskerem Messob

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

Meskerem Tibbs

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

Kitfo

Freshly minced, very lean beef mixed with mitmita and butter. Kitfo, 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

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.