Pastry shell filled with freshly minced beef mixed with green peppers, onions, special herbs and a hint of garlic. It is cooked to a golden brown color.
Lentil Sambusa
$2.29
Pastry shell filled with slowly cooked green lentil mixed with green peppers, onions, special herbs and a hint of garlic. It is cooked to a golden brown color.
Catagna
$3.19
ightly toasted fresh Injera (Ethiopian bread), buttered with special butter and red pepper (berbere). Served warm and is spicy (mild, medium, hot).
Salads
Ethiopian Tomato Salad
$3.99
Fresh red tomatoes mixed with a touch of red onion and green peppers tossed in our special house dressing.
Abyssinia Lentil Salad
$4.99
Slowly cooked green lentils mixed with onion and green peppers tossed in our special house dressing.
Abyssinia House Salad
$3.99
Fresh lettuce hearts mixed with tomatoes, onion and green peppers tossed in our special house dressing.
Beef Dishes
No doubling on Doro Wat.
Abyssinia Special Beef Tibs
$14.99
Cubes of tender beef sautéed to softness with fresh onions, tomatoes, rosemary and our special seasoned butter.
Lega Tibs
$13.99
Tender beef cubes; sautéed with rosemary, onion and green peppers and a hint of our special seasoned butter.
Yawaze Tibs - Beef
$13.99
Tender beef cubes sautéed in our special seasoned butter, hot peppers, onions and our own special Yawaze sauce.
Kitfo
$13.89
Freshly minced lean beef tenderloin blended with Abyssinia special seasoned butter, spices and mitmita (powdered small hot peppers). Kitfo is served raw, very rare (leb leb) or well done. Suggested side: collards
Kitfo Combination
$15.49
Freshly minced lean beef tenderloin blended with Abyssinia special seasoned butter, spices and mitmita (powdered small hot peppers). Kitfo is served raw, very rare (leb leb) or well done. Comes with a specially prepared Ayibe (mild cheese) and collard greens.
Gored Gored (GG)
$13.49
Cubes of fresh beef tenderloin well blended with Abyssinia special seasoned butter and the house Yawaze sauce. GG is served raw, very rare (leb leb) or well done.
Kay Wat
$13.49
Cubes of prime tender beef cooked with olive oil and spices and then slowly simmered in spicy red pepper sauce, fresh garlic, onion and our special seasoned house butter.
Kay Wat Tefrisho
$14.69
Injera chunks slowly cooked in Kay Wat to absorb the sauce.
Abyssinia Meat Combination
$17.69
Choose 3 of 4 meat dishes. Your options: Kay Wat (beef), Doro Wat (chicken), Yebeg Wat (lamb) and Yebeg Alicha (lamb).
Chicken Dishes
Doro Wat
$13.99
Marinated skinless tender chicken cooked with olive oil and spices and then slowly simmered in spicy red pepper sauce, fresh garlic, onion and our special seasoned house butter. Includes a hardboiled egg in the center of the dish.
Abyssinia Chicken Tibs
$14.49
Cubes of tender skinless boneless chicken breast sautéed with fresh onions, tomatoes, rosemary, and our special seasoned butter.
Lamb Dishes
Yebeg Wat
$16.29
Cube-cut pieces of lamb tenderloin cooked with olive oil and spices and then slowly simmered in spicy red pepper sauce, fresh garlic, onion and our special seasoned house butter.
Yebeg Alicha
$15.29
Cube-cut pieces of lamb tenderloin slowly braised in Abyssinia special turmeric sauce, a touch of ginger, fresh garlic and green peppers.
Abyssinia Special Yebeg
$16.59
Cube-cut pieces of lamb tenderloin sautéed with fresh onions, tomatoes, green peppers, rosemary and our special seasoned house butter.
Yawaze Tibs - Lamb
$16.59
Cube-cut pieces of lamb tenderloin sautéed in our special seasoned butter, hot peppers, onions and our own special Yawaze sauce.
Goat (Fiyel) Meat Dishes
Fiyel (Goat) Wat
$16.29
Cube-cut pieces of goat tenderloin cooked with olive oil and spices and then slowly simmered in spicy red pepper sauce, fresh garlic, onion and our special seasoned house butter.
Goat Curry
$15.29
Cube-cut pieces of goat tenderloin slowly braised in Abyssinia special curry sauce, a touch of ginger, fresh garlic and green peppers.
Abyssinia Special Yefiel
$16.59
Cube-cut pieces of goat tenderloin sautéed with fresh onions, tomatoes, green peppers, rosemary and our special seasoned house butter.
Vegeterian Dishes
Miser Wat
$11.99
Cracked red lentils cooked in a specially prepared red pepper sauce (berbere), fresh garlic, onion and seasoning. Served with house salad and your choice of cabbage or collard greens.
Kik Alicha
$10.49
Cracked yellow peas cooked in special turmeric sauce. Served with salad and your choice of cabbage or collard greens.
Shiro
$10.49
Regular shiro comprised of beans cooked with onion and garlic. Served with salad and your choice of cabbage or collard greens.
Vegetarian Combination
$14.99
Our veggie platter is composed of split red lentils, cracked yellow peas, house salad, cabbage, and collard greens.
Side Items
Collard greens, red lentils, steamed white/brown rice, house salad.
Abyssinia Restaurant Raleigh is a family owned and operated restaurant to serve the people and visitors of the Triad with the ever savoury dishes of Ethiopia. All meals cooked in our restaurant are cooked from scratch by experienced Ethiopian Chefs. They go through the typical rigorous process that is associated with preparing authentic Ethiopian dishes.