Zemeta Ethiopian Restaurant - Rochester, NY

Split lentils with garlic, onions, canola oil, and finished with berbere (hot pepper) sauce.

Whole lentils with garlic, onions, canola oil, and sliced green peppers.

Powdered chickpeas cooked with mildly spiced herbs, tomatoes, onions, and garlic.

Mild yellow split peas cooked with onions, garlic, and sliced green peppers.

Fresh cabbage, carrot sauteed with onion, garlic, ginger, and turmeric.

Fresh collard greens sauteed with onions, garlic, and ginger.

Potatoes simmered with berbere, onion, garlic, and other spices.

Consists of small portions of all our vegetarian dishes.

Lamb stew seasoned and hearty. Comes with berbere (hot pepper), onion, and garlic sauce.

Tender pieces of lamb marinated with butter then sauteed with ginger, garlic, and green peppers (mild).

Ye beg alicha, ye beg to wot 50/50 lamb stew seasoned and hearty. Comes with berbere (hot pepper)sauce, tender pieces of lamb marinated with butter then sauteed with ginger, garlic, green peppers, and curry (mild).

Tender pieces of lamb barely sauteed with onions, green pepper, fresh rosemary, and other exotic herbs.

We served raw, rare (lebleb), or well done.

Finely chopped prime beef, mixed with spice butter and mitmita (seasonal hot chili pepper). Served raw, rare, or well done (like steak tartar). serve with rice or injera.

Tender beef cubes sauteed with Ethiopian seasoning and cooked to your taste with hot green pepper, onions, and fresh rosemary.

Choice of beef strips in specially seasoned Berbera (hot pepper) sauce. We serve with your taste medium or spicy.

Strips of tender, lean beef sauteed with homemade awaze, peppers, onions, and herbs. Served mild or spicy.

Lean cubed beef simmered in a blend of red pepper, herbed butter and awaze, and mitmita (chili pepper). Served tera (row ), rare (labeled), or, well done.

Cubed tender beef and bits of injera (traditional Ethiopian bread) soaked in spiced red pepper sauce. Sauteed in a pan stewed with red pepper sauce.

Seasoned sauce of beef jerky, bits of injera (traditional Ethiopian bread) soaked in spiced red pepper sauce. served hot spicy or mild.

Sauteed cut of prime beef seasoned with garlic, onions, ginger, and then finished with collard greens.

Lightly fried pastries filled with your choice of beef or lentils.

Fresh salad, tomatoes. Onion green pepper and homemade dressings.

Tender chicken gently simmered in seasoned berbere (hot pepper) sauce with a hard-boiled egg.

Tender chicken breast cubes sauteed with Ethiopian seasoning and cooked to your taste with hot green peppers and onions (we serve with rice or injera).