Zeni Ethiopian Restaurant Ethiopian

Zeni Ethiopian Restaurant Menu

(408) 615-8282
1320 Saratoga Ave, San Jose, CA 95129
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Eggs


Ethiopian Scrambled Eggs
$9.50
Scrambled eggs with onions, jalapeños and fresh tomatoes.
Ethiopian Scrambled Eggs w/Meat
10.50
Scrambled eggs with seasoned ground beef, onions, jalapeños , and fresh tomatoes.

$Appetizers


Sambussa
$3.00
Thin dough shells stuffed with lentils, onion, hot green and herbs. This meatless dish is lightly deep fried in vegetable oil to golden perfection.
House Salad
5.00
Zeni's famous green leaf salad topped with, tomatoes, onions and jalapeños in a zesty house dressing.

$Poultry


Beef


Ye Bere Tibs Fir Fir
$14.50
Scrambled pieces of Injera (Ethiopian Bread) in Ye Bere Tibs: Juicy.
Kitfo
$15.00
Finely chopped prime beef from selected lean round steak. Seasoned with clarified butter and Mitmita (Ethiopian Chilli Powder). Served raw, medium or well done, along with a side of homemade cheese.
Bozena Shiro
$14.50
Zeni's highly seasoned milled chickpeas simmered in Berbere (Ethiopian chili powder) with selected cubes of lean beef.
Ye Bere Tibs: Sizzling
$14.00
Chunks of lean beef sautéed in a special blend of spices, onions and jalapeños.
Ye Bere Tibs: Juicy
$14.00
Chunks of lean beef sautéed with onions, tomatoes, jalapeños and clarified butter.
Gored Gored
$14.50
Lean cubed beef simmered in a blend of red peppers and clarified butter. Gored Gored is a traditional dish served raw or rare.
Zilzil Tibs
$14.00
Strips of tender beef sautéed with onions and jalapeños.
Alitcha Wat
$13.00
Extra lean pieces of chopped beef braised in a mild stew consisting of spiced butter, onions, garlic, ginger and turmeric.
Qeiy Wot
$13.50
Hot and spicy beef stew. Very lean chopped beef simmered in a thick Berbere (Ethiopian chili powder) sauce and clarified butter.
Fir Fir
15.00
Small pieces of Injera (Ethiopian bread) scrambled with deliciously tender pieces of beef, simmered to perfection in Berbere (Ethiopian chili powder) based sauce. Flavored with garlic and spices.

$Lamb


Ye-Beg Alitcha Wot
$15.00
Mild stew with extra lean chopped pieces of lamb simmered in spiced butter, onions, garlic, ginger and turmeric.
Ye-Beg Tibs Fir Fir
$16.00
Scrambled pieces of Injera (Ethiopian Bread) in a Berbere (Ethiopian chili powder) based sauce with succulent pieces of fresh lamb sautéed in clarified butter, onions, jalapeños and tomatoes.
Ye Beg Tibs: Juicy
$15.00
Succulent pieces of fresh lamb sautéed in clarified butter with onions, tomatoes and jalapeños.
Gomen Besiga
$15.50
Lamb with bone cooked in a mix of collard greens, herbed butter, garlic, ginger, onions and green peppers.
Dulet
$15.50
Chopped red beef, lamb tripeand lamb liver seasoned with herbed purified butter and Mitmita (Ethiopian Chili Powder). Served raw, mild or well done.
Ye Beg Tibs: Sizzling
15.50
Succulent pieces of fresh lamb sautéed with onions and jalapeños.

$Vegetarian Entrees


Combinations


Meat Combination
$17.00
A combination of Ye Beg Alitcha Wot (Lamb), Doro Tibs: Juicy (Chicken), Kitfo (Beef) and Iybe (Housemade Cheese). Kitfo is served raw, medium, or well done.
Vegeterian Combo
16.00
A combination of Ye Misir Wot (Red Lentils), Ye Kik Alitcha (Yellow Split Peas), Atkilt Wot (Vegetable Medley), Ye Gomen Wot (Collard Greens)and Ye Timatim Fitfit.

$Zeni'S Specialities

All entrees are served with injera, the unleavened bread prepared today as it was a thousand years ago and zeni's house salad
Special Kitfo
$14.50
Beef kitfo (cooked raw or rare) served with gomen kitfo and home made cheese.
Kikil Kitfo
$13.50
Cooked and finely chopped prime beef from selected lean round steak seasoned with a herbed butter sauce and Mitmita (Ethiopian Chili Powder). Served with house-made cheese.
Yedoro Kitfo
$13.50
Boneless, skinless, ground chicken soaked in a herbed butter sauce and Mitmita (Ethiopian Chili Powder).
Keyet Kitfo
16.00
Beef Kitfo (cooked raw or rare) mixed with Gomen Kitfo and homemade cheese.

$Side Orders


Mitmita
$0.50
Ethiopian Chili Powder
Stuffed Jalapeños
$2.00
Fresh Jalapenos stuffed with a mix of onions, tomatoes, oiland lime juice. 2 per order.
Kik Alitcha
$6.25
Split yellow peas simmered in onions, garlic, gingerand turmeric.
Ye Misir Wot
$6.25
Pureed split red lentils simmered in Zeni's own mildly spicy Berbere (Ethiopian Chili Powder) sauce.
Gomen Wot
$6.25
Chopped collard greens simmered in a mild sauce of oil, onion and herbs.
Awaze
$0.50
Ethiopian Chili Sauce
Atkilt Wot
$6.25
A delicious vegetable medley including boiled chopped cabbage, sliced carrotsand potato chunks. Simmered with onions, garlic, gingerand vegetable oil.
Shiro Wot
6.75
Roasted and powdered chickpeas are simmered in our unique Berbere (Ethiopian Chili Powder) sauce with vegetable oil.

$Desserts


Baklava
3.00
A traditional Greek pastry made with layers of bleached wheat flour fillo dough, filled with chopped walnuts, pistachios in a cinnamon-honey syrup.

$Cold Beverages


Apple Juice
$3.00
Orange Juice
$3.00
Ambo Mineral Water
3.50
Crisp mineral water imported from Ambo, Ethiopia.

$Extras


Injera
$1.00
Ethiopian Bread (4 Rolls)

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