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Appetizers
Salads
Taste of Ethiopia
Beef - includes two sides
Chicken – includes two sides
Lamb – includes two sides
Meat Combinations – includes two sides
Seafood – includes two sides
Vegetarian (Entrée)
Sides and Side Portions
Beverages
Ethiopian Coffee and Tea
Dessert
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Thin, light pastry shells filled with delicately spiced minced meat or chopped vegetables A-1 Whole Lentil - Vegetarian - 4.25 A-2 Spinach - Vegetarian - 4.25 A-3 Potato and Carrot - Vegetarian - 4.25 A-4 Chicken 4.75 A-5 Beef 4.75
Vegetarian Romaine lettuce, fresh tomatoes, carrots, cucumbers and onions, served with a zesty citrus house dressing
Diamond salad, with marinated, sautéed cubes of chicken breast
Samplers of varied dishes Each Taste of Ethiopia is served with Sambusa appetizer (choose two per person)
Yesga Alicha (mild beef stew), Doro Wat (12), Kay Wat (16), Yemisir Wat (30), Kik Alicha (31) and Quosta (34)
Shimbra Assa (29), Yemisir Wat (30), Kik Alicha (31), Gomen (33), Tikel Gomen (35) and Dinich Alicha (37)
Zilzil Tibs (09), Doro Tibs (13), Yebeg Tibs (18), Yemisir Wat (30) Gomen (33) Quosta (34) and Tekel Gomen (35)
Entrées
Lean, cubed beef slow cooked in our homemade spicy “Diamond Berbere” sauce
Lean fresh beef minced and lightly seasoned with a touch of seasoned butter and “Mitmitta” (ground chili pepper and spices), rare, medium or well done
Kitfo (03) mixed with Gomen (33) and homemade cheese, served rare, medium or well done
Cubed beef sautéed with onions and green peppers served with spicy Awaze sauce on the side
Lightly sautéed cubed beef simmered to perfection in a spicy homemade “Diamond Berbere” sauce
Lean, cubed beef simmered in Alicha, a mild onion, garlic and ginger sauce
Tender strips of beef marinated in fresh garlic, sautéed with onions and green peppers
Tender chicken legs marinated and slow cooked in spicy homemade “Diamond Berbere” sauce, served Ethiopian Style with a hard boiled egg
Cubed chicken breast sautéed with onions and green peppers
Sautéed, cubed chicken breast simmered in our homemade spicy “Diamond Berbere” sauce
Sautéed, cubed chicken breast simmered in our homemade Alicha, a mild onion, garlic and ginger sauce
Cubed lamb and fresh rosemary, sautéed with onions and green peppers
Sautéed, cubed lamb simmered in our homemade spicy “Diamond Berbere” sauce
Sautéed, cubed lamb simmered in our homemade Alicha, a mild onion, garlic and ginger sauce
Sautéed, cubed chicken, beef or lamb (choice of one) mixed with Quosta (34), onions and green peppers Lamb 18.50 | Chicken or Beef 16.50
A mixture of Doro (chicken) Tibs (13), Yebeg (lamb) Tibs (18) and Zil Zil (beef) Tibs (09) sautéed together with onions and green peppers
A mixture of shrimp, chicken and beef sautéed together with onions and green peppers
Entrée
hrimp simmered in our spicy homemade “Diamond Berbere” sauce
Shrimp simmered in our homemade mild (Alicha) sauce with onions and green peppers
Shrimp sautéed with onions, green peppers and fresh tomatoes
Tilapia fillet cooked in our spicy homemade “Diamond Berbere” sauce
Tilapia fillet coated with shiro flour fries and topped with onions and green peppers and tomato
Whole tilapia fish with your choice of two sides and salad. Served with lemon wedges and a side of spicy Mit Mita
Whole tilapia fish coated with shiro flour and house spices, fired to perfection
Ethiopian Diamond was the first to introduce this authentic vegetarian dish to Chicago, prepared from chickpea dough cooked to look like a fish Wat (stew)
Red lentils simmered in a spicy homemade “Diamond Berbere” sauce
Split peas slow cooked in a mild sauce of spices, onion, garlic and ginger
Seasoned chickpea flour puree, cooked with chopped onions and garlic
Chopped collard greens simmered with onions and garlic
Chopped spinach simmered with onions and garlic
Sliced cabbage and carrots cooked in a mild sauce
Potato cubes and carrots cooked in a mild sauce of onions, garlic, ginger and Ethiopian spices
Choose any four from 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 (Side Portion sizes)
Vegetarian
Coke | Diet Coke | Sprite | Ginger Ale | Iced Tea
Orange Juice | Cranberry Juice
Perrier 3.50 | San Pellegrino 4.50
Served in a traditional clay pot Small 6.00 | Large 10.00
Our own traditional blend of black tea spiced with cinnamon, cardamom and clove Price per person
French vanilla ice cream served upon light pastry triangles, drizzled with chocolate sauce
Light pastry shell filled with dark and light raisins, pistachios, split almonds, shredded coconut and cardamom
A chocolate lover’s dream: chocolate cake, served warm, oozing with rich chocolate. Served on light pastry triangles with vanilla ice cream and drizzled with chocolate sauce
* Dessert is gluten free when served without pastry triangles
A platter of all our desserts: White Diamond, Destaye and Chocolate Diamond, presented to share for 2 to 4 people