Blue Nile Ethiopian Cuisine Menu and Prices

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Blue Nile Ethiopian Cuisine Menu

Last Update: 2025-03-14


Starters - Traditional

Blue Nile Salad

$6.00

Fresh Romaine lettuce, tomatoes, onions & sliced avocado tossed in our house herb vinaigrette, served on Injera. Add chicken $3.00

Himbasha Bread Sticks

$3.00

Thick slices of homemade leavened bread with flavors of honey, fenugreek, thyme, cinnamon & cardamom. Served with your choice of olive oil or spicy keye wat sauce.

Azifah Fitfit

$6.00

Whole lentils, green peppers, chopped onions & bits of Injera tossed in vinegar, olive oil & mustard. Served chilled on injera.

Hummus Platter

$6.00

A creamy blend of chickpeas, tahini, garlic & sea salt, topped with your choice of olive oil or homemade ethiopian butter. Served with crisp-baked Injera & warm slices of himbasha.

Shorba

$4.00 - $6.00

Organic, homemade peanut butter or lentil soup, served with warm himbasha.


Starters - Inspired

Ethiopian Nachos

$7.00

Home fried tortillas, smothered with spicy keye wat sauce, fresh pico de gallo, creamy guacamole, cheddar jack cheese, jalapeno relish, sour cream & ayeb

Fried Tofu

$4.00

Signature sweet & sour tofu, fried to perfection. Served on a bed of crispy romaine.

Onion Rings

$4.00

Fried in our homemade beer batter & served with our tangy honey mustard.


Vegetable Entrees

Misir Wat

$9.00

Red split lentils stewed with onions, garlic, ginger and berebere.

Misir Alicha

$9.00

Red slit lentils stewed with onions, garlic, ginger and turmeric.

Atkilt Alicha

$9.00

Potatoes, green beans, carrots, and onions cooked with ginger, garlic and turmeric.

Tofu Keye Wat

$9.00

Tofu stewed with tomatoes, onions, garlic, ginger and berebere.

Gomen

$9.00

Collard greens stewed with onions, garlic, ginger and tomatoes.

Shiro Wat

$9.00

Sun-dried peas and beans ground then stewed with berebere, onions, and garlic.

Red or Green Cabbage

$9.00

Choice of red or green cabbage stewed with onions, tomatoes, garlic and ginger.

Enguday Wat

$9.00

Fresh portabella mushrooms diced and stewed with tomatoes, onions, and garlic.


Sandwiches & Such

Cheese Steak

$7.00

Chicken, beef or portabella mushrooms sauteed with veggies on a honey wheat bun. Topped with cheddar, mozzarella lettuce & tomato. Includes choice of side.

Himbasha Pockets

$7.00

Choice of chicken, beef or tofu baked in a pocket of himbasha with spicy keye wat and mozzarella. Substitute portabella mushroom for $1.00, lamb for $2 .00

Makeda's Tacos

$7.00

Hot, soft corn tortillas filled with chicken, beef or protabella, with onions, peppers & lettuce. Served with salsa, guacamole and fresh fried tortilla chips.

Tofu Hoagie

$7.00

Delicious sweet & sour fried tofu with crispy romaine on a honey wheat roll, topped with cilantro & jalapenos. Includes your choice of side.

Veggie Grinder

$7.00

A refreshing mix of hummus & flaxseed, piled with crispy peppers & cucumber, fresh tomato and gouda cheese on a honey wheat bun. Includes your choice of side.

Eggie Grinder

$7.00

Scrambled eggs fried with collard greens & rosemary, topped with guacamole on a toasted honey wheat bun. Includes your choice of side.

Gouda Grilled Cheese

$6.00

Dutch gouda cheese melted between whole grain bread and ethiopian spiced butter, stuffed with fresh tomato. Includes choice of side.


Chicken Beef & Lamb

Tibs

$14.00 - $18.00

Chicken, beef or lamb sauteed with homemade ethiopian butter, onions, tomatoes, green peppers, garlic and ginger.

Keye Wat

$14.00 - $18.00

Chicken, beef or lamb stewed with hard-boiled eggs, tomatoes, onions, garlic and berebere.


Combination PlattersServed on injera

Vegetarian Platter

$30.00

One traditional appetizer & four vegetable entrees.

Mixed Platter

$35.00

One traditional appetizer, two vegetable entrees & one chicken, beef or lamb entree.

Super Platter

$55.00

One traditional appetizer, two vegetable entrees, one chicken entree, one beef entree & one lamb entree.


Ethiopian Lunch

Ethiopian Lunch Buffet

$8.99 - $6.99

15 homemade traditional ethiopian dishes.

Chicken and Rice

$6.00

One keye doro wat drumstick, gomen & atkilt alicha served on rice.

Lunch Tibs

$6.00

Sauteed chicken or beef, gomen & atkilt alicha on injera or rice. Substitue lamb for $2.00

Vegetarian Lunch Combo

$7.00

Misir wat, atkilt alicha & tofu keye wat served on injera or rice.


Sides

Handcut Fries or Sweet Potato Fries

$3.00

Atkilt Alicha

$2.00

Mixed vegetables

Gomen

$2.00

Collard greens

Red or Green Cabbage

$2.00


Dessert

Mango Sorbet

$3.00

A fruity, fresh, icy treat

Baklava

$5.00

Three pieces of local-made, sticky, delicious pastry. Flakey, golden brown phyllo dough, layered with roasted nuts & cinnamon, then drizzled with honey.

Brownie & Ice Cream

$5.00

warm, espresso dusted dark chocolate brownie from the brown butter bakery, topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream from kline's dairy bar.


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