Gulele Ethiopian Restaurant & Market Menu (Update 2025)

Welcome to Gulele Ethiopian Restaurant & Market, a hidden gem located in Gaithersburg, MD, where the vibrant essence of Ethiopian cuisine comes alive. The menu offers a delightful range of dishes that cater to both meat lovers and vegetarians.

  • Beef Options: Indulge in the Gulele Special Kitfo, tender minced beef tartar seasoned with herbal butter, or the Beef Tibs, marinated in a chef's special sauce.
  • Chicken Delights: The Chicken Doro Wot showcases tender chicken in a spicy red pepper sauce, accompanied by hard-boiled eggs—a true classic.
  • Vegetarian Treats: The Gulele Combination Vegetarian Entree Sampler includes a wonderful variety of veggie dishes, perfect for sharing.

Gulele's welcoming atmosphere and generous portions ensure a satisfying experience, whether you choose to dine in or carry out. Each dish brims with authenticity, allowing you to savor the intricate flavors and spices that Ethiopian food is renowned for. Visit Gulele and let your taste buds embark on a flavorful journey!

Appeteziers

Tomato Salad

Chopped tomatoes, onions, bell peppers in a lemon and olive oil dressing.

$7.00

Key Sir

Cooked beets and patato seasoned with vegetable oil,carrots, tomatoes, onions, and jalapeno pepper, mixed with a special ingredient.

$7.00

Sambosa

Fried seasoned lentil salted spicy.

$2.50

Red Lentil

Red lentils spiced with berbere (red pepper) sauce.

$14.00

Spilt Peas

Puree of yellow split peas mixed with onions and garlic.

$13.00

Cabbage with Carrots in Sauce

Cabbage, potatoes and carrots flavored with ginger and garlic.

$13.00

Collard Greens

Collared greens mixed with onions and garlic.

$13.00

Fosolia

Fresh green beans and fresh carrots simmered in flavorful mild sauce.

$15.00

Shiro Wot

Seasoned chick pea flour cooked in mild sauce.

$13.00

Gulele Combination Vegetarian Entree Sampler

Includes portions of all of the above vegetarian entrees.

$17.00

Firir

Shredded injera cooked with shredded onion, tomato and berbere.

$13.00

Vegeterian Platter

Beef, Chicken and Fish

Beef Tibs

Extra-lean cubes of beef marinated in our chefs special sauce.

$15.00

Awaze Tibs

Tender cubed beef cooked with herbs, butter, onion, and berbere (Spicy)

$16.00

Beef Zilzil Tibs

Strips of beef with chefs special sauce.

$16.00

Beef Gored Gored

Extra lean chunks of beef lightly sauteed in house sauce traditionally served raw or lightly heated.

$16.00

Gulele Special Kitfo

Freshly minced lean beef tartar seasoned with herbal butter and mitmita (chilli powder), ayib (cotton cheese), Gurage style gomen (Collard green), and kotcho (fase banana bread).

$17.00

Kitfo Sandwich

$7.00

Regular Kitfo

Freshly minced lean beef tartar seasoned with herbal butter and mitmita (chilli powder), ayib (cotton cheese), and gomen (Collard green)

$15.00

Beef Key Wot, Spicy

Cubes of beef simmered in Ethiopian red pepper sauce, flavored with spice.

$16.00

Beef Alicha wot

Cubes of beef prepared in puriffed butter and flavored with curry and tamarind.

$15.00

Minchet Abishe Alecha Wot

Finely chopped prime beef sauteed in butter, and simmered in mild sauce with spices and fresh herbs. Mild.

$14.00

Quanta Firfir

Season beef Jerky cooked with shredded onion and berbere with Ethiopian butter.

$14.00

Chicken Doro Wot, Spicy

Tender chicken, red pepper sauce, spices served with hard-boiled egg.

$17.00

Chicken Doro Wot

Alicha. Tender chicken, curry, spices served with hard-boiled egg.

$15.00

Gulele Chicken and Beef Combination

Includes chicken doro wot, beef key wot, beef Alicha and beef tibs.

$22.00

Fish Gulash

Tilapia fillet cooked with tomato sauce.

$14.00

Dulet

Liver and tripe sauteed with a mixture of spices.

$14.00