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Kategna Menu



Appetizers



Kategna

A popular Ethiopian traditional appetizer comprises toasted injera combined with a mixture of Berbere spice and authentic Ethiopian butter.

$10.99


House Salad

The specialty salad at Kategna features crisp romaine lettuce, fresh tomato pieces, and a house-made dressing.

$6.75

Vegetarian
Vegetarian
Vegan
Vegan

Sambusa

A fried or baked pastry with a savory filling, such as spiced lentils, onions.

$6.99

Vegan
Vegan



Beef



Kitfo

Minced, exceptionally lean beef, seasoned with spiced butter, herbs, and mitmita, is served in your choice of raw, rare, or well-done, and often comes with cheese.

$19.49


Gored Gored

Fresh beef cubes are delicately prepared with red pepper and spiced butter.

$19.99


Ye Bere Tibs

Beef cubes are sautéed with Ethiopian seasoning, cooked with onions, chili peppers, and tomatoes, then tossed in injera and served hot.

$18.99


Alicha Wot

Beef stew delicately seasoned with garlic, onion, ginger, spiced butter, and turmeric.

$18.99


Bozena Shiroh

Cubes of lean beef cooked in a spicy chickpeas stew and berbere sauce.

$17.99


Zilzil Tibs

Finger length stripes of tender lean beef marinated and sautéed in Kategna's spice, butter, green pepper, and fresh rosemary.

$18.99


Key Wot

Tender pieces of prime beef sautéed in butter, and simmered in hot berbere sauce seasoned with Kategna's special spices and herbs.

$18.99


Quanta Firfir

Seasoned dried beef sautéed with house spices, seasoned oil, spiced butter, berbere sauce and mix with pieces of injera

$19.99


Meat Combination

A combination of Doro wot, Key wot, Alicha wot and Ayib and salad.

$21.99




Kategna Specials



★ Yeshekla Tibs

Finger length stripes of tender lean beef marinated and sauced in Kategna's spice, butter, green pepper, onions, garlic, and fresh rosemary.

$19.99


★ Special Kitfo

House special minced lean beef, seasoned with spiced butter, herbs, mitmita, minced kale and Ethiopian cheese.

$19.99




Lamb



Ye-Beg Tibs

Tender lamb cubes sautéed in Kategan's secret blend of spices, onions, tomatoes, peppers, rosemary and spiced oil/butter. Served stir fried or juicy.

$20.99


Gomen Besiga

Lamb and collard greens cooked in butter, onion, ginger, garlic, vegetables and seasoned with spices.

$20.99


Dulet

Minced beef, liver, onion and jalapeños, and tripe cooked in spiced butter and spices. Served well-done or mild

$19.99




Chicken



Ye-Doro Wot

Famous Ethiopian dish. Chicken drumstick simmered in Kategna's secret blend of spices and special house sauce, garlic, ginger, and butter. Served with homemade cheese and hardboiled egg.

$19.99

Mild
Mild

Ye-Doro Tibs

Tender chicken cubes sauteed in Kategna's secret blend of spices, onions, tomatoes, peppers and spiced butter.

$18.99




Vegetarian



Kik Alitcha

Split chick-peas cooked with onions, green pepper, ginger, garlic, herbed oil and turmeric.

$16.99

Vegetarian
Vegetarian
Vegan
Vegan

Gomen Wot

Spicy, chopped collard green cooked with herbed oil, onion, garlic, and green pepper.

$16.99

Vegetarian
Vegetarian
Vegan
Vegan

Timatim Fitfit

Pieces of injera tossed in a blend of fresh tomato, green pepper, onion, and our special house dressing.

$14.99

Vegetarian
Vegetarian
Vegan
Vegan

Vegetarian Combo

Yesimer wot, Yekik alitcha, Gomen wot, and Atakilt wot, served with salad

$20.99

Vegetarian
Vegetarian
Vegan
Vegan

Yemisir Wot

Split red lentil cooked with onion, garlic, ginger, herbed oil, and simmered in red pepper sauce.

$17.99

Vegetarian
Vegetarian
Vegan
Vegan

Atakilt_Wot

Cabbage, potato and carrot simmered in wild sauce with ginger, garlic, onion, herbed oil and green chilies.

$16.99

Vegetarian
Vegetarian
Vegan
Vegan

Shiro Wot

Powdered chick pea sauce flavored with onions, herbs, oil, berbere sauce, and spices

$16.99

Vegetarian
Vegetarian
Vegan
Vegan

Foule

Fava beans seasoned with assorted spices, tomatoes, chili peppers, red onions, and oil or butter.

$16.99

Vegetarian
Vegetarian
Vegan
Vegan



Fish



Fish Goulash (Asa Goulash)

Saw Sea Bass cubes sautéed in Kategna's secret blend of spices, onions, tomatoes, peppers, rosemary and spiced oil.

$19.99




Side Dishes



ye Atakilt wot

$8.99

Vegetarian
Vegetarian
Vegan
Vegan

Ye Gomen Wot

$8.99

Vegetarian
Vegetarian
Vegan
Vegan

Ye Kik Alicha

$8.99

Vegetarian
Vegetarian
Vegan
Vegan

Ye Miser Wot

$8.99

Vegetarian
Vegetarian
Vegan
Vegan

Ye Timatim Fitfit

$8.25


Ayib

$6.99




Desserts



Baklava

A rich, sweet, pastry made of layers of film filled with chopped nuts and sweetened and held together with syrup or honey.

$3.49


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1663 W San Carlos St.
San Jose, CA 95128

Mon- Tue: 11:30 am -9:00 pm
Wed:         Closed 
Thu:           11:30 am - 9:00 pm
Fri - Sat:    11:30 am - 9:00 pm
Sun:           12:00 pm - 9:00 pm​​

408-216-9695
kategnasj@gmail.com

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