Major Restaurant Menu (2025 Update)
Welcome to Major Restaurant, a vibrant haven for Ethiopian cuisine, nestled in Indianapolis. At our location on 1150 S Mickley Ave, we serve an array of flavorful dishes that showcase the essence of traditional Ethiopian culinary artistry. Our combo meals, like the Chicken Combo and Beef Combo, are perfect for sharing, featuring a delightful mix of spicy and mild offerings, ensuring there's something for everyone.
Dig into our tender doro wot and flavorful key wot, paired perfectly with soft, spongy injera. Each dish is crafted with care, highlighting robust spices and fresh ingredients. Customers rave about our sambusas and the engaging coffee ceremony, adding to the authentic experience we offer. Reservations are recommended for our popular seating, particularly during busy nights. Join us and indulge in Ethiopia's rich culinary traditions right here at Major Restaurant!
All Day - Appetizers
1, 2, 3. Sambussa
Two thin dough shells stuffed with a blend of minced beef, chicken, or fish and herbs.
4. Lentils Sambussa
Two thin dough shells stuffed with a combination of lentils, onion, and herbs.
5. Cabbage & Carrots Sambussa
Two thin dough shells, stuffed with a combination of onion, cabbage, carrots, and herbs.
8. Tomato Fitfit
Fresh tomato, red onion, tomato, green pepper mixed with injera (traditional bread).
9. Potato Salad
Fresh potato, red onion, tomato, green pepper, and vegetable oil.
28. Traditional Doro Wot (Spicy)
Spicy. One tender chicken leg marinated in lemon juice cooked with homemade spicy sauce and served Ethiopian style with a hard-boiled egg.
29. Traditional Doro Wot (Mild)
One tender chicken leg marinated in lemon juice cooked with homemade mild sauce and served Ethiopian style with a hard-boiled egg.
30. Chicken Wing Wot (Spicy)
Spicy. Three chicken wings marinated in lemon juice, cooked with homemade spicy sauce, and served Ethiopian style with a hard-boiled egg.
31. Doro Awaze Tibs (Spicy)
Spicy. Tender pieces of chicken breast cooked with homemade spicy sauce, onions, tomatoes, green pepper, and garlic.
32. Doro Alcha Tibs (Mild)
Tender pieces of chicken breast cooked with homemade mild sauce with onions, tomatoes, garlic, and rosemary.
33. Doro Be-Gomen (Spinach)
Tender pieces of chicken breast mixed with spinach, onions, tomatoes, garlic, and your choice of spicy or mild sauce.
34. Doro Be-Shiro
Tender pieces of chicken breast mixed with Shiro (chickpea flour) cooked with onions, tomatoes, garlic, and spicy sauce.
35. Special Doro Wot (Spicy)
Spicy. Tender chicken leg marinated in lemon juice cooked in a homemade spicy sauce with hard-boiled egg served with a traditional clay pot.
All Day - Chicken
All Day - Beef
46. Key Wot (Spicy)
Spicy. Lean beef meat cubes cooked in a homemade spicy sauce with onions, tomatoes, and garlic.
47. Ye-Siga Alicha (Mild)
Lean beef meat cubes cooked in a mild sauce with onions, potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, and garlic.
48. Beef Awaze (Spicy) Tibs
Spicy. Tender pieces of beef cooked with onions, green peppers, garlic, and rosemary.
49. Beef Alicha Tibs (Mild)
Tender pieces of beef cooked with onions, tomatoes, garlic, rosemary, and turmeric.
50. Gomen Be-Siga
Tender pieces of beef meat cooked with onions, tomatoes, garlic, rosemary, and turmeric served mild or spicy of your choice.
52. Mincetabish
Diced prime beef first fried in a pan with ginger, onions, cardamom, and with green pepper until golden then sauteed in spicy sauce or alicha (mild) of your choice.
36. Ye-Beg Wot (Spicy)
Spicy. Tender pieces of lamb cooked with onions, tomatoes, and garlic.
37. Ye-Beg Wot (Mild)
Tender pieces of lamb mixed with potato, carrots, onions, tomatoes, and rosemary.
40. Gomen Be-Siga
Tender pieces of lamb mixed with gomen (spinach) onions, tomatoes and garlic served with your choice of mild or spicy sauce.
42. Shiro Be-Siga
Tender pieces of limb mixed with Shiro (chickpea flour) onions, tomatoes, and garlic.
43. Misto
Ye-beg wot (spicy) and ye-beg alicha (mild) combo.
44. Special Ye-Beg Tibs
Cubes of tender lions lamb with special homemade spicy sauce served with a traditional clay pot.
45. Special Ye-Beg Wot (Spicy)
Spicy. Tender pieces of lamb stewed with special homemade sauce served with a traditional clay pot.
All Day - Lamb
All Day - Combination - C1 - Vegetarian Combo
For 1
Ye-beg wot (spicy), ye-beg wot (mild), and ye-beg awaze tibs (spicy).
For 2
Includes yatklit wok (mild).
For 3
Includes mushroom wot (spicy or mild) and yatklit wok (mild).
For 4
Includes mushroom wot (spicy or mild) and yatklit wok (mild).
For 1
Traditional doro wot (spicy) and doro alcha tibs (mild).
For 2
Traditional doro wot (spicy), doro awaze tibs (spicy), and doro alcha tibs (mild).
For 3
Traditional doro wot (spicy), doro awaze tibs (spicy), doro alcha tibs (mild), and doro be-gomen (spinach).
For 4
Traditional doro wot (spicy), doro awaze tibs (spicy), doro alcha tibs (mild), doro be-gomen (spinach), and doro be-shiro.
All Day - Combination - C2 - Chicken Combo
All Day - Combination - C3 - Lamb Combo
For 1
Ye-beg wot (spicy), ye-beg wot (mild), and ye-beg awaze tibs (spicy).
For 2
Ye-beg wot (spicy), ye-beg wot (mild), ye-beg awaze tibs (spicy), and ye-beg alicha tibs (mild).
For 3
Ye-beg wot (spicy), ye-beg wot (mild), ye-beg awaze tibs (spicy), ye-beg alicha tibs (mild), and gomen be-siga.
For 4
Ye-beg wot (spicy), ye-beg wot (mild), ye-beg awaze tibs (spicy), ye-beg alicha tibs (mild), and gomen be-siga.
For 1
Key wot (spicy), ye-siga alicha (mild), and beef awaze (spicy) tibs.
For 2
Key wot (spicy), ye-siga alicha (mild), beef awaze (spicy) tibs, and beef alicha tibs (mild).
For 3
Key wot (spicy), ye-siga alicha (mild), beef awaze (spicy) tibs, beef alicha tibs (mild), and gomen be-siga.
For 4
Key wot (spicy), ye-siga alicha (mild), beef awaze (spicy) tibs, beef alicha tibs (mild), and gomen be-siga.
All Day - Combination - C4 - Beef Combo
All Day - Combination - C6 - Major Combination
For 1
Traditional doro wot (spicy), ye-beg wot (mild), and key wot (spicy).
For 2
Traditional doro wot (spicy), ye-beg wot (mild), ye-beg awaze tibs (spicy), and key wot (spicy).
For 3
Traditional doro wot (spicy), doro alcha tibs (mild), ye-beg wot (mild), ye-beg awaze tibs (spicy), and key wot (spicy).
64. Rice With Lamb
Tender pieces of lamb with vegetables such as carrots, cut-corn, and green beans.
65. Rice Chicken
Tender pieces of chicken breast with vegetables such as carrots, cut corn, and green beans.
All Day - Rice & Spaghetti
All Day - Vegetarian
12. Ye-Misir Wot (Spicy)
Spicy. Split red lentils simmered with onions, fresh tomato, and vegetable oil in homemade spicy sauce.
13. Ye-Misir Wot (Mild)
Split yellow lentils simmered with onions, fresh tomatoes, garlic, and turmeric.
14. Kik Alicha Wot
Yellow split peas cooked with onions, garlic, ginger, and turmeric.
15. Non-Split Lentils (Spicy)
Spicy. Non-split lentils made with homemade spicy sauce and onions, tomatoes, and garlic.
16. Gomen
Chopped collard greens simmered in a mild sauce with onions, tomato, and fresh garlic.
17. Quosta
Chopped spinach simmered in a mild sauce of onions, tomato, and fresh garlic.
18. Tikle Gomen
Sliced cabbage and carrots cooked in mild sauce with onions, garlic, and turmeric.
19. Dinich Wot (Spicy)
Spicy. Potato cubes and carrots cooked in homemade spicy powder (berbere) with onions, garlic, and tomatoes.
20. Dingh Alicha Wot (Mild)
Potato cubes and carrots cooked in a mild sauce of onions, tomato, and turmeric.
21. Dinich Wot With Spinach (Spicy)
Spicy. Potato cubes and spinach cooked in homemade spicy powder (berbere) with onions, garlic, and tomatoes.
22. Mushroom Wot (Spicy Or Mild)
Chopped mushroom simmered with your choice of spicy or mild sauce and topped with onions, tomatoes, garlic, vegetable oil, and turmeric.
23. Mushroom With Collard Greens
Chopped mushroom mixed with collard greens, onions, tomatoes, and garlic served with your choice of mild or spicy sauce.
24. Yatklit Wok (Mild)
String beans, carrots, and potatoes cooked with onions, garlic, tomatoes, and turmeric.
25. Shiro
Seasoned chickpea flour cooked with onions, tomatoes, and spicy sauce.
26. Special Shiro
Seasoned chickpea flour cooked homemade spicy sauce served with a traditional clay pot.
27. Royal Major Vegetable
Mixed two types of veggies, cabbage, and collard greens.
Ethiopian Chai
Aromatic Ethiopian chai infused with a blend of traditional spices, offering a rich and robust flavor.
Ethiopian Coffee
Richly brewed Ethiopian drip coffee with robust, earthy flavors.
Soft Drinks
Variety of sodas available, including cola and diet cola.
Perrier Water
Crisp, Sparkling Perrier Water - Refreshment in Every Sip