100% PLANT-BASED · SKILLMAN ST, DALLAS

Vegan Ethiopian & Eritrean Food in Dallas

A whole platter of lentils, greens and spiced vegetables over injera. No meat, no dairy, no butter, made the traditional fasting way and served every day of the year.

Vegan beyaynetu platter at Banna Restaurant in Dallas: shiro, misir wot, collard greens, cabbage, potato and salad with rolled injera
Feeds 3–4
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WHAT'S ON THE PLATTER

Ten Sides, One Plate, No Cutlery

Each mound is cooked in its own pot, then spooned onto a single round of injera. You tear the bread and scoop, no fork required.

Vegan beyaynetu platter at Banna Restaurant in Dallas, with each vegetable side numbered 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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Every Side That Makes the Platter

One beyaynetu is all ten of these together. The number on the plate matches the number on the card.

1
Injera
Teff flatbread, naturally fermented for three days. Tangy and spongy. Gluten-free injera available on request (Teff Injera). 
170 cal 5g protein 3g fiber
2
Cabbage with Carrots
Cabbage and carrot in a mild turmeric broth, with potato.
80 cal 2g protein 3g fiber
3
Fosolia
Green beans and carrot sautéed with onion, garlic and a little turmeric.
70 cal 2g protein 3g fiber
4
Shiro
Ground chickpeas simmered with garlic and berbere until velvety.
170 cal 7g protein 6g fiber
5
Defen Misir (Lentil)
Whole brown lentils cooked down with onion and berbere. Hearty and earthy.
140 cal 9g protein 8g fiber
6
Carrot Dinish Alicha
Potato and carrot stewed in a mild turmeric sauce. No heat at all.
120 cal 2g protein 3g fiber
7
Gomen
Collard greens braised with garlic, onion and green pepper.
65 cal 2g protein 3g fiber
8
Yellow Misir (Lentil)
Yellow lentils with turmeric and ginger. Mild and buttery-soft.
135 cal 8g protein 7g fiber
9
Misir Wot (Lentil)
Red lentils cooked down in berbere, deep and gently fiery.
140 cal 8g protein 7g fiber
10
Timatim Salata
Chopped tomato, red onion and jalapeño with lemon.
45 cal 1g protein 1g fiber

The lineup rotates with the season and what's fresh that morning.

Approximate, for one side portion (about ½ cup) as it comes on the platter.

ORDER PLANT-BASED

Every Vegan Dish on Our Menu

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7 fully plant-based dishes
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MOST ORDERED
Mild

Veggie Special Combo

$29.75
Feeds 3–4

A full beyaynetu platter: shiro, misir wot, collard greens, cabbage and salad over injera.

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Mild

Shiro

$21.65
Serves 1

A creamy, spiced chickpea stew that's comforting, hearty, and full of warmth.

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Medium

Misir Wot

Serves 1

Red lentils slow-cooked in berbere until rich and deep. A vegan staple of the menu.

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Mild

Sambusa

$6.75
Appetizer

Crispy pastry stuffed with seasoned, spiced lentil filling. Fried to order.

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Medium

Kitcha Fitfit

$19
Serves 1

Torn kitcha flatbread folded through berbere with a side of mitmita. Order it without meat, cooked in plant oil.

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Medium

Macaroni Pasta

$16
Serves 1

Penne tossed in a spiced tomato sauce with fresh green pepper. Plant-based exactly as it comes.

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BREAKFAST
Mild

Special Ful

$18.95
Serves 1

Slow-simmered fava beans with tomato, onion and warm bread. Ask for it without egg and it is fully vegan.

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COMING SOON

More vegan dishes are on the way

We're adding more plant-based plates to the menu shortly. Until then, ask about extra vegetable sides when you order, gomen, atkilt and kik alicha are often available fresh.

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WHY IT TASTES LIKE THIS

Vegan by Tradition, Not by Substitution

No butter, no dairy

Our vegan pots are built on plant oil and berbere, never niter kibbeh. Nothing is swapped in to imitate meat.

Fasting-season recipes

These are the dishes Eritrean and Ethiopian families cook during Tsom, refined over generations of plant-based eating.

Built to share

One platter feeds two or three. Everything arrives on injera, torn and eaten by hand, family-style.

BEFORE YOU ORDER

Vegan Questions, Answered

Is Ethiopian and Eritrean food naturally vegan?
A large part of it is. Because Orthodox fasting removes all animal products for roughly 200 days a year, the plant-based side of this cuisine is fully developed on its own terms, not adapted from meat dishes.
Is injera vegan?
Yes. Injera is teff flour and water, fermented for about three days. Nothing else goes into it, no egg, no dairy, no oil.
Do you cook the vegan dishes with butter?
No. Niter kibbeh, the spiced clarified butter used in many meat dishes, is never used in our vegan pots. They are built on plant oil, onion, garlic and spice.
How spicy is it?
It varies by dish. Shiro and kik alicha are mild, misir wot sits in the middle. Every card on this page shows a heat rating, and you can always ask for it milder.
Is it filling without meat?
Very. Lentils, split peas and chickpeas carry the plate, and one platter comfortably feeds two to three people.
Can I get vegan food delivered?
Yes. Order direct for pickup or delivery, or find us on Uber Eats and DoorDash. Direct orders help the restaurant most.
Photo of shiro, hot from the pot
VEGAN & VEGETARIAN

Cooked the Way Tsom Taught Us

During Tsom, the fasting season observed before Orthodox Christian holidays like Lent and Christmas, Eritrean and Ethiopian households eat entirely plant-based for weeks at a time. That tradition shaped some of the richest vegan cooking in the world: hearty lentils, spiced chickpeas, collard greens, and berbere-stewed vegetables, all built to be satisfying without meat or dairy.

At Banna, we don't save that cooking for fasting season. Our vegan dishes are on the menu 365 days a year, made the same slow, traditional way, so anyone eating plant-based can order a full, flavorful platter any day of the week.

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TAKEOUT & DELIVERY

One of the Best Ethiopian Restaurants Dallas Has to Offer

Dine in, pick up, or have it delivered. Order directly for the full menu, or through your favorite delivery app.

HOpen daily 11am – 2am
@9560 Skillman St #120, Dallas, TX 75243
#(214) 758-0752
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