Karamara Ethiopian Restaurant, Arlington

In Karamara Kitfo, one of the namesake dishes at Karamara Ethiopian Restaurant, green cottage cheese balances the piquant spices of buttery ground beef. The eatery’s array of stews can also incorporate succulent chicken and lamb chunks or fried tilapia, which diners scoop up with morsels of slightly sour injera flatbread. Chickpea, cabbage, and split lentil dishes, meanwhile, sate vegetarian appetites more effectively than gnawing on the Jolly Green Giant’s leg.