A Dish With Its Own Museum
The Currywurst might be the only street food worldwide that is honored with a dedicated museum, the Currywurst Museum in Berlin.
The original dish from the Fifties is a short sausage, sliced and served with a secret curry sauce and bread.
From Street Food to a Complete Meal
Northern Germany serves a complete meal with a long sausage, French fries, and sour cabbage salad.
- Substitute cabbage salad with a quick sour sliced cucumber salad or with your favorite potato salad.
- Substitute French fries with baked potato wedges and/or baked root vegetables.
Variations
- Add mayonnaise as an additional sauce.
- Use any kind of sausage that you prefer, e.g. hot dog or vegan.
The Currywurst Culinary Spice Kit includes the following spices:
Ginger, chili, yellow mustard, paprika, turmeric, asafoetida, cardamom, fenugreek, cinnamon, cloves, cumin, white pepper and coriander
German Currywurst
Currywurst might be the only street food in the world honored with its own museum—the Currywurst Museum in Berlin. This iconic dish, dating back to the 1950s, features a short sausage, sliced and smothered in a secret curry sauce, traditionally served with bread. In Northern Germany, the dish transforms into a full meal, featuring a longer sausage accompanied by French fries and a tangy sauerkraut salad.
Ingredients
- 1 lb sausages*)
- 2 cups tomato puree
- 12 oz frozen French fries prepared
- 4 cups white cabbage finely shredded
- agave syrup or honey
- white vinegar
- vegetable oil
- salt & pepper
Currywurst Culinary Spice Kit
- Ginger, chili, yellow mustard, paprika, turmeric, asafoetida, cardamom, fenugreek, cinnamon, cloves, cumin, white pepper and coriander
Optional
- 3 bread rolls
- mayonnaise
Instructions
Salad
- In a large BOWL, mix 3 tbsp vinegar, 1 tbsp syrup, salt & pepper to taste, and 2Â tbsp oil.
- Add cabbage. Knead seasoning well into the cabbage. Keep in the fridge.
Sauce
- In a POT, heat 2 tbsp oil.
- Careful of splatters, add tomato puree.
- Add 1 tbsp syrup, 1 tbsp vinegar, Currywurst spices, and salt & pepper to taste.
- Mix well. Bring to a boil.
- Cook covered over low heat for 20 minutes. Stir occasionally.
Sausage
- In a PAN, heat 1 tbsp oil over medium heat.
- Fry sausages until browned on all sides.
- Transfer sausages to a plate and cut them into 1/2Â inch slices.
Serve
- Serve sauce over sausages with French fries and salad, and optional bread rolls and/or mayonnaise.
- Enjoy!
Notes
*) German Bratwurst or Nürnberger, or any kind of sausage that you prefer, like hot dog or vegan.
â–ª Substitute cabbage salad with a cucumber salad, raw sauerkraut, or with your favorite potato salad.
â–ª Substitute French fries with baked potato wedges and/or baked root vegetables.
â–ª Sprinkle French fries with paprika to taste.
