Currywurst (Germany)

World-Bites (15) / Currywurst


Germany's most popular snack, the ‘currywurst’—literally, "curried fried sausage"—now has a museum dedicated to itself in Berlin. 60 years since it was invented, this urban snack has a cult following—800 million are eaten in Germany every year. Herta Heuwer, who invented the quick snack, certainly never expected her culinary creation—bite-sized pieces of sausage covered in curry-flavoured ketchup—to prove a hit with so many people. When she made Germany's new favourite meal for the first time on 4th September 1949, it was just a way of passing time, though decades later it has become a classic, in Germany and around the world.


Ingredients:

3 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
1 pound sausages
2 tablespoons chili sauce
1/2 teaspoon onion salt
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 pinch paprika
Curry powder to taste

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to Broil/Grill.
2. Pour tomato sauce into a large saucepan, then stir in the chili sauce, onion salt, sugar and pepper. Let simmer over medium heat, occasionally stirring; bring to a gentle boil and reduce heat to low. Simmer another 5 minute.
3. Meanwhile, broil/grill sausages for 3 to 4 minutes each side, or until cooked through. Slice into pieces 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch thick. Pour tomato sauce mixture over sausage, then sprinkle all with paprika and curry powder and serve.