Currywurst - German street food classic
Whip up a traditional Currywurst recipe German style, that brings together sausage with a perfectly spiced tomato-curry sauce. Quick, tasty and satisfying!
Ingredients
- 4 large firm sausage of your choice traditionally bratwurst / frankfurters are used, The chef used kransky sausages
- 1 cup tomatoes, finely diced
- 1 cup onions, finely diced
- 1 tablespoon garlic, finely minced
- 1 tablespoon ginger, finely minced
- 1 tablespoon curry powder
- ¼ cup tomato ketchup
- 1 tablespoon mild mustard
- 2 tablespoons butter
- ½ cup water or stock any type
- Salt and pepper to taste
Optional
- 1 teaspoon fresh chillies, finely chopped
Instructions
- In a non-stick pan on medium heat, add 1 tablespoon of butter and grill 4 large firm sausage of your choice. Remove from the pan. In the same pan add another 1 tablespoon of butter and sauté 1 cup onions, finely diced, 1 tablespoon minced garlic and 1 tablespoon minced ginger and 1 teaspoon fresh finely chopped chillies (if using). sauté for 3-4 minutes until the onions are translucent.
- Add 1 tablespoon curry powder and salt and pepper to taste and sauté for another 1-2 minutes.
- Add 1 cup chopped tomatoes and sauté for another 3-4 minutes until the tomatoes break down.
- If you want a smoother finish, you can blend the mixture into a purée, or don’t blend it for a more chunkier sauce. (The chef has not puréed the sauce).
- If you have puréed the sauce, return it to the pan on medium heat. Add ½ cup water or stock, ¼ cup tomato ketchup and1 tablespoon mild mustard. Mix well for another few minutes until the sauce reaches your desired consistency. If you want a thicker sauce, cook it down for longer. Turn off the heat.
- To serve either chop the sausage and add it to the curry sauce, or scoop the sauce on top of the whole sausages.
- Finish with an additional sprinkle of curry powder (optional) and serve.
- Traditionally this is served with fried potatoes. The chef has served it with bratkartoffeln (German fried potatoes) get the recipe here.
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Notes
Get the Chef's recipe for bratkartoffeln (German fried potatoes) here.