What is currywurst?

Written by Tim Blight

Writer, traveller, amateur photographer, teacher. Based in Melbourne and Lahore.

December 17, 2016

What is currywurst?

Currywurst is exactly what it sounds like – a combination of Indian and German culinary delights that serves as a perfect snack.

currywurst

Obtained from vendors on the streets of Berlin, currywurst is simply sliced sausage with a curry (“kari“) sauce and powder, served with a pick to heave the hot morsels into your mouth. Although it’s usually made with pork sausage, halal beef, chicken and vegetarian options are available – I got mine from a food trailer just north of Checkpoint Charlie.

It’s totally not authentic – German sausage enthusiasts would probably cringe, and no Indian would recognise the sauce as anything desi – but it’s cheap, tasty and just like Berlin, it rocks!

Have you tried currywurst? Did you like it? Comment below!

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6 Comments

  1. Andrew Boland

    eeeeeekkkk no what’s wrong with tomato sauce or mustard??

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    • Tim Blight

      Hahahahahaha well this was certainly an “experience”!!

      Reply
  2. Deb Aselford

    So so wrong….. but then no trip to Germany is complete without someone trying them! 😘😘

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    • Tim Blight

      So wrong… but so right!!!

      Reply
  3. Agness Walewinder

    Tim, I am very familiar with currywurst and guess what 😛 … I had it yesterday for my lunch. I found it in one of Chinese supermarkets on a shelf with a bunch of other international food. It was a packed currywurst but it tasted delicious when I fried it :).

    Reply
    • Tim Blight

      Oh wow, you found currywurst in China??? That’s awesome!! I didn’t even know there were packed versions!!

      Reply

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