Currywurst and Curry Ketchup Recipe

Home » Food » By Type of Dish » Sauces, Seasonings and Condiments » Currywurst and Curry Ketchup Recipe Currywurst and Curry Ketchup Recipe October 1, 2023 by Kimberly Killebrew · 117 CommentsAs an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.See my disclosure policy.There’s a reason over 800 million Currywursts are consumed each year in Germany – they’re deeeelicious and have been a German institution since 1949!  Learn how to make the BEST authentic curry ketchup and traditional German Currywurst! In the words of Berlin’s Currywurst Museum director, “No other German dish inspires such excitement.”  That sums up the ever popular Currywurst.

Where Did Currywurst Originate? Currywurst has been a German institution since its invention in Berlin in 1949 by Herta Heuwer.  She lived in the British military sector of Berlin after World War II where some soldiers had given her some ketchup, curry powder and Worcestershire sauce that they brought with them from the UK.  She went to work experimenting on a sauce that would provide much needed contrast to the limited post-war rations the people were accustomed to living on, a flavorful spicy sauce poured over Bratwursts hot off the grill that she would patent two years later.She set up a street stand where construction workers were hard at work rebuilding the war-torn city and in no time the popularity of the currywurst skyrocketed.   At its peak she was selling nearly 1500 currywursts per day, or 10,00