Which German dish combines sausage with curry ketchup?

The German dish that combines sausage with curry ketchup is currywurst.

Currywurst is typically made with sliced pork sausage covered in a curry-seasoned ketchup or tomato-based sauce, often finished with a dusting of curry powder. It is usually served as a quick meal with French fries or a bread roll, though recipes differ across Germany.

The dish is strongly associated with postwar Berlin. Herta Heuwer is widely credited with creating it in 1949 at a food stand in West Berlin’s Charlottenburg district. According to the familiar account, she obtained ketchup and curry powder from British soldiers and combined them into a sauce for grilled sausage.

Currywurst is not one single standardized recipe: Berlin versions, for example, can differ from those in Hamburg or the Ruhr area, and beef or vegetarian sausages are also available. The name can therefore describe a family of preparations, but the defining pairing remains sausage and curry-flavored sauce.