By Jehan Yusoof  |  Updated September 23, 2026  |  ★ 4.9 (10 reviews)  |  4 Comments.

Curried sausage recipe cooked in Sri Lankan style.
A curried sausage recipe, so easy to make for lunch or dinner.
This sausage curry uses spices, coconut milk and your favourite type of frozen sausages.

This sausage recipe is something I do when I’m really tired or busy, so even the whole meal should be simple enough to put together.

If you try this, I’d love to know how it turned out; a quick rating or comment really helps other readers decide what to cook.

Taste of Curried sausages

This curried sausage recipe is not too spicy or mild, but has a strong curry flavour.
As the sausage curry is cooked with coconut milk, the creamy taste and spices are a perfect balance that even kids can enjoy.
The sausage curry recipe here uses your regular frozen chicken, beef or any type of sausage.
So if you are in a hurry to get back home after a hard day’s work and you want lunch or dinner done, this Sri Lankan curry recipe will be a time saver.

Breakfast with easy curried sausages.

• You can either serve the curried sausages for breakfast with slices of bread and a pol sambol or onion sambol. 

• Instead of a few fried sausages for your morning breakfast why not a sausage curry with your sunny-side-up eggs and a few toasted slices of bread?

• If you are making a whole pack of sausages then portion it out and freeze it for a few other breakfasts served throughout the week.

• Make a quick lunch by serving this sausage recipe with fried rice or vegetarian fried rice made with a pack of frozen veggies. 

• It’s ideal for a large family and with extra gravy, you can easily stretch the curry for a few more servings. 

• Continue cooking to reduce gravy until you reach a sauce-like consistency and fill a few hot dog buns. makes a great picnic snack.

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Utensils and appliances needed.

Chopping board and knife

Medium-sized pan to cook the curry

Is this sausage curry similar to an Indian sausage curry?

There are similarities to the Indian and Sri Lankan curried sausages as we are neighbouring countries and you can find your favourite Indian flavours in this easy sausage curry.

Veggies you can add to the sausage curry.

Add cubed vegetables like carrots, potatoes, and peas to make the curried sausages.

Ingredients to make curried sausage recipe

The ingredients mentioned below use standard measuring cups and spoons.

3 tablespoons of oil

2 medium-sized onions sliced fine

1 large tomato chopped or cut into wedges

2 green chillies split through the middle

2- inch pandan leaf(optional)

A sprig of curry leaves(substitute with a bay leaf)

3 garlic cloves coarsely minced or chopped

1-inch ginger coarsely minced or chopped

1-inch piece of cinnamon(can cook without if needed)

1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder

1 teaspoon red chilli powder(increase as per your need, substitute with Kashmiri chilli powder for a vibrant colour )

1 teaspoon black pepper powder(increase by only 1/2 teaspoon if needed)

1 tablespoon of curry powder(any regular curry powder would do)

1/2 teaspoon of dark roasted curry powder(optional, you can also substitute with Jaffna curry powder)

500g chicken sausage pack(if you are using a smaller sausage pack, like a 250g pack, reduce the ingredients in half).

1 cup of coconut milk(substitute with cooking cream)

Salt to season

how to make curried sausages

Have all the ingredients chopped and ready.

Cut each sausage into three. set aside.

Place a medium-sized pan over stove, pour in oil(3 tbs), add onions(2 medium), tomatoes(1 large), green chillies(2), pandan leaf(2-inch), curry leaves( 5-6 leaves), garlic(3 minced), garlic(1-inch, minced), cinnamon piece(1-inch).

Cook the above ingredients over low fire for 3-5 minutes until onions are soft.

Add turmeric powder(1/2 tsp), red chillies powder(1 tsp), pepper powder(1/2 tsp), curry powder(1 tbs), and dark roasted curry powder(optional-1/2 tsp).

Gently combine the spices with the ingredients in the pan to make a rough curry paste.

Cook over low-medium fire and mix constantly to avoid the spices burning or sticking to the pan.

Once you have the spice paste done, immediately add the cut sausage to the pan.

Cook over medium heat while combining.

Season with salt.

Cook for 3-5 minutes. do not fry or brown the sausages.

Add 1/2 cup of water and continue to cook for 15 minutes over medium fire.

If you are adding vegetables(peas, cubed carrots and potatoes), add them at this point.

Once the water has reduced and you have a thick liquid, you can make certain adjustments with the spices here.

By this, I mean adding extra curry powder or red chillies powder and mixing it well.

But before making these adjustments, please do make sure to taste and check if you need the additional spices or you might have a sausage curry that is too spicy for the kids to enjoy.

Pour in the coconut milk(1 cup) and continue to cook until the colour of the gravy changes and you have a thick gravy.

Once done, taste and season with salt if necessary or serve warm with any of the meal ideas given above.

What to serve with sausage curry

• Rice recipes to serve with sausage curry.
  • Sri Lankan Yellow Rice(turmeric rice)
  • How to cook rice on the stove.
  • Vegetable fried rice(spicy).
  • Frozen mixed vegetable rice pilaf.
  • Indian fragrant ghee rice(nei choru).
  • Mixed vegetable noodles- Sri Lankan style.

• Vegetarian and salads to serve with this curried sausages recipe.
  • Stir-fried carrots(Sri Lankan, spicy).
  • Chickpea and potato curry(chana aloo curry).
  • Sri Lankan spicy Dry Potato curry(ala theldala)
  • Vegan green beans and coconut stir-fry.
  • Carrot salad with parsley and onion.

Storage, Freezing and Reheating guide

• Storing in the refrigerator.
  • Once cooled, refrigerate in a glass container; using plastic containers is fine, but they do tend to stain due to curry powders.
• Freezing
  • You can do this two ways: temper the sausages with the spices and freeze without adding coconut milk and only add coconut milk at the time you cook and reheat. This way, you can extend the freezing period longer.
  • If you cook the sausage curry as the recipe below and want to freeze it, make the coconut milk thin(1/4 cup of coconut milk added to 1 cup of water), freeze and use it within a week.
• Reheating
  • Let the curry reach room temperature, then reheat over the stovetop or use a microwave.
• Stop food waste by
  • Cook only as much as you need.
  • If you make extra, portion out and use as mentioned above for meal ideas.

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• Sri Lankan deviled sausage stir-fry
• Easy Air Fryer hot dogs
• Sri Lankan chicken meatball curry.

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JEHAN
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I’ve been cooking and sharing Sri Lankan recipes, along with other dishes I love making at home on Island Smile since 2015. I’ve tested every recipe on this site more than once in my own kitchen before it goes on the blog.
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