# Cape Town Style Masala Steak Sandwich

A delicious, juicy, soft, and tender Cape Town style Masala steak sandwich, with slap chips, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, fried eggs, and a special sauce.

- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- tenderized steak
- 2 tsp masala
- salt
- 0.5 tsp garam masala
- 0.5 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- cooking oil
- 1 tsp garlic and ginger paste
- potatoes
- masala
- salt
- vinegar
- 1 gherkin
- 2 Tbs mayonnaise
- 1 Tbs tomato sauce
- 1 Tbs Portuguese sauce
- 3 slices bread
- butter
- 1 sliced onion
- lettuce
- tomato
- sliced cheese
- fried egg

## Instructions

1. Welcome to Cooking with Kim Bagley! Today, I'll be showing you how to make a Cape Town style Masala Steak Sandwich.
2. Remove the tenderized steak from its packaging.
3. Place the steak on a cutting board.
4. Tenderize the steak with a mallet until it's nice and soft.
5. Cut the steak into small blocks, or strips if preferred.
6. Place the cut steak in a bowl.
7. Add 2 teaspoons of masala to the steak.
8. Add salt to taste.
9. Add half a teaspoon of garam masala.
10. Add half a teaspoon of turmeric powder.
11. Add 1 teaspoon of tomato paste.
12. Add 1 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce.
13. Drizzle with cooking oil.
14. Add 1 teaspoon of garlic and ginger paste.
15. Mix well until all ingredients are incorporated.
16. Marinate the steak for about 20 minutes.
17. Peel and cut the potatoes.
18. Fry the potatoes in hot oil until golden.
19. Place the fried potatoes in a bowl.
20. Add masala, salt, and vinegar to the potatoes.
21. Cover the bowl with a lid and shake well to coat the potatoes.
22. Keep the lid on to allow the steam to soften the chips.
23. Grate one gherkin into a bowl.
24. Add 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise to the grated gherkin.
25. Add 1 tablespoon of tomato sauce.
26. Add 1 tablespoon of Portuguese sauce.
27. Mix the sauce ingredients until well incorporated.
28. Set the special sauce aside.
29. Heat cooking oil in a pan.
30. Add one sliced onion to the hot pan.
31. Sauté the onion on medium to high heat.
32. Add the marinated steak to the pan with the onions.
33. Sauté the steak and onions for about 10 minutes.
34. Once the steak is nice and soft, set it aside.
35. Butter one side of three slices of bread.
36. Toast the buttered side of the bread in a pan.
37. Butter the other side of the bread and lightly toast it as well.
38. Fry an egg and set it aside.
39. Spread the special sauce on a lightly toasted slice of bread.
40. Add chopped lettuce.
41. Add sliced tomato.
42. Layer with Masala steak.
43. Add sliced cheese.
44. Top with slap chips.
45. Squeeze more special sauce over the chips.
46. Place another lightly toasted slice of bread on top.
47. Add more lettuce.
48. Add more sliced tomato.
49. Layer with more Masala steak.
50. Add more sliced cheese.
51. Place the fried egg on top.
52. Add more slap chips.
53. Spread special sauce on the third slice of toasted bread.
54. Place the final slice of toasted bread on top to complete the sandwich.
55. Return the assembled sandwich to the pan and toast until golden on both sides.
56. Wrap the toasted Masala Steak Sandwich in foil.
57. Slice the wrapped sandwich in half.
58. Serve and enjoy your Cape Town style Masala Steak Sandwich!

## Equipment

- meat mallet
- bowl
- pan
- slotted spoon
- grater
- spatula
- knife
- foil

## Tips

- For the steak, use inexpensive tenderized steak.
- Tenderize the steak with a mallet for juicy, soft, and tender pieces.
- Make the sauce according to your taste; add extra masala if you want it spicier.
- Keep the lid on the fried potatoes after adding masala, salt, and vinegar so that the steam will allow them to be nice and soft, creating slap chips.
- The Masala Steak Sandwich must be served in foil.

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRVLSWn9/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/213acaae-a255-4aa8-bb6b-4ebda5377864
- Extracted: 2026-04-13

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