Pan Fried Steak with Mashed Potatoes and Spicy Milk Mushrooms

                              Presenting to all people out there, my simplest and yet most experimented with dish yet, which also happens to be my personal favourite, here is my version of a Pan Fried Steak!!
Ingredients:

Firstly I’ll start off telling you that there are 3 different sets of ingredients I’m going to give you. One is for the spice rub for the steak, one for the mashed potatoes, and one for the rest of the dish. So here goes;

Spice Rub

1 part of dried rosemary

3 parts of cumin

2 parts of peppercorns

1 part of oregano

1 part of lemon pepper

1 part of red chilly powder

2 parts of Barbeque seasoning

Half a part of sugar

Half a part of salt

The above ingredients can be sized up for large quantities, but the ratios should stay the same.

Mashed Potatoes

200gms of boiled potatoes

100ml milk

50gms of garlic butter

A pinch of freshly ground pepper 

Salt to taste

The STEAK

150gm beef steak (I used two pieces of Sirloin)

3-4 cloves of Garlic

2 sprigs of rosemary

100gms of sliced mushrooms

50ml mlk

Pepper to taste

Salt to taste

3 tablespoons of Olive oil

100gms of unsalted Butter

How to MAKE:

First, mix all the ingredients for the spice rub, put it in a mixer grinder, and powder it. Keep this aside, since this will flavor everything! Now, mash the boiled potatoes, add 100ml milk, garlic butter, salt, and pepper, and give it a good mix. Next, sauté the mushrooms in a pan for around 5 minutes, now add 50ml milk, and 2 tablespoons of the spice mix, and bring everything to a boil. Now turn down the flame, and sauté it till the milk is reduced and good dry mushrooms are left; keep this aside. Now, we have everything ready for the dish, and are just missing the centerpiece of the dish.

To make the steak, firstly clean the raw steaks thoroughly, and dry them out well. If you bought aged steak, DO NOT let even a single drop of water touch it since that will destroy its aged flavour! Now that the steak is cleaned and dried, it is ready to be marinated. The marinade is none other than the spice mix we have already prepared. Take a good generous amount of the spice mix, and rub it thoroughly onto both sides of your steak, and then leave it to marinate for about half an hour. Now, heat oil in a pan and lay down your steaks into it. Cook each side for about half a minute until a mild brown colour appears on the surface. Now, turn down the heat and throw the garlic cloves, butter, and rosemary sprigs into the pan. Cook each side of the steak for about 4 minutes each, this will give a medium steak. Now take the steaks out of the pan, and let them rest for about 5 minutes. (Don’t worry, the steak will stay warm for about 10 minutes!) In a plate, lay down the mushrooms, top it off with the mashed potatoes, and then the steak on top. Finally, take the juices released by the steak while it was resting and drizzle it on top of the steak to enhance the flavour of the dish. Serve HOT!

P.S: If you didn't get any tender steak, just poke continuously on both sides of your steak with a fork without tearing it in order to tenderise it. What this does is, it breaks up the connective tissues in the meat, which in turn tenderises it.