Shyam Cooks French

This is an unexpected twist on our usual cooking arrangements. Shyam mostly cooks only Indian and quite often vegetarian. Not tonight! A new Food & Wine annual cookbook arrived yesterday, and he picked a French recipe to cook for dinner tonight, much to my surprise, a very pleasant surprise. For dinner tonight - chicken Dijon - click here for recipe.

Let's begin!

Rub chicken drumsticks with salt and freshly-ground black pepper.

Let stand for a bit. Meanwhile, chop some onions and garlic.

In a hot pan, dry roast coriander seeds. When aromatic, take out of the pan and set aside.

Add some olive oil, then brown the drumsticks. Let cook for about 10 minutes. Then add onions and garlic.

Add broth and coriander seeds. Let chicken cook thoroughly.

While chicken is cooking, mix Dijon mustard with sour cream. In the absense of sour cream, Shyam added yogurt and some cream. Mix together in a bowl. Shyam also added some dried tarragon.

When chicken is cooked, take out of the pan. Add the sauce and cook.

Add chicken and coat with sauce.

As per recommendation in the book, serve with bread.

Paring suggestion calls for a strong California Chardonnay, which we just opened for the wine glass experiment (read here) - how perfect! Certainly a delicious evening meal!