A celebrity chef has visited the city to learn how to make a traditional south Indian dish.
Great British Bake Off star Paul Hollywood visited Kayal in Granby Street, Leicester, where chef Ajith Kumar and owner Jaimon Thomas put him through his paces.
The visit, which appeared on Paul Hollywood's Bread on BBC2 on Monday, saw Paul learn how to make a spinach dosa.
Ajith, who has been making dosa for 18 years, was pretty impressed with Paul's skills.
"Dosa is a very difficult skill to get right because there are a lot of things to think about – the heat of the surface, the mixture and getting it spread out very thin – but he did very well for a first time," said Ajith.
"He was a great man, very nice, and it was a very good experience to have him and the BBC with us. It was a fantastic day.
"I tasted his dosa and it was good. I watched myself on TV and it was interesting to see."
Paul filmed the episode about flatbreads in Leicester earlier this year. He said Kayal's breads were "pure magic".
As he walked down Granby Street, he told viewers: "We have here a very good Indian restaurant called Kayal and they make some of the best tasting bread I have ever had.
"Rice-based, lentil-based, flour-based, it doesn't seem to matter to these guys, they produce pure magic."
Ajith and Jaimon showed Paul how to make the mixture from lentils and rice soaked in water, put through a grinder and left to ferment for six hours.
Freshly-ground spinach is added before the mix is spread out thinly and quickly on a hot plate.
Commenting on Ajith's version, Paul said: "Wow, that's so impressive. The texture that you have got going on here and the smell – you can smell the spinach in there."
Under Ajith's watchful eye, Paul made his own, which was too small because he did not add enough mixture.
"Okay, so mine's not quite as dramatic as yours, but when it's served with coconut chutneys and a spicy vegetable samba, I reckon it will taste just as good," he said.
Manager Siby Jose said it was the second time the restaurant had featured on TV, after the Hairy Bikers visited in 2011. "It is brilliant that we have been on BBC national TV twice," he said.
"They have both been brilliant for us."
