PRINCE WILLIAM tried his hand at Indian cookery today but unfortunately his wife seemed less than impressed at his efforts as she refused to even try his creation.
The couple were meeting young entrepreneurs in Mumbai at the start of the second day of their official visit to India when the future king was offered the chance to make a dosa similar to a crepe using an automatic machine invented by a company from Bangalore.
He was shown the ‘dosamatic’ machine which makes pancakes, crepes, dosas and even omelettes automatically once it has been pre-loaded with batter.
It even has a smartphone app so you can start it off when you wake up and have freshly-made food waiting when you get out of bed.
William poured batter onto the hotplate of the machine under the guidance of Eshwar Vikas, 24, who created Mukunda Foods, three years ago.
He waited while it cooked then rolled up the crisp dosa and pushed it onto a plate.
He took a small bite from one end, and declared it ‘delicious’ before offering wife Kate a bite. However the famously slim royal waved the food away with her hand.
Hopefully for William her refusal wasn’t as a result of his cooking but the fact that she didn’t want to risk getting her elegant cream Emilia Wickstead dress dirty.
The dress, which retails for around £1,700, had oversized pockets on the torso and flared out below the waist.
She finished off the outfit with baby pink Rupert Sanderson pumps and a new Mulberry clutch bag.
Mr Vikas said afterwards: ‘The Duke told me he and the Duchess love dosas and he said it was a wonderful machine.
‘He said they would love to have one in their palace and the Duchess said that because you can also use it to make pancakes the whole of London will want one.’
Today’s event was organised by the GREAT campaign – designed to highlight the best of British around the world – at a bar, restaurant and collaborative workspace called The Social.
Mumbai has a thriving young business scene and the Duke and Duchess are being given the opportunity to meet young people with great ideas to power the future of India’s massive economy, where more than one million people join the workforce every month.
