Watch: Champaran Mutton, Courtesy Chefs Lalu Yadav And Rahul Gandhi

In the seven-minute video, the veteran Bihar leader can be seen instructing Rahul Gandhi on the various steps involved in cooking the special dish: adding spices, marinating the meat and then putting it all in the handi.

It was a special cooking class: chef Lalu Yadav showed apprentice Rahul Gandhi how to cook Champaran mutton, a famous meat preparation from Bihar. The Congress leader put out the cooking video on Saturday.

"I know how to cook, but I'm not an expert. When I was working in Europe I had to learn to cook. I used to stay alone, so I had to learn. I can cook basic dishes. But I am not an expert," Mr Gandhi says in the video, adding that "Lalu Yadav ji makes great food".  

Lalu Yadav, a famous practitioner of repeat-worthy dialogue, on being asked by the Congress leader when did he learn to cook, says, "I was in 6th or 7th standard. I had gone to Patna to meet my brothers, who were working there then. They had called me. I used to cook for them, gather firewood, wash utensils and grind the spices. I learnt it all there."