balti

British

/ ˈbɔːltɪ, ˈbæltɪ /

noun

1. a spicy Indian dish, stewed until most of the liquid has evaporated, and served in a woklike pot
2. ( as modifier )
  
  a balti house

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Etymology

Origin of balti

from Urdu bāltī pail

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balti

Final opportunity to warm up a balti pie.

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2024

Birmingham is the birthplace of the balti and home of the famous Balti Triangle.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2022

Birmingham has long-been considered the birthplace of the balti - a fusion dish popularised in the 1980s and 1990s by the city's Pakistani community.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2018

Eileen's entire life consists of eating a balti slice, wearing a minicab controller's headset and berating her son Jason's ex-girlfriends.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2010

So the balti, a staple of British-Indian restaurants, is another dish not found in India; it was invented by Pakistani chefs in Birmingham in the 1980s.

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