Balti
noun1
A people who live in Baltistan, Gilgit and Kargil.
balti
nounalso spelled BaltiUK /ˈbɔːl.ti/
Etymology From Urdu بالٹی (baalti, “pail”), originally coined by Birmingham restaurateur Afzal Butt because English people had difficulty pronouncing karahi, the name of the dish used for cooking this food.
1
A large iron pan having two handles, especially used in Pakistani cuisine
2
A style of curry traditionally cooked in a balti pan, typically stir-fried and served with a relatively dry sauce.
- For in time, balti became an enduring British cultural entity all of its own—even as Jim Davidson and his fellow bullies lapsed into obscurity.2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 136:
3
A dish cooked in this style.
- Derived terms
- balti house