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🍲 A metal pot 🍛 A curry dish
balti

balti

6.5
A curry cooked and served in a small metal pot
  • noun
  • /ˈbɔːlti/
  • UK
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  • She learned how to prepare a traditional balti at a cooking class in Birmingham.

Examples

  • We enjoyed a delicious balti with naan bread at the new restaurant.

  • The menu offers several types of balti, each with a unique blend of spices.

  • I ordered a delicious balti for dinner.

  • Have you ever tried a balti from that new restaurant?

  • We enjoyed a delicious balti with naan bread at the new restaurant.

  • The menu offers several types of balti, each with a unique blend of spices.

  • She learned how to prepare a traditional balti at a cooking class in Birmingham.

Surface Forms

balti singular
baltis plural

Etymology

Balti also came to mean the curry cooked in that pan. Because people were served the dish straight from the metal balti 'bucket', the meal itself became known as a balti, which is why today it names a style of curry.