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Balti () is a type of curry served in a thin, pressed-steel wok called a "balti bowl".〔(Richard McComb, Birmingham Post, 20 February 2009 )〕 It is served in restaurants throughout the United Kingdom. The name may have come from the metal dish in which the curry is cooked,〔 rather than from any specific ingredient or cooking technique.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Balti )〕 Balti curries are cooked quickly using vegetable oil rather than ghee, over high heat in the manner of a stir-fry, and any meat is used off the bone. This combination differs sharply from a traditional one-pot Indian curry which is simmered slowly all day. Balti sauce is based on garlic and onions, with turmeric and garam masala among other spices.〔 Balti seems to have arrived in England in Birmingham in 1971; one theory is that it originates from Baltistan in northern Pakistan. ==Origin and etymology== Balti, as a food, is named after the steel or iron pot in which it is cooked. The word is found in Urdu, Hindi and Bengali, and means "bucket."〔''Hobson-Jobson: Being A Glossary of Anglo-Indian Colloquial Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms'', by Col. Henry Yule and the late Arthur C. Burnell. London: John Murray, 1886, at page 40.〕 The word developed from the Portuguese 'balde', meaning bucket or pail, and traveled to South Asia via the Portuguese seafaring enterprises of the early sixteenth century. One can deduce that the word made its way into the English language during British colonial rule of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. According to Pat Chapman, a food historian, the origins of the word can also be traced to the area of Baltistan, in northern Pakistan, where a cast iron wok, similar to the Chinese wok, is used for cooking. This makes sense, since Baltistan shares a border with China. In his ''Curry Club Balti Curry Cookbook,'' Chapman states: Balti was once the subject of analysis on the BBC TV series ''Balderdash and Piffle'', wherein a menu from 1982 was cited as the first written reference of the word, and in winter 1984 The Curry Club's ''Curry Magazine'', Edition 29, followed with a definition of Balti. One claim regarding the origin of Balti cooking in Birmingham was that it was first served in 1977 in a restaurant called Adil's. At that time, the restaurant was located in Stoney Lane, Balsall Heath, Birmingham 12.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Welcome to Adil — The Home of Balti Cuisine )〕〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Balti (food)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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