Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "பால்டி (உணவு)" in Tamil language version.
Its origins are unclear. Some claim it originated in Baltistan, a province high in the Pakistan Himalayas, although the food there bears no resemblance to balti cuisine. Another explanation is that the word balti means bucket in Hindi, perhaps a reference to the wok-like pot called a karahi or karhai.
"People like (it)... sizzling and hot and with the naan bread," said Mohammed Arif, owner of Adil Balti and Tandoori Restaurant, in the Balti Triangle in Birmingham. Mr Arif claims to be first man to introduce the balti to Britain—after bringing the idea from Kashmir—when he opened his restaurant in 1977. He said that before he "recommended the balti in the UK" in the late '70s, "there was different curry" in Britain, "not like this fresh cooking one".
