Balti Chicken, A Review & some Appreciations
Recipe: BALTI CHICKEN
Balti is the name of a style of food popular in the Northern part of the Indian Subcontinent & now very popular in England too. It is been told that ”balti” dishes had been introduced to England by the people of Pakistan.
The name ‘Balti’ for food has nothing to do with an ethnic group living in India and Pakistan who are also called Balti. These Balti people are Tibetan Muslims. The food ‘Balti’ is named after the pot in which it is cooked. As mentioned in the late nineteenth century in Hobson-Jobson, the name ‘balti’ derives from the Portuguese word ‘balde’, meaning bucket/pail, taken to India by the Portuguese on their seafaring enterprises at the end of the fifteenth century. Balti food is a Punjabi recipe and prepared mainly in the Punjabi way.(from WIKI)
The food is a hot curry-style dish, taking its name from the thick flat-bottomed iron pot:
(also called Karahi/Kadhai & therefore comes the dishes as Karahi/Kadhai Chicken, Karahi/Kadhai Gosht, & Karahi/Kadhai Paneer) in which it is both cooked and also served. Normally the balti (whether it be chicken, mutton or paneer/Indian cheese) is served with large naan bread/flatbreads, pieces of which are torn off by hand and used to scoop up the hot curry sauce from the balti.
Now to why I have Balti Chicken here, without anymore elaboration ?
Val of More Than Burnt Toast, Giz of Equal Opportunity Kitchen and Ivy of Kopiaste…to Greek Hospitalilty, have announced their biggest fundraiser ever…(a project of Bloggeraid) the making of a COOKBOOK, & the profits will all go their chosen agency. The contributers are going to be people like us. For more information & to make your contribution, check out here.
The recipe for Balti Chicken is going to be my contribution. The recipe be will in the Cookbook, & cannot be unveiled here:-)
Review
I recieved these True Delights Granola bars from Foodbuzz.
Here is the review:
http://www.ecurry.com/blog/reviews/
& Awards..
These had been pending post for a long long time. I am really sorry… & Thanks to all of you who have given me these awards. I really appreciate…
Refreshing Lemonade Award from PG of My Kitchen Stories & Navita of Zayeeka
Hardworking Blogger Award from PG of My Kitchen Stories & Indrani of Appyayan
Butterfly Award from PG of My Kitchen Stories , Ann of A Delighted Foodie & Indrani of Appyayan
Inspiration Award from PG of My Kitchen Stories & Indrani of Appyayan
Some more awards From & Indrani of Appyayan:
Kreativ Blogger, 360 Foodie, Great Buddy, Chocoholic, & Good Job.
Tags: balti chicken, bloggeraid, cookbook, karahi chicken, Meat & Poultry, quaker, recipe, review for granola bar, true delight
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February 4th, 2009 at 6:21 am
Looks yuummmm, nice contribution from ur side , and congrats on all the awards,u truly deserve all
February 4th, 2009 at 6:41 am
This is the 2nd Balti dish I’ve seen this week, perhaps the next big cuisine? Thanks for sharing..it looks scrumptious.
February 4th, 2009 at 6:49 am
I love Balti cuisine, very popular in Britain although they do the same as any curry and serve in little Kadhais!
Balti dish looks great, I do have a cookbook from Baltistan. I never heard of this event which is going on, sounds good, will check. Thanks for posting.
February 4th, 2009 at 7:44 am
Wonderful cause…and its great to see a beautiful and famous Indian dish being a part of this cookbook..
Congrats on all the awards…and the wonderful review as well
February 4th, 2009 at 8:02 am
Wow looks appetizing and yummy. Nice info on Balti. Yummy contribution.
February 4th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Congrats on the awards and thanks for informing us about the cooking event!
February 4th, 2009 at 8:31 am
I love balti chicken and this looks so yumm.
I am sure the book will be lovelywith this recipe
February 4th, 2009 at 8:32 am
The chicken curry looks delicious. The color makes it all the more attractive.
February 4th, 2009 at 9:41 am
You deserve all that and more. Beautiful Balti dish
February 4th, 2009 at 10:13 am
The balti chicken looks yummy and yes congrats for the award
February 4th, 2009 at 10:16 am
Hi Soma. First of all congrats for all your awards. Well deserved. Thank you very much for being part of the cookbook. Looking forward to seeing your recipe in the cookbook and hope that some of your friends will come and join us and make a difference. It costs nothing and we hope that it may feed a few people. Thanks again.
February 4th, 2009 at 10:46 am
wow !! congrats for all those awards !!! u truely deserve them !!!
n wonderful recipie !!!
February 4th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Wow such a great contribution! You deserve these awards and wish more. Balti chick looks awesome , sure taste super delicious!
February 4th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Thank you so much for your submkission for the cookbook Soma. It doesw look delicious and will be a great asset. Thank you for helping us raise awareness around the world!!
February 4th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Balti chicken looks really delicious and that’s a really nice contribution to the event! Congrats on your awards too.
February 5th, 2009 at 12:29 am
I made lamb balti yesterday!! this looks great!
February 5th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
I’ve never tried balti. I’ve never tried alot of Indian cuisine – can you even believe that. I’m very curious about this recipe. It looks gorgeous and a beautiful submission for the cookbook.
February 7th, 2009 at 12:29 am
I’ve never tried balti chicken either. I thought it is only a fancy name!
Looks so delicious!
Your new design looks really neat and lovely!
February 7th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Way to go girl! Congrats! And the balti chicken looks sooooo good.
February 8th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
darn. since i can’t get the recipe here, i’ll have to do a search. this looks excellent.
February 9th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Oh Balti Chicken… yum and yum! The pictures are stunning… I love Indian Cuisine… I just do!