Balti is a type of curry. It has achieved cult status in the west in a remarkably short space of time. Indeed, the very word Balti is as alien to most of the people of the subcontinent, as was the curry when that word was coined long ago. Balti's origins, as with all such food, goes back a long time. The northern-most part of the subcontinent is Pakistan's Kashmir, a part of which is called Baltistan.
