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单词 balti
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balti1

nounPlural baltis, Plural Baltis ˈbaltiˈbɔːlti
  • (in Pakistani cooking) a spicy dish cooked in a small two-handled pan known as a karahi.

    as modifier balti restaurants
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If so, did you cook or serve Britain or the world's first balti - or do you know who did?
    • Traditional classics such as tandoori, balti, korma, pathia, dopiaza, madras and bhuna curries were there, along with a decent choice of chef's specials, and, I was pleased to see, no puddings.
    • It certainly wasn't anything to do with the succulent chicken, the clean-tasting balti sauce or the cooked to perfection tomatoes and peppers.
    • It's a hook in the passenger side footwell, on which you can hang your bag of balti on a Friday night to avoid korma trauma in the car with curry spillage.
    • The menu describes the balti sauce as ‘unique’ and, cooked together with the mushrooms and prawns, it was certainly a very special dish.
    • Matthews, who has further convictions for theft and carrying a crowbar, was also alleged to have racially harassed workers and customers at an Indian take-away, balti house and Chinese chip shop.
    • The food comes in cast-iron pans in which it has apparently been cooked - a sort of upscale, Francophone balti.
    • Dishes included Cajun chicken, beef steak and mushroom pot, roast duckling and Cumberland sausage as well as a number of Indian balti offerings and blackboard specials.
    • The Bay's menu is vast, featuring traditional dishes of every kind including balti, tandoori, biryani, korma, bhuna, rogan josh - and even English dishes.
    • Imagine the scene: you're in the kitchen and you reach for a jar - doesn't matter what it is - could be marmalade, balti paste, peanut butter, whatever.
    • Among the Rajah's bewildering array of balti choices, two stand out.
    • Places he's likely to be spotted include various pubs in the Broad Street and Brindley Place area and perhaps later in the evening he may be found eating in a city centre pizza restaurant or balti house.
    • Heat a little oil in a wok or balti pan over a high heat.
    • John used to spend lengthy periods in India as a tour guide and knows his bhuna from his balti.
    • What the balti house lacks in bikini-clad women, sandy beaches and palm trees, it makes up for with pints of bitter on tap and a large menu of spicy dishes.
    • The Malton Spice offers the usual range of balti and Bengali dishes and curries, as well as a comprehensive selection of house specialities and chef's recommendations.

Origin

1980s: of uncertain origin: perhaps from Balti.

Rhymes

faulty, salty

Balti2

nounPlural baltis, Plural Baltis ˈbaltiˈbɔːlti
  • 1A native or inhabitant of Baltistan.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Gilgatis and Baltis do not count themselves as Kashmiris, and they will prefer that their area should become a province of Pakistan at the earliest.
    • Many Baltis converted to Islam and adopted his school of thought.
    • The Dard and Baltis inhabit Gurez, Tilel and Draas.
  • 2mass noun The Tibetan language of the Baltis, with around 400,000 speakers.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • To wear our traditional woollen clothes, or even to speak Balti is considered a sign of backwardness.
    • I speak Balti and have gotten to know the Balti women, especially the elders.
    • Around a quarter of million people living in these valleys speak Balti, an archaic Tibetan accent.
    • Nine languages are Dogri, Kashmiri, Ladaakhi, Pothwari, Balti, Gojri, Dardi, Punjabi and Urdu.
    • It is reported that most of the Shina speakers, to whom the Baltis refer as Brokpa, can also speak Balti.
adjective ˈbaltiˈbɔːlti
  • Relating to the Baltis or their language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Chapman's analysis of the origins of Balti cooking includes a bow to China (notably Szechuan); to Tibet; to Moghul cuisine; and to the ‘aromatic spices of Kashmir’.
    • They imported a genuine tandoori oven and a top Nepali chef, Dependra Bahadur to create delicious dishes which reflect the flavours and ingredients of classic tandoori and Balti cuisine.
    • For a month, I had heard nothing but Urdu (the local language), Balti music, and eaten Pakistani food.
    • K2's difficulties begin with its remoteness, reflected by the fact that the Balti hill people don't even have a name for the mountain.
    • His thick Israeli accent sounded loud in the Swiss Cottage air - pungent and appealing and strange, like Balti spices in the Pennines.

Origin

The name in Ladakhi dialect.

 
 
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