| Birmingham is the Curry Capital of the UK. One visit to | | | | one of the giant naans the Triangle is famous for. |
| the city's Balti Triangle and you'll see why. | | | | They're sometimes as big as the table, so sharing is |
| What dish is England's all-time favorite? Is it fish and | | | | encouraged! It's no wonder that the Balti Triangle was |
| chips or shepherd's pie?Ask the average person in the | | | | ranked Number 15 of the Top 25 Travel Experiences |
| street and it's quite likely they'll tell you that the | | | | in Britain in the Rough Guide's "25s" Series. |
| wonderful curry is the country's favorite dish. | | | | It's believed that the balti originally came to Birmingham |
| The sheer number of different types of curries is | | | | in the mid-1970's and was introduced by the city's large |
| enough to make your head spin, but in Birmingham | | | | Pakistani and Kashmiri communities. It quickly became |
| there's one dish that towers over the rest. Welcome | | | | a local favourite, and then spread to surrounding |
| to the home of the mighty Balti: Birmingham's Balti | | | | regions and the rest of the nation. In fact, the balti curry |
| Triangle. The Balti Triangle consists of about 50 | | | | is such an established part of Birmingham's culture that |
| restaurants clustered around the Sparkbrook, Balsall | | | | balti bowls are now manufactured in the city. |
| Heath and Moseley areas of South Birmingham.The | | | | Not only does the Balti Triangle offer a veritable |
| Balti is king here, and it's easy to see why. | | | | smorgasbord of taste sensations, it also is the heart of |
| The word balti literally means "bucket", but a balti is | | | | a local economy that welcomes thousands of visitors |
| actually the flat-bottomed wok that this particular curry | | | | each year, making it a multi-million pound |
| is cooked and served in (usually still sizzling-hot).It's no | | | | industry.Additionally, a typical balti house helps keep |
| use asking a restaurant for their recipe, as they're a | | | | local suppliers of onions and chicken in business, as |
| closely-guarded secret in and around the Triangle, but | | | | they go through about 2000 kilograms of the former |
| typical spices include cloves, cumin, ginger, coriander | | | | and 300 kilograms of the latter each week. |
| and cardamom.One of the must-haves with a balti is | | | | |