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BALTI ORIGIN

Balti cuisine became known throughout the UK during the 1990s, after initial growth in Birmingham takeaways since the 1980s.

The term 'balti' refers to the steel or iron pot in which the food is cooked or served, taken from the word 'balti', which is derived from the Portuguese word 'balde', meaning bucket or pail, which was taken to India by the Portuguese on their seafaring enterprises in late fifteenth century.

Therefore, originally, the word 'Balti' refers to a bucket, then evolving to its meaning as a cooking pot.

PALM OIL

A native of West Africa, the history of the use of this particularly rich source of edible vegetable oil can be traced back over 5,000 years to the days of the Egyptian Pharaohs.

It is a very productive plant and every part can be used in a wide variety of products, earning it the title, ‘Gift from God’ in almost every country where it is grown. The palm fronds and fibres are used in the manufacture of medium density fibreboards, chipboard, paper, matting and mattress fibre, and of course the wood from the trunks can be made into furniture. There is the obvious culinary use of the oil, as well as for the manufacture of polymers, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, soaps and detergents, and crude palm oil can even be used as a fuel to run cars fitted with modified (Elsbett) engines.

Spring Rolls

Spring rolls is an umbrella term used in Western culture to describe disparate varieties of filled, rolled appetizers similar to the Chinese chun-juan (??, lit. "spring roll"), from which the term was derived. East and Southeast Asian cuisine foods referred by the term have different names depending on their country of origin, as well as the type of wrapper, fillings, and cooking techniques from which they are made.

They are commonly eaten in many Asian countries, most notably China, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia and Cambodia.