'Balti' food- origin and etymology

A Balti is a British-style type of curry cooked and served up in a thin, pressed stell wok-like pan. It is served in many restaurants in the United Kingdom. The precise origins of the Balti style of cooking are uncertain: some believe it to have been invented in Birmingham, while others believe it originated in Pakistani region from where it was brought by South Asian immigrants to Britain.Balti cuisine become known throughout the UK during the 1990s and it is thought that ‘Balti’ food is named after the pot in which is cooked. Hobson-Jobson, 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/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.