The mild and creamy korma is a good entry-level curry for the spice-adverse. The pale yellow dish contains meat or vegetables, which are braised with yogurt or cream, and mild, fragrant spices.

Stirring constantly to avoid burning, he fried chicken thigh meat in a balti dish on a heat so high that flames engulfed the food. Zaf then added onions, green peppers, tomatoes, chilli and garlic ...

The Balti curry from Curries & More in Boca Raton was brick-red and thick, with large chunks of boneless, white-meat chicken. Scooped up with naan or eaten over basmati rice, it had a peppery, ...