A SPECIAL curry has been spiced up with a sauce created by Entwistle’s of Ramsbottom.

The deli, in Bridge Street, has allowed its Lancashire Sauce to be used in the ‘Bolti’, the latest addition to the menu at The Royal Balti House.

The restaurant in Farnworth, Bolton, is celebrating 40 years of the Balti dish by naming its new special in honour of the town.

The Royal Balti House, the second best Indian restaurant in Greater Manchester, according to Trip Advisor, will officially launch the Bolti at the Bolton Food and Drink Festival over the August bank holiday weekend.

And it was served at a tasting night at the Market Street restaurant, where special guest was Luis Troyano, of The Great British Bake Off fame. He gave the dish the thumbs up, and said: “I was really happy to be invited to try the Bolti.

“It was without a doubt the best I have ever had and I’m not just saying that.

“This restaurant is amazing, it was really delicious, a great consistency and that sauce is amazing.” The new recipe has been enhanced with achari pickle, as well as Entwistle’s sauce. Mr Troyano added: “You could get the overtones of the mustard, vinegar and turmeric. Adding the sauce to rice and dipping naan in was really nice.

“You could definitely tell the sauce was in there.”

Manager Keith Meah and chef Anwar Hossein say they have created the dish, which is “spicier, more tangy and aromatic”, in response to demand from regular customers who had tried everything on the menu and wanted something bigger and bolder. Mr Meah said: “We’re great fans of the Balti – we specialise in them, and that’s reflected in our name. We have many regulars who want to try something that’s not on the menu and so we create new dishes for them.

“Our customers love it. To mark the 40th anniversary of the invention of the Balti in Birmingham, and the fact that we’re based in Bolton, we came up with the idea of calling our new dish the Bolti.