I hooked up with adopted Brummie Steve Heap who has a large following on You Tube for his culinary exploits  and also provides a private cheffing service. Now whilst Steve has had more than a few Baltis, he had never been behind the scenes to see one cooked so what better person to show him than Zaf Hussain, the head chef and owner of the legendary Shababs in the Balti Triangle.

Not realising Steve was a pescatarian, I had brought in some loin of venison bought from the local farmer’s market. This meant that I ‘unfortunately’ had it all to myself but luckily Zaf saved the day by cooking a superb Balti Tarka Dal. Both Baltis mopped up with some quite superb doughy naans.

Apart from his You Tube exploits https://youtube.com/@stevenheaprecipes if you wanted to find more about both the cookery classes he runs and his cheffing services, visit Steve on www.privatechefsteve.co.uk