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Chhaunk Tempering is a cooking technique used in India, Bangladeshi cuisine, Bangladesh, Nepali cuisine, Nepal, Cuisine of Pakistan, Pakistan and Cuisine of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, in which whole spices (and sometimes also other ingredients such as dried ...

, in Indian cuisine is a method of seasoning food with spices heated in oil or ghee *

Tarka, Nigeria Tarka is a Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Wannune. It has an area of 371 km and a population of 79,494 at the 2006 census. The postal code A postal code (also known locally in vario ...

, a Local Government Area in Benue State, Nigeria *

Tarka, Niger Tarka, Niger is a village and rural commune in Niger.Tarka the Otter ''Tarka the Otter: His Joyful Water-Life and Death in the Country of the Two Rivers'' is a novel by English writer Henry Williamson, first published in 1927 by G.P. Putnam's Sons with an introduction by the Hon. Sir John Fortescue. It won t ...

'', a 1927 novel by Henry Williamson ** ''Tarka the Otter'' (film), based on the novel *

Tarka Line The Tarka Line, also known as the North Devon Line, is a local railway line in Devon, England, linking the city of Exeter with the town of Barnstaple via a number of local villages, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR). The line opened in 18 ...

, a railway line in Devon, England *

Tarka Trail The Tarka Trail is a series of footpaths and cyclepaths (rail trails) around north Devon, England that follow the route taken by the fictional Tarka the Otter in the book of that name. It covers a total of in a figure-of-eight route, centred ...

, a series of footpaths assembled from former railway lines *

Tarka (medication) Trandolapril/verapamil (Tarka) is an oral antihypertensive medication that combines a slow release formulation of verapamil hydrochloride, a calcium channel blocker, and an immediate release formulation of trandolapril, an ACE inhibitor. The pa ...

, a brand name for an antihypertensive medication * Tarka (flute), also ''tharqa'', a traditional flute of the Andes *

David Tarka David Tarka (born 11 February 1983 in Perth, Western Australia) is a retired Australian association footballer, who played two games for the national team. Club career Tarka was an Australian youth international and was an Australian schoolboy ...

(born 1983), Australian football player *

Taharqa Taharqa, also spelled Taharka or Taharqo ( Egyptian: 𓇿𓉔𓃭𓈎 ''tꜣ-h-rw-k'', Akkadian: ''Tar-qu-u2'', , Manetho's ''Tarakos'', Strabo's ''Tearco''), was a pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and qore (king) of the Kingdom ...

, Nubian pharaoh of the twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt * ''Tarka'' (film), a 1988 Kannada language movie *

Taarka ''Taarka'' is a Lyons, Colorado-based musical group originally formed in Portland, Oregon in 2001 by the husband/wife team of David Tiller (mandolin) and Enion Pelta-Tiller (violin). The group originally included Jarrod Kaplan on percussion and ...

, an Oregonian quartet * Tarka Cordell (1968–2008), British musician, writer and record producer *

Wiesław Tarka Wiesław Karol Tarka (born 30 June 1964 in Bydgoszcz) is a Polish diplomat, Poland Ambassador to Croatia (2008–2012) and Sweden (2014–2018). Life Wiesław Tarka finished High School No. 6, Bydgoszcz. He has graduated from German studies a ...

(born 1964), Polish diplomat *The Tarka, an alien race in the video game ''

Sword of the Stars ''Sword of the Stars'' is a space 4X game developed by Kerberos Productions. In the game the player chooses one of four unique races to form an interstellar empire and conquer the galaxy. In order to win, the player must expand territory by colon ...

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