Tikka

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Tikka or Teeka is the English transliteration for two entirely distinct South Asian/Indian words: tikka with a soft initial 't' and tikka with a hard initial 't'. This often causes some confusion as to which 'tikka' is meant.

Tikka with a soft initial 't' means a piece of meat, such as a cutlet.

• The popular dish chicken tikka is made of chicken cutlets in a marinade. A westernised version, chicken tikka masala, is a widely popular dish in the United Kingdom.
• The marinade used in the preparation of chicken tikka can also be called tikka. It is made from a mixture of aromatic spices and dahi (the Indian word for plain yoghurt).
• Paneer prepared in a tandoor is also known as paneer tikka.

Tikka pronounced with a hard 't' can mean a forehead mark or a needle.

• South Asian men and women sometimes wear a mark on the forehead, a dot, smudge, or lines of red, black, or ash-grey. The woman's mark is most often called a bindi. It can be worn as a decoration, by women of any religion, or as a Hindu religious observance. The mark worn by some Hindu men is called a tikka. The most common tikka is red powder applied with the thumb, in an upward stroke.

Tikka can also be a name.

• Tikka Khan was Chief of Pakistan Army.
• Tikka is also a surname of a family belonging to Kapu community in the costal districts of Andhra Pradesh

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• Tikka is also a line of hunting rifles manufactured by Finnish firearms manufacturer SAKO.

• Tikka is also a model of headlamp by Petzl.