TIKKA and TADKA

13/08/2025

Exciting news!

I’m honoured to be featured in Oxford Mail as a finalist in the national Best Businesswomen Awards 2025—representing Wantage’s Tikka and Tadka in the Best Solopreneur category!

Growing up cooking alongside my mother in Kolkata inspired a dream that’s now a real and vibrant food business. From curry boxes and supper clubs to beautiful memories on plates, every step of this solo journey has been powered by passion and community support.

Thank you to everyone who’s tasted, cheered, and encouraged me along the way. This feature means the world!

Read the full story here: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/25374578.wantage-indian-food-business-founder-national-award/

The founder of Indian food business Tikka and Tadka has been named as a finalist in the Best Businesswomen Awards 2025.

01/08/2025

We gave our website a makeover—and no, it didn’t involve a face mask or cucumbers on the eyes. 😎

Our new site is live, shiny, and way easier to navigate (just like our kitchen after a deep clean!).

✨ Weekly curry box menus
✨ Event bookings
✨ Delicious food pics
✨ And a little bit of our story too

Go take a peek, drool responsibly 👉 www.tikkaandtadka.com

Link in the bio

30/07/2025

Our weekly curry box menu for next week. Place in your orders by Monday 4th August for delivery on Thursday 7th August.

21/07/2025

I’m so thrilled to share that Tikka and Tadka has been selected as a finalist in the Best Business Women Awards 2025 in the Best Solopreneur category!

Starting this little business from my home kitchen during lockdown, driven by a love for cooking and feeding people, I could never have imagined this journey. Today, I stand proud not just for myself, but for every woman who dreams of building something meaningful with heart, hard work, and belief.

Thank you to all my amazing customers, friends, family, and my mum, who taught me to cook with instinct and love. Your support means everything.

Congratulations to all the incredible women shortlisted this year and looking forward to the awards ceremony in October 💛💛

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10/07/2025

✨ Rasmalai Tiramisu – where two worlds meet ✨

“Growing up in Kolkata, rasmalai was always a celebration dessert. Cold, milky, saffron-kissed, with that soft chenna soaking up every bit of sweetness. It was what Ma would bring out on special days – birthdays, festivals, or just days when she felt like making us smile.

Years later, as I began exploring my own cooking, I fell in love with tiramisu – creamy, light, layered desserts that felt like clouds in a spoon. One day, as I stood whisking mascarpone, I thought of Ma spooning thick rabri over rasmalai, and I wondered – why not bring these two together?

And so, Rasmalai Tiramisu was born. A dessert that tastes like nostalgia dipped in new dreams. The delicate saffron rasmalai folded into sweetened cream and mascarpone, layered into a bowl of comfort and celebration.

Every bite reminds me of home and how food carries the power to connect worlds – Italy and India, childhood and today, Ma’s kitchen and mine.

💛 Would you try this fusion for your next dinner party? Let me know below.

15/06/2025

This weekend, the kitchen was full—and so was the heart. 💛

Yesterday, we had the joy of catering for a warm and welcoming Bengali gathering. There’s nothing quite like serving familiar flavours to people who’ve grown up with them—the comfort, the nostalgia, the shared nods of “just like home.”

We made some true Bengali classics:
✨ *Shorshe Ilish* – the queen of fish, bathed in mustard
🥔 *Notun Aloo’r Dom* – young potatoes in a soulful, spiced gravy
🍽️ *Kochuri* – flaky, puffed breads begging to be torn and dipped
🍍 *Anaras’er Chatni* – sweet pineapple chutney to end on a high note

And today, we celebrated Father’s Day with a quiet, home-cooked meal—Sam’s favourites on the table, stories shared, smiles exchanged.

As if the weekend wasn’t full enough, Ma arrived from India - bringing with her the smell of home, and that familiar feeling of everything being okay again.

To all the fathers and father-figures—thank you for being the grounding force in our lives. And to those who are not with us anymore or can’t be with us, we carry you with us, always.

And while Baba is no longer with us, his presence was felt in every bite, in every memory, in every moment around the table.

“A father is neither an anchor to hold us back, nor a sail to take us there,
but a guiding light whose love shows us the way.” - Unknown

08/06/2025

Lau Khosha Bhaja- A simple dish made from the vegetable peels of Lau ( aka as Lauki or bottle gourd)

“‘There’s always something to cook,’ Ma would say, standing in front of the fridge, scanning its contents like a detective piecing together clues.

Leftover dal from last night? It could be turned into crispy dal er bora (lentil fritters) for tea time. That single piece of fish no one ate? She’d flake it, mix it with potatoes and masalas, and suddenly, we had a plate of Macher Chop. Vegetable peels? They’d go into a niramish torkari, the kind that tasted even better than the real torkari

Nothing was wasted. Nothing was too small to become something magical.

As a child, I never thought much of it. But now, as I run my own kitchen I see the genius in her ways. She didn’t just cook—she created. She took scraps and turned them into feasts, reminding us that good food isn’t about excess; it’s about care, about knowing how to coax flavor out of the simplest things.

Every time I find myself improvising in the kitchen, making something out of nothing, I hear her voice. ‘Food is love,’ she’d say. ‘And love, my dear, should never be wasted.’

This week we will be partnering with for the and switching up our lunches for plant based food. Are you also taking part in the for the

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14/02/2025

Roses are red, Paneer is white,
You’re my forever, even after every fight! ❤️😜”

After 12 years of marriage, I’ve learned that the key to a happy husband isn’t sweet words—it’s a plate full of his favorite food! 💕 So this Valentine’s Day, I made something rich, indulgent, and completely irresistible—Paneer Musallam!

Soft, creamy, and full of flavor—just like his food preferences (and thankfully, his taste in wives too! 😆). They say love fades over time, but as long as there’s extra gravy and an unlimited supply of paneer, I think we’re safe!

Happy Valentine’s Day to my paneer-loving, forever-hungry, slightlydramatic but always adorable better half! 🥰🥰

Thank you for the recipe inspiration

10/02/2025

In every Indian home, food is love. It’s how we say thank you, how we celebrate, how we comfort. It’s the bowl of steaming dal waiting for you at the end of a long day, the extra roti made just in case you’re still hungry, the sweet treat that appears before you even ask for it.

At Tikka and Tadka, we carry this love into everything we cook. Our recipes have been in our family for generations, taught not just with instructions, but with heart. When we cater for you, we’re not just serving food—we’re sharing a part of our home, our history, our love for feeding people.

So whether it’s a big event or an intimate gathering, know that every bite is made with care, tradition, and a whole lot of love. Because food isn’t just something we make; it’s something we feel.