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Her take-out biryani, coconut shrimp and chicken tikka are rooted in family recipes from Kolkata.
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Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
This restaurant, like so many recent high-profile openings, is part of the genuinely thrilling wave of South Asian restaurants arguing for regional precision, pushing back against decades of commodity Indian cuisine, the culture- and geography-flattening tikka masalas and garlic naans.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
This flavorful, weeknight-easy pizza embraces shortcut ingredients like refrigerated dough, purchased tikka masala sauce, and rotisserie chicken.
—Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 24 May 2026
Frankies, similar to a burrito, come with chicken tikka, paneer tikka, or goat kheema.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 5 May 2026
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Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
This restaurant, like so many recent high-profile openings, is part of the genuinely thrilling wave of South Asian restaurants arguing for regional precision, pushing back against decades of commodity Indian cuisine, the culture- and geography-flattening tikka masalas and garlic naans.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
This flavorful, weeknight-easy pizza embraces shortcut ingredients like refrigerated dough, purchased tikka masala sauce, and rotisserie chicken.
—Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 24 May 2026
Frankies, similar to a burrito, come with chicken tikka, paneer tikka, or goat kheema.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 5 May 2026
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“Tikka.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tikka. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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