Tarka may refer to: Tarka, also Chhaunk, in Indian cuisine is a method of seasoning food with spices heated in oil or ghee Tarka, Nigeria, a Local Government Area in Benue State, Nigeria Tarka, Niger Tarka the Otter, a 1927 novel by Henry Williamson Tarka Line, a railway line in Devon, England Tarka Trail, a series of footpaths assembled from former railway lines Tarka (medication), a brand name for an antihypertensive medication Tarka (flute), also tharqa, a traditional flute of the Andes David Tarka (born 1983), Australian football player Taharqa, Nubian pharaoh of the twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt Tarka (film), a 1988 Kannada language movie Taarka, an Oregonian quartet Tarka Cordell (1968–2008), British musician, writer and record producer Wiesław Tarka (born 1964), Polish diplomat The Tarka, an alien race in the video game Sword of the Stars See also Tarka sastra, an Indian science of dialectics, logic and reasoning