Khodayas Hawaal and Kashmiri Bakery
Shabnam Mondal
The art of Kashmiri bakery is as underestimated as the culture of a conflicted area could be. The political disturbances, the abrogation of Article 370 as well as the most recent blow in the form of a pandemic makes nothing in this valley salvageable.
Shops gather dust, closed for months at a time, the owners and bakers overcome with a deep sense of dread that can be justified as the only valid emotional reaction in the daily lives of Kashmiris.
The caste that was in history known to carry on the art of baking in Kashmir were the Sofis though the trade now is dispersed across society and young people from all over travel around their local regions looking to learn the craft.
The kinds of breads and the process of baking-
The different kinds of breads that c...