Kashmir valley has an age-old tradition of baking the most phenomenal breads which is a part of our culture. The morning tea – nun chai or Kahwa – has to be accompanied with a Tchot (Kashmiri name for the morning medium sized round bread). Irrespective of the weather conditions, political instability, floods, curfews this ritual does not stop. During an early morning walk in any colony one person from each family can be seen with a bag full of freshly baked breads (tchochi) going home from a kandaerwan (Baker’s outlet). The types of breads made in these bakeries can make your mouth water. Bread for breakfast is different from breads had during the day and the evenings. Then there are special breads for different festivities.The bakers are specially trained persons who master their art as a family tradition or from an ustad under whom they had worked for years. While the public is sleeping the Kandur is working in the early hours of the morning. The family gets up around 2 am in all sea