Taftoon

Visit small independent bakeries from Kabul to Kolkata and you may find a common element: Taftoon. Freshly leavened bread, made with flour, infused with saffron and cardamom. Warm, filling, and aromatic, more than just a flatbread, it is the thread that binds disparate regions all along the Indian sub-continent.Rudyard Kipling described the Grand Trunk Road as ‘such a river of life as nowhere else exists in the world’. A ceaseless stream that runs from Kabul and Peshawar in the West, through the heart and hinterlands of northern India, to Kolkata in the East, carrying people, cultures and traditions, and cuisines, along this living route.In Mumbai, Taftoon is an ode to the flavors of this northern axis of the Indian subcontinent from the 16th Century. It is an exploration of authentic recipes recreated for the modern day.And when you visit, Nooshe Jan. May your soul be nourishe