Breaking Bread

FROM FRESHLY BAKED SOURDOUGH AND RUSTIC MILLET LOAVES TO KETO BREAD TO SUIT YOUR DIET, CITY BAKERS ARE BREAKING THE MOULD TO CATER TO A DISCERNING NEW MARKET.

- Prachi Sibal

BREAD ON A DIET

THE GLUTEN-FREE BREAD BOUTIQUE

Whether you are gluten-intolerant or are keeping off it to stay fit, you no longer need to give up bread. Shwetha Muthanna, 36, owner, The Gluten-Free Bread Boutique, will ensure you are spoilt for choice with as many as 35 types of bread on her menu.

It all began in 2006 when a friend approached Muthanna to bake a loaf for her autistic son who was recommended a gluten-free diet. “I was already running a catering business and baking. I thought, how different could it be?” she says. Muthanna took her time to try out different flours that mimic wheat and finally baked her first loaf almost a year later.

Now, her entire setup at is gluten-free and she bakes sweet and savoury breads, cakes, cookies and more. Muthanna grows fruits and herbs in her own farm and goes the extra mile to mill her own flours as well. For the rest, she works with organic farmers from small collectives to source her ingredients.

Her menu includes chocolate cherry bread, blueberry loaf, coffee bread, activated charcoal bread and the fast-selling seed loaf. Her new introduction, the keto loaf, is among the most popular ones. Muthanna conducts day-long gluten-free baking classes on a one-on-one basis. “After a class I ensure the person never has to buy bread again,” she says.

SIGNATURE LOAF Keto bread, a sprouted seed loaf that uses a combination of flours including almond flour.

SUGGESTED PAIRING Avocado, chilli and lime or toasted with honey.

AT 136, 100 Feet Rd, HAL 2nd Stage, Indiranagar

TEL [phone]

PRICE ₹400 to ₹800 

Order a day in advance. Some loaves are available for pick-up on weekends