Navratri Snacks UK: What to Eat on Fasting Days and Garba Nights
Plan your Navratri in the UK with farali snacks, nuts, gathiya and Dussehra fafda. Authentic Gujarati snacks from Chandra Foods, delivered nationwide.
Farali Snacks Guide: What to Eat During Vrat (Fasting) in the UK
For Hindu households in the UK, vrat days come round more often than most people outside the community realise. Ekadashi twice a month, Shivratri, Janmashtami, the nine days of Navratri, Karva Chauth – each with its own food rules, all falling under the umbrella of farali eating. Which farali chevda counts as a proper fasting…
Gujarati Diwali Snacks: What Goes on the Diwali Thali (2026 UK Guide)
Diwali 2026 falls on Sunday 8 November in the UK, and in most Gujarati homes the first sign that it has arrived isn’t the diyas on the windowsill. It’s the steel plate on the coffee table. Thin yellow strips, thick knobbly sticks, crisp spirals, a small bowl of boondi on the side. That plate of…
Are Indian Snacks Healthy? A Guide to Roasted, Baked & Protein-Rich Options
Indian snacking has always been about more than just taste – it’s built around variety, texture, and genuinely good ingredients like chickpeas, lentils, nuts, and seeds. The great news is that within this huge and varied tradition, there’s an enormous range of naturally wholesome options, from roasted and baked snacks to protein-rich nuts and seeds,…
How to Turn Your Kitchen Cupboard into an Indian Chaat Station
There is a particular kind of satisfaction in opening a cupboard and finding everything you need to make a proper chaat, without a last-minute dash to the shops. A packet of sev, a box of papdi, some puri shells, a jar of chutney, and suddenly you can put together something that tastes like it came…
Build Your Own Indian Snack Box: How to Create the Perfect Custom Combo
Pre-made snack boxes are convenient, but they’re built with the average customer in mind, not you specifically. If you know you always finish the sev first and never touch the boondi, or you’d take three packs of gathiya over one of everything else, a fixed combo can start to feel like a compromise rather than…
Chandra Foods Multi-Buy Guide: Which Combo Is Right for You?
Scrolling through a list of combo boxes can be more confusing than helpful if you’re not entirely sure what each one is actually built for. Is the tea time combo different enough from the everyday nuts combo to justify getting both? Is the nuts and seeds box better for snacking or for smoothies? Rather than…
Baking Essentials for Cakes, Cookies & Desserts: The Nuts You Actually Need
Open most baking recipes and nuts show up somewhere – folded into a banana loaf, scattered over a tray of cookies, ground into flour for a gluten-free sponge, or simply toasted and pressed onto the side of a cake. The trouble is, not every nut behaves the same way once it hits the oven, and…
Mixed Nuts & Seeds Combo UK: What to Put in a Healthy Snack Box
Building your own healthy snack box sounds simple in theory – grab a handful of this, a scoop of that – but anyone who’s actually tried it knows the results can be hit or miss. Too many nuts and it feels heavy. Too many seeds and it’s all texture, no substance. Get the balance right,…
Indian Snack Gift Hampers UK: What to Send for Diwali, Weddings & Celebrations
Choosing a gift for someone often comes down to one simple question: will they actually enjoy it? Flowers wilt, candles pile up unused, and generic gift sets rarely feel personal. A well-put-together snack hamper, on the other hand, tends to get used the same week it arrives – shared over tea, opened at a family…
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