Dussehra falls on Tuesday 20 October 2026, and if you grew up in a Gujarati household, you already know what that means before the date is even confirmed. It means an early start, a queue (or a very determined family member who “knows a guy”), and a table that smells of besan, ajwain and hot…
In a Gujarati home, chai is never served alone. The kettle goes on, and someone reaches for the tin, or the steel dabba, or the big glass jar on the top shelf. The best snacks for chai are dry, crunchy and salty-spicy, and they make a strong, sweet, milky cup taste even better. Three of…
Plan your Navratri in the UK with farali snacks, nuts, gathiya and Dussehra fafda. Authentic Gujarati snacks from Chandra Foods, delivered nationwide.
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…
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…
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…
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…
If you’ve ever stood in front of an Indian street food stall, or scrolled through a chaat menu at a restaurant, you’ve probably seen these three names sitting side by side: bhel puri, sev puri, and pani puri. They sound similar, they’re all served in small bowls or on little plates, and they all fall…
There is a particular kind of energy that comes from a pani puri night. Everyone gathers around the same table, hands get a little messy, and nobody is quite sitting down properly because the whole point is to keep moving between the puris, the pani, and whatever else is on the spread. If you are…
Ask anyone who grew up in a Gujarati household about snacks and you’ll get a knowing smile. Between meals, alongside tea, at festivals and family gatherings, there’s almost always a bowl of something crisp, spiced and impossible to stop eating. This tradition of savoury nibbles even has its own name, farsan, and it’s one of…
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