Gathiya looks simple from the outside – fried gram-flour strands, pale gold, sold in bags labelled with a dozen slightly different names. But anyone who grew up in Gujarat, or who’s spent time in a Gujarati kitchen, will tell you gathiya isn’t one thing. It’s a category, and within that category, Bhavnagari gathiya occupies its…
Order it in Mumbai and it’s pani puri. Ask for it in Delhi and you’ll hear golgappa. Cross into Kolkata and it becomes puchka. Head to Hyderabad or parts of the south and you might hear gup chup. Four names, four regions, four sets of people who’d each insist their version is the real one…
Ask most people outside Gujarat what Indian breakfast looks like, and they’ll picture something sweet – a laddoo, a bowl of sheera, maybe a paratha with jam. Ask a Gujarati household, and the answer is almost always the opposite. Breakfast in Gujarat is savoury, spiced, and built around a category of food that doesn’t have…
Ask someone in Britain to name an Indian snack and there’s a good chance they’ll say Bombay mix. Ask an Indian family and you may get a puzzled look, because in India nobody calls it that. If you’re typing “Bombay mix UK buy online” into a search bar, this guide explains what it really is,…
Look along the shelf of any Indian food shop and you’ll find a dozen bags labelled sev. They all look like golden tangles of fried gram flour, yet they taste and behave very differently. If you’ve been wondering how ratlami sev UK shops sell differs from nylon sev, and which one belongs in your basket,…
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…
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