Farali chevdo is a crunchy fasting snack: thin potato sticks, peanuts, and a touch of sweetness from raisins or similar bits, made without the usual onion-garlic masala of everyday namkeen. We stock Balaji Farali Chevdo in a 190 g pack, listed at $2.29, and it is tagged both farali and no garlic, no onion.
Gujarati homes pull this kind of mix out for Navratri and for Ekadashi. We are a shop, not a priest, so the tag means “listed in our farali range,” not a certificate. If your family follows a stricter list, read the bag.
What is in farali chevdo
The Balaji pack is a dry mix you eat from the bag or from a bowl. You do not fry it again. The potato strands give the length, the peanuts give the weight, and the sweet bits keep it from tasting only of salt. A 190 g pack is enough for a small family over a day or two of fasting snacks, not a one-bite sample.
Store the open pack clipped shut. Fasting mixes go soft if the kitchen is steamy, the same way any fried potato snack does. It does not need the fridge.
The product page is Balaji Farali Chevdo, 190 g. That page is the one to trust for today’s stock. This article will not change the stock dot.
What else sits on the fasting shelf
Farali chevdo is the ready mix. These are the other in-stock items shoppers add when they are cooking or filling a plate. Each one is tagged farali in our catalogue.
- Sabudana (sago), 400 g, listed at $1.99. Used for sabudana khichdi and vadas. It is not a ready snack.
- Samo seeds (vari) for upvas, 400 g, listed at $2.19. A grain people cook on fasting days, sold as seeds, not as a prepared dish.
- Masala makhana, 100 g, listed at $4.99. A ready crunch, also tagged no garlic and no onion.
- Balaji banana wafers, Mast Mari, 150 g and Mast Masala, 150 g, each listed at $2.79. Crisp banana chips in the farali and no-onion ranges.
The full filter is the farali products page. It includes some drinks and dry fruit that families use on fasting days, and it also includes items you may not consider farali in your own home. Use the tag as a shortlist, then read labels.
A simple fasting plate
A bowl of farali chevdo covers “something crunchy” without cooking. If you are cooking, sabudana or samo is the base and the chevdo is what you put out for people who arrive early. Makhana is the quieter crunch if someone wants less spice than the chevdo.
Banana wafers are the chip-shaped option when children ask for something that looks like a wafer. They are still a fried snack. They are not a fruit serving.
Ordering from North York
Pickup is at 40 Fountainhead Road. For a fasting week, order the chevdo with sabudana or samo in the same basket so you are not short on the morning you meant to cook. Doorstep delivery across the Greater Toronto Area starts at $50, as written in our terms.
