Navratri 2026 Is Sorted For Snacking With This

Farali Poha

Recipe

Navratri 2026 begins on 11 October, which means nine days of fasting food are about to land on the table, and a crunchy snack that needs almost no cooking is worth having in a jar before the first day arrives. This farali poha is perfect for snacking along with other festive delights. It is a sweet-and-salty mix of potato sticks, roasted nuts and makhana, finished with black pepper, curry leaves and green chillies, and ready in under ten minutes. If you are fasting, then this snack is perfect as unlike the typical breakfast poha this has no rice in it. This farali poha’s crunchy base here comes from potato sticks, bulked up with almonds, cashews, peanuts and makhana. Turmeric and red chilli powder, which are also commonly left out of fasting food, do not feature in this recipe either. The pepper, sugar, chilli and curry leaf do all the talking, and the texture and flavour come from a few small details. The nuts are dry roasted first, then makhana. Caster sugar goes in next and is tossed through until every potato stick is lightly coated. Nothing here needs fussing over, which suits a busy Navratri 2026 week.