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Nepali home businesses, from home-cooked food to sari tailoring, in the Chaana app.

Gharelu is the Chaana app's section for Nepali businesses run from home: home-cooked food and tiffin, momo and sweets, cakes and baking, tailoring and alterations such as sari blouses and kurtas, mehndi and beauty, events and decor, and priest and astrology services. It is separate from the Business Directory. In the app you can search it, switch between the list and the map, and open a business to save it to Favourites, call from the card or start a chat. Gharelu lives only in the app; its listings are not shown on this website.

About the Chaana appSee the Business Directory
What
Home-run businesses: food and tiffin, cakes, tailoring, mehndi, decor, priest services
Where
Only in the Chaana app, not on this website
How to open it
The Gharelu tile on the Home screen, opening under the Business tab
Cost
Free to browse; posting follows your plan
Contact
Call from the card, or chat in the app

What you can do.

Finding a home business

Home-business categories
Home businesses are grouped as Food & Tiffin, Cakes & Baking, Tailoring & Fashion, Beauty & Mehndi, Events & Decor and Priest & Astrology. Pick one to narrow the list.
Search
Search by name to find a home cook, a tailor or a mehndi artist.
List, map or categories
Switch between the list, a map, and category tiles.
Cards with quick actions
Each business shows as a card with favourite, call and report actions.
Favourites
Tap the heart to keep a business in your Favourites in the app.

Talking to a home business

Call from the card
Tap call to ring the business straight from the list.
Chat in the app
Start a chat with the owner; the conversation stays in your Messages, and a phone number is never put on either person's device.
First message from a template
Your first message starts from a menu of common questions built from the listing, with Write my own if you prefer.
Report a card
Report a business straight from its card if something looks wrong.

Inside Gharelu, screen by screen.

Each screen is rebuilt from the Chaana app. Scroll, and the phone follows along.

The home kitchens, tailors and mehndi artists near you.

Gharelu is its own section: home cooks, bakers, tailors, mehndi artists and other home-based work, listed separately from shopfront businesses. Cards show what they make, where they are and how to reach them.

  • Home-based businesses only
  • Its own categories
  • Open status and suburb
  • In the app only

The menu, the price list, this week's special.

A home cook posts a menu with prices, a tailor posts services, and specials carry an end date and a code to mention when you order.

  • Prices by section
  • Specials with codes
  • Posted by the business

A rating from real, written reviews.

The Community rating out of 5 and how many reviews it is based on, then the reviews themselves. One review per member, and you can follow a business for new items and specials.

  • Community rating
  • One review each
  • Follow for new items

How it works.

How to find a home business in Gharelu

  1. Open the Chaana app and tap the Gharelu tile on the Home screen.
  2. Gharelu opens with the Business tab highlighted.
  3. Pick a category, or search by name.
  4. Switch between the list and the map.
  5. Open a business to see it in full.
  6. Tap the heart to save it to Favourites, or call from the card.

How to contact a home business

  1. Open the business from the Gharelu list.
  2. Tap the message button to start a chat.
  3. Pick a ready-made question from the template sheet, or tap Write my own.
  4. Send your message.
  5. Find the conversation later under Messages in the app.

What you get.

  • Home businesses, with the same tools

    Home cooks, tailors and mehndi artists get search, categories, favourites and reports, like any other listing in the app.

  • Talk without giving out your number

    Chat keeps the conversation in the app and never puts a phone number on either person's device.

  • Kept out of public search

    Gharelu is app-only. Its businesses are not listed on this website.

  • Call when you would rather ring

    Call is a button on the card, and chat is there when you would rather type.

How you are protected.

The safety rules and limits, stated plainly.

  • Gharelu is app-only: its businesses are hidden from this website by the app's access rules and show only inside the Chaana app.

  • Chat is the app's main way to make contact, and it never puts a phone number on either person's device.

  • Every Gharelu card can be reported straight from the list.

Questions people ask.

What does Gharelu mean?

Gharelu is the app's own name for its home-businesses section. It covers Nepali businesses run from home, such as home-cooked food, tiffin, momo and sweets, cakes, sari and kurta tailoring, mehndi, decor and priest services.

Is Gharelu the same as the Business Directory?

No. The Business Directory lists Nepali-owned and Nepali-friendly businesses across Australia. Gharelu is a separate section just for businesses run from home.

Can I see Gharelu on this website?

No. Gharelu listings are hidden from the website and only show inside the Chaana app. Open the app and tap the Gharelu tile on the Home screen.

How do I contact a home business?

Open the business in the app and start a chat; your first message can come from a short menu of ready-made questions. You can also tap the call button on its card.

Does Gharelu cost anything?

Browsing is free. Posting follows your plan: free accounts have a daily limit and paid plans allow more. The plans are compared on the pricing page.

Open Gharelu in the Chaana app.

It is where home-based Nepali businesses live, and it is only in the app.

About the Chaana appSee the Business Directory

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