Kerala: food, farms and farsan.

What farsan and sweets is Kerala known for?

• Banana chips (ethakka upperi)Nendran banana slices fried in coconut oil
• KuzhalappamCrisp rolled rice-flour tubes with coconut and sesame
• AchappamCrisp rice-flour rose cookies made with a mould
• UnniyappamFried rice, jaggery, banana and coconut balls
• Kozhikode halwaChewy coloured halwa from Kozhikode

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What does Kerala export?

• Seafood (via Kochi port)

  1.79 lakh t, ₹7,285 crore in FY 2025-26

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• Cashew kernels

  India 65,244 t, USD 338.18 million in FY25; Kollam over 50,000 t a year (undated)

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• Small cardamom

  India USD 184.65 million (6,728 t) in 2024-25; Kerala grows 18,310 t

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• Black pepper

  India USD 124.54 million (20,830 t) in 2024-25; Kerala about 30% of output

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India publishes few export figures by state of origin. Where a figure is national, a port total or a single shipment, it says so.

Where is it grown, processed and shipped?

• Kollam

  Cashew processing and export hub (over 50,000 t a year) Source

• Kochi, Ernakulam

  Third-largest seafood export port (1.79 lakh t, 2025-26) Source

• Kattappana, Idukki

  Small cardamom belt (Idukki about 85% of India); Puttady spice park nearby Source

• Palakkad

  Palakkadan Matta rice (GI); operational mega food park Source

• Kalpetta, Wayanad

  Wayanaad Robusta coffee and Jeerakasala/Gandhakasala rice GIs Source

• Kozhikode

  Nendran banana chips and Kozhikode halwa; coconut products ODOP Source

• Vazhakulam, Ernakulam

  Vazhakulam pineapple (GI 2009-10) Source

• Cherthala, Alappuzha

  Mega food park (status reported inconsistently) Source

Sources

• Spices Board, list of spice GIs
• Spices Board, Kattappana brochure
• PIB coconut factsheet (2026)
• Down To Earth, Kollam cashew
• Agro & Food Processing, Kochi oleoresin
• Kerala Tourism, snacks and sweets