Meghalaya: food, farms and farsan.

What farsan and sweets is Meghalaya known for?

• PukhleinRice-flour and jaggery cake, fried or steamed
• TungrymbaiKhasi fermented soybean, wrapped in leaves

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What does Meghalaya export?

• Lakadong turmeric and ginger powder

  Trial exports June 2021: 150 kg turmeric and 150 kg ginger powder to the Netherlands; 210 kg turmeric and 5 kg ginger powder to the UK

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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?

• Jowai, West Jaintia Hills

  Lakadong turmeric, 7–12% curcumin, grown only in West Jaintia Hills (GI 30 March 2024) Source

• Shillong, East Khasi Hills

  East Khasi Hills, Khasi mandarin growing area (GI 2015) Source

• Nongstoin, West Khasi Hills

  West Khasi Hills, Khasi mandarin growing area (GI 2015) Source

• Tura, West Garo Hills

  Garo Hills: Garo chubitchi rice beverage (GI 2024) Source

Sources

• APEDA, Meghalaya GI list
• Manorama Yearbook, Lakadong turmeric GI
• EastMojo, turmeric and ginger powder exports (2021)
• EastMojo, Meghalaya pineapple (2023)
• NEHU, tungrymbai study
• Krishi Jagran, pukhlein