Punjab: food, farms and farsan.

What farsan and sweets is Punjab known for?

• Amritsari papadSpiced urad dal wafer, sun-dried, roasted or fried
• Amritsari wadiyanSun-dried spiced urad dal dumplings for cooking
• PinniWinter ball of wheat flour, ghee, jaggery and nuts
• PanjiriRoasted wheat flour, sugar and nuts
• MathriSpiced flaky fried flour disc

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What does Punjab export?

• Basmati rice

  India total about 60.65 lakh t, about US$5.87–5.94 bn in 2024-25, mainly to Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Yemen and UAE; Punjab grows 42.7% of India's basmati

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• Kinnow

  About 5,000 t to Russia, Ukraine and the Middle East in 2015-16; 20,000 t export plan for 2016-17 (older data)

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• Poultry products

  Main destinations Oman, Maldives, Indonesia, Vietnam, Bhutan, Japan, Russia (no value given, 2025 profile)

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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?

• Amritsar

  Pickle (achaar), murabba and sharbat making; ODOP pickle and murabba cluster, units moving to Majitha Road, Annagarh and Tarn Taran Road Source

• Fazilka

  Kinnow ODOP (about 33,000 ha of kinnow); operational mega food park for fruit, vegetables and grains Source

• Abohar, Fazilka

  Kinnow belt; citrus estate and primary processing centre spoke of the Ludhiana food park Source

• Ludhiana

  Bakery products ODOP; central processing hub of a mega food park under implementation Source

• Kapurthala

  Operational mega food park (fruit, vegetables, grains); tomato ODOP Source

• Jalandhar

  Potato ODOP; agro-processing cluster for fruit and vegetables Source

• Hoshiarpur

  Jaggery and allied products ODOP; Bhunga citrus estate; proposed Pea Estate Source

• Bathinda

  Honey-based products ODOP Source

Sources

• MoFPI/PIB ODOP list by district (Dec 2023)
• S.S. Rana, basmati GI 2016
• IDR, kinnow and Abohar
• The Tribune, wheat pool
• The Tribune, Amritsar achaar and murabba
• City Amritsar, papad and warian