Sikkim: food, farms and farsan.

What farsan and sweets is Sikkim known for?

• Sel rotiRing-shaped fried rice-flour bread, made for festivals

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What does Sikkim export?

• Dalle chilli (GI)

  About 15,000 kg fresh to the Solomon Islands, March 2025

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• Large cardamom (GI)

  Mostly domestic; exports to Pakistan (largest), UAE, UK, US, Canada, Australia, South Africa (2013 review; no value)

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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?

• Gangtok

  Major large cardamom (GI 2015) market Source

• Singtam, Gangtok

  Major large cardamom trading market Source

• Namchi

  Dalle khursani chilli (GI) ODOP district; source of 15 t export to Solomon Islands (2025) Source

• Jorethang, Namchi

  Large cardamom trading market Source

• Mangan

  Large cardamom trading market in the north Source

• Temi, Namchi

  State-owned Temi tea garden; most Sikkim tea is sold as Temi black tea Source

Sources

• APEDA, Sikkim GI list
• PIB, Sikkim organic state
• ICAR, large cardamom curing bhattis
• Mountain Research and Development (2016), large cardamom
• ODOP product list (May 2023)
• University of North Bengal, selroti thesis (2007)