India binged on biryani in 2021; a fried snack was favourite: Swiggy report

Samosas ordered were equal to New Zealand's population; gulab jamun was the most preferred dessert.

Indians this year ordered 115 biryanis per minute, samosas equal to New Zealand’s population, and enough tomatoes to play the Spanish Tomatina festival for eleven years, according to an annual report by online food delivery company Swiggy.

The StatEATstics report analysed millions of orders received by Swiggy for food, grocery on Instamart, drop service Swiggy Genie and HealthHub between January and December 2021.

Biryani was the top dish: getting more than 5.5 crore orders this year compared to 3.5 crore in 2020. Samosa was the most binged snack of the year, getting about 5 million orders.

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