India ordered 2 Biryanis per second, reveals Swiggy report - Check its Veg vs Non-Veg stats

According to food ordering and delivery platform Swiggy, when it came to India's top dishes in 2021, the StatEATstics report found biryani to be the undisputed dish, topping the charts for the sixth year in a row.

"In 2020, 90 Biryanis were ordered per minute and in 2021, India ordered 115 Biryanis per minute, or 2 Biryanis per second," Swiggy said.

Biryani: Veg vs Non-veg stats

Chicken biryani was ordered 4.3 times more than the vegetarian counterpart.

Interestingly, over 4.25 lakh new users made their Swiggy debut by ordering a chicken biryani, says Swiggy.

StatEATstics report by Swiggy

The StatEATstics report is based on orders received by Swiggy for food delivery, grocery on Instamart, pick up and drop service Swiggy Genie and HealthHub platforms between January and December 2021.

The humble samosa is India's "most binged snack" of 2021 with about 50 lakh orders, topping the list of the most ordered food during the year, according to food ordering and delivery platform Swiggy, as per PTI.

Coming a distant second in the top food orders of the year list was pav bhaji and gulab jamun with 21 lakh orders each, as per the sixth annual 'StatEATstics report' by Swiggy.

The love for 'desi samosa' was reflected in the fact that it was ordered "six times more than chicken wings".

"The most binged snack of the year was the Samosa with about 5 million orders on Swiggy...," it said in a statement.

(With PTI inputs)