9.3 crore orders with Hyderabad top on list, newfound love for Mexican; What Indians ate in 2025?

NEW DELHI: 9.3 crore biryanis were ordered through 'Swiggy' alone in 2025. It seems like Indians and Biriyani is a better love story than Twilight, as the popular online comment goes. That is, one biryani is ordered every 3.25 seconds. 194 biryanis per minute. 5.77 crore chicken biriyani were ordered in 2025 alone.

Meanwhile, burgers came in second place at Rs 4.42 crore. Pizza and dosa at Rs 4.42 crore and Rs 2.62 crore, respectively. Hyderabad, the city that topped the list in 2024, reworked its magic this year too, with 97 lakh biryani orders. Bengaluru at 77 lakh and Chennai at 46 lakh. It is estimated that 60 lakh biryani orders were received during the month of Ramadan alone.

Chicken burger is the undisputed star of snack time. 63 lakh burgers were ordered during the snack time this year. In 2024, chicken roll orders were 24.8 lakh, but this year they have increased to 41 lakh. Chai-samosa - 34.2 lakh.

White chocolate is the star dessert this time - 69 lakh orders. Chocolate cakes 54 lakh. Gulab jam 45 lakh.

Among international cuisines, Mexican is the most popular with 1.2 crore orders. Korean is 4.7 lakh. At the same time, the figures show that people are also liking regional flavours. Pahadi, Malabar, and Rajasthani have seen an increase compared to the last time.

There has been a huge increase in the number of late-night orders. The most popular midnight order is chicken burger at 23 lakh. The star of breakfast is idlis with 96 lakh orders.