Not Only Was Biryani India's Favorite Dish In 2019 But Also The Most Ordered During Pandemic

In 2019, chicken biryani emerged as the most popular of dishes frequently ordered in India. Turns out, our favourite dish has kept its ranking during the lockdown as well.

According to Swiggy's StatEATistics report: The Quarantine Edition, biryani was the most ordered dish during lockdown. According to the report, people ordered biryani over ¡®5.5 lakh times¡¯ from their favourite restaurants.

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A lot of things may have changed but it looks like people¡¯s love for biryani is evergreen. The top order was followed by butter naan and masala dosa at 3,35,185 and 3,31,423, respectively.

According to the same report, biryani has topped the list of most ordered dishes for the fourth consecutive year now!

Favourite comfort food or dessert for Indians during the lockdown period turned out to be choco lava cake that was ordered around 1,29,000 times. Gulab jamun with 84,558 and butterscotch mousse cake with 27,317 followed that.

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In 2019, 95 plates of chicken biryani were sold every minute. That was also a report by Swiggy that revealed the food habits of people across the country, in which biryani emerged the winner.

Masala dosa was at the second spot. The third dish on the list was paneer butter masala after which there was chicken fried rice.

Also Read: You Can Now Order Biryani Made By Kerala Jail Inmates On Swiggy For Rs 127!

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What do you think it is about biryani that makes people love it year after year? Are you one of those people loyally in love with biryani?