Swiggy delivers 7.6 cr biryani orders in past 12 months in India

Swiggy, an online food delivery company, disclosed on Friday that Indians placed 7.6 crore biryani orders in the previous 12 months, ahead of International Biryani Day, which is observed on July 2 every year.

According to the company, consumers across the country made 219 orders every minute for their favourite dish, ranging from the aromatic ‘Lucknowi Biryani’ to the fiery ‘Hyderabadi Dum Biryani’, and from the flavorful ‘Kolkata Biryani’ to the fragrant ‘Malabar Biryani’.

Swiggy’s order research also indicated some intriguing biryani ordering tendencies beginning in the first half of 2023.

Biryani orders have increased by 8.26% in the last five and a half months when compared to the same period in 2022.

While over 2.6 lakh restaurants across the country offer biryani through Swiggy, more than 28,000 thousand restaurants specialise solely in dishing out the biryani.

When it comes to cities that truly appreciated the biryani experience, Bengaluru took the lead with nearly 24,000 biryani-serving restaurants, followed by Mumbai with over 22,000 and Delhi with over 20,000.

Hyderabad topped in biryani consumption, with 7.2 million orders placed through June of this year. Bengaluru came second with nearly 5 million orders, and Chennai came third with nearly 3 million orders, the company mentioned.

A biryani lover from Chennai spent an amount of Rs 31,532 on a single order.

With nearly 85 variants and over 6.2 million orders, ‘Dum Biryani ‘has emerged as the undisputed champion.

Biryani rice came in second with 3.5 million orders, while ‘Hyderabadi Biryani’ received over 2.8 million orders.