A single Swiggy user from Hyderabad has spent a whopping Rs six lakh on ordering Idlis over the last 12 months, the foo𓂃d delivery 🔴platform claimed on Thursday.
Swiggy released its analysis on the occasion of 'World Idli Day', celebrated on March 3♏0 ev👍ery year.
The analysis covers the period from March 30, 2022, to March 25, 2023, and provides interesting insights into the popularity of this South Indiꦫan delicacy, a Swiggy release said he🍌re.
"A single Swi๊ggy user from Hyderabad ordered the maximum number of idlis last year, spending a whopping 6 lakh rupees on this south Indian delicacy. What’s more, this user has ordered 8,428 plates of Idlis including orders placed for friends and family, both while traveling across cities like Bengaluru and Chennai," it said.
Swiggy has delivered 33 million plate༺s of Idlis in the l𝕴ast 12 months, indicating the immense popularity of this dish among customers, it said.
Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Chennai are the top three cities where idlis are ordered the most. Other cities that follow closely are Mumba♈i, Coi🐈mbatore, Pune, Visakhapatnam, Delhi, Kolkata, and Kochi, it said.
The analysis also showed that the most popular time to order ꦚidlis is between 8 AM to 10 AM,♍ with consumers from Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, and Mumbai also ordering idlis during dinner time.
Plain idli is the most popular variant acr๊oss all cities, wit🦹h a plate of two pieces being the most common order, the release said.
Rava idli is more popular in Bengaluru than in any other city, while ghe🔜e/neyi karam podi idli is popular in cities across Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Telanga﷽na.
Thatte idli and mini idli also feature regularly amongst idli orders across ♐all cities.
