Hot, spicy food rules online orders: Survey

Food-lovers across India have been prefering hot and spicy foods when ordered online, said a survey conducted by Foodpanda, a global online food delivery marketplace.

The finding, released on the occasion of International Hot and Spicy day, was conducted on the basis of food ordered online over the past eight months across the metro cities of India.

Amongst dishes, chilli chicken topped the chart as the hottest and spicy cuisine ordered the most in Delhi, Bengaluru and Hyderabad while Andhra delicacies have been termed super spicy by food lovers.

The survey showed that food lovers from Hyderabad opted for Chinese and North Indian cuisine the most while the people of Mumbai and Pune went for experimenting with Mexican dishes. North Indian veggie food item aloo dum got eaqual attention from the taste buds of southern and western India.

The findings also showed that Chennai stuck to chicken chettinad. Mexican burger, Andhra chilli chicken, lal maas, Mexican wings, aloo dum, American bbq chicken wings, el Mexicano taco, chicken chettinad, Mexican green wave and chilli chicken are the top ten rulers of hot and spicy food ordered online by the urban population in India.