Sunday mornings, for most households down South, means waking up to the smell of ghee-loaded idlis and coconut chutney. Pair this with strong filter coffee and what you have is the perfect start to a day of doing nothing. But idli with chutney of choice and sambar is not just a breakfast meal.
It could easily pass as a light lunch and substitute the evening snacking. If you crave it some more, you can even order this steamed and puffy South Indian delicacy at night. Speaking of which, Swiggy, an online food delivery platform, released a report honouring idli, the beloved dish of people across India.
Marking World Idli Day on March 30, Swiggy shared that over 30 million plates of idlis were sold by the app between 30th March 2022 to 25th March 2023. Other than Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai, cities like Mumbai, Coimbatore, Pune, Vizag, Delhi, Kolkata, and Kochi played host to idli enthusiasts.
A single Swiggy user from Hyderabad who claims idli follows him wherever he goes ordered the maximum number of idlis in the last one year, spending a whopping amount of ₹ 6 lakhs on this easy-to-digest dish. But he did not gorge on them all by himself, he also ordered some for friends and family. How sweet is that?
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