Does your festive weekend come with a little extra ordering, one more round of snacks after the puja, or a sweet treat you simply could not say no to? Across India, the celebrations came with a serious appetite, and the numbers tell an interesting story.
Between fasting-friendly meals, traditional favourites and desserts that made their way into carts by the hundreds every hour, the country’s festive food habits offered a glimpse into what people craved most. Swiggy’s latest data reveals just how much India ordered over the Navratri and Durga Puja weekend, and which festive favourites came out on top.
According to Swiggy’s festive data, the platform delivered an average of 1,794 sabudana dishes every hour during October 17 and 18. Meanwhile, rasgulla
emerged as the most-ordered sweet between October 17 and 20, averaging 495 orders an hour. Orders for traditional sweets also rose by 36.4% compared with the corresponding festive period last year.
Sabudana Khichdi And Vadas Were The Fasting Favourites
For anyone who has spent a fasting day wondering what to eat beyond fruit and potatoes, sabudana offers a familiar answer. Whether you prefer a bowl of lightly spiced sabudana khichdi with peanuts or crisp sabudana vadas served with chutney, these dishes remained popular choices during the festive weekend.
Mumbai and Bengaluru led demand for sabudana khichdi, with Pune and Jaipur also recording strong interest. Sabudana dishes topped Swiggy’s list of fasting favourites, followed by Navratri vrat thalis, singhara-based preparations, kuttu and rajgira specialities, samak rice and makhana dishes.
And if you are someone who likes a complete festive meal rather than ordering individual dishes, vrat thalis were popular too. Thalis featuring singhara poori led the demand, with Delhi, Bengaluru, Gurugram and Noida among the cities recording the highest orders.
Rasgulla Took The Crown Among Festive Sweets
Now, what is a festive meal without mithai? Swiggy’s numbers suggest that rasgulla was a clear favourite, averaging 495 orders every hour during the four-day period. Delhi, Mumbai and Gurugram led demand for the Bengali sweet.
Of course, rasgulla was not the only treat making its way into festive orders. Gulab jamun, kaju katli, jalebi and rasmalai also featured among the most-ordered sweets. While Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi and Hyderabad recorded substantial demand, smaller cities such as Patna, Dehradun, Jodhpur, Gaya and Thiruvananthapuram joined in the celebrations. Agartala, Shillong, Palwal and Bathinda also registered notable sweet orders.
Traditional sweets had their moment, but there was room for a little experimentation, too.
Some orders went well beyond a single serving. In Noida, one customer ordered 13 Navratri Special Vrat Thalis with Singhara Poori, spending Rs 11,072 over the weekend. In Mumbai, another customer placed what Swiggy identified as its highest-value Rasgulla order of the period, spending Rs 9,870 on an assortment that included Coffee Rasgulla Tiramisu. Traditional sweets, it seems, are getting comfortable sitting next to more experimental versions.
The fusion dessert brings together the familiar sweetness of rasgulla and the coffee-led character of tiramisu. It is the sort of combination that might appeal to anyone who loves traditional mithai but is curious about newer dessert twists.
Gen Z diners, in particular, appear to be pulling classic dishes back into the spotlight while adding their own twists — think tiramisu-inspired rasgullas or fusion paan flavours.
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