Korean Cuisine Love On The Rise In India, Ranks Second Most Searched International Option

The balanced spicy blends of the Korean cuisine, grew to be a strong favourite in tier-2 and tier-3 cities of India, as it made up 5% of the searches. Ranking second in the top 3 most searched international cuisines, Korean contributed to 15% of the searches across the country.

The passion to embrace new flavours is also evident as the Arabic cuisine closely followed with 12% searches in India.

Love for Biriyani stood strong, as the dish ranked in the top 3 searches across tier-1, tier-2 and tier-3 cities of India. Chennai brought the highest demand for Biriyani with 20% searches coming from the city. While, Hyderabad had Biriyani accounting for 17% of the searches and Kolkata followed 15% of the searches coming from the city, the report showed.

Hyderabad's love for Mandi was also on display, as searches for the Arabic dish contributed to 25% of the searches.

Meanwhile, Chinese reigned supreme as the most searched international option in India, accounting for 31% of the international option searches across the country.