India, Dec. 31 -- As house parties and celebrations take centre stage on New Year's Eve today, Indians are turning to quick-commerce platforms to stock up on food and party essentials. Data shared by Swiggy on X shows a massive surge in orders through the evening, led overwhelmingly by comfort favourites - with biryani once again ruling the charts.

By 7:30 pm, Swiggy Food said 2,18,993 plates of biryani have already been ordered. "abhi 7:30 bhi nahi baje hai aur 2,18,993 biryanis order ho chuki hai. king fr," Swiggy tweeted.

In a series of humorous live updates, the platform added that over 90,000 burgers had been delivered by 9:30 pm. Swiggy further noted that 4,244 people ordered upma. It added that 1,927 users in Bengaluru ordered sa...