An entire year has ended in the blink of an eye. The last month of 2025 is underway. Throughout the year, life contains everything — happiness, sorrow, and problems. However, while joy and sorrow may come and go in life, Indians have never refrained from trying new foods. It goes without saying that every Bengali has a particular obsession with food. Here are the foods that were searched the most on Google throughout this entire year.
Currently, Indians' inclination toward foreign foods has also increased. From foreign dishes to thekua, Indians don't leave anything out of their food list. So let's take a quick look at which foods made it to the 'Year in Search' trending list.
Idli
Idli have emerged at number one in the food search list. However, it's not just normal idlis made with rice flour — ragi idlis, stuffed idlis, and even fusion-style idli sandwiches have captured people's imagination. This popular South Indian dish has undergone some changes with time. However, people are taking these changes positively.
Modak
It looks somewhat like momos, but its taste is sweet. Actually, this sweet is offered as prasad during Ganesh Chaturthi in Maharashtra. This sweet made with rice flour, wheat flour, and coconut tastes quite good. In 2025, the process of making this sweet was searched the most on Google. It has two varieties — steamed and fried modak.
Thekua
Just hearing the name makes everyone's mouth water. This is made during Chhath Puja in Bihar, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh, whose name has been circulating in Google's search bar. Not just this year, thekua regularly appears in Google's search bar. This delicious dish made with flour, jaggery, ghee, coconut, and fennel is loved not only by Biharis but also by Bengalis.
Ugadi Pachadi
This is a traditional dish from South India. This dish contains six different flavours — sour, spicy, sweet, bitter, salty, and astringent. This dish is eaten on New Year's Day in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka. The taste of this dish blends with life's six emotions (joy, sorrow, anger, fear, wonder, and bitterness).
Beetroot Kanji
A type of probiotic drink made with beetroot, carrot, mustard, and spices. Consuming this improves digestive power and builds immunity. This drink is more popular in North India. This year, alongside increased health consciousness, the tendency to consume these health drinks has also grown.
Thiruvathirai Kali
This is a sweet dish mainly found in Tamil Nadu and Kerala in South India. This sweet is made during the Thiruvathirai festival as an offering to Lord Shiva. This dish is prepared with raw rice, moong dal, jaggery, coconut, and ghee. Google searches in 2025 indicate there's considerable demand for this dish beyond religious occasions.
Yorkshire Pudding
No one guessed that a popular British pudding would also make its place in Indians' hearts. A popular side dish made with eggs, flour, milk, and water. In 2025, when it came to making new dishes at home, this dish's name repeatedly appeared in the search bar.
