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Biryani or butter chicken? City by city

Which of the two shows up on more Indian menus in each of 43 cities. Biryani wins in most US cities; butter chicken wins almost everywhere else, and Dubai is a tie.

What it shows

New York and New Jersey: biryani 54%, butter chicken 35%
Los Angeles: biryani 65%, butter chicken 48%
Philadelphia: biryani 67%, butter chicken 50%
Phoenix: biryani 50%, butter chicken 35%
Boston: biryani 58%, butter chicken 45%
San Diego: biryani 70%, butter chicken 57%

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.spiceindia.com/indian-food-report">SpiceIndia, the Indian Food Report</a></p>

How we counted

We read the menus Indian restaurants publish on their own websites and ordering pages, then counted which dishes each one lists. Shares are of the menus we could read in each city, so they describe restaurants with menus online. Read the numbers as a strong guide rather than a census.

Related: Indian Food Report