How hot do you like your food?
As hot as it comes21.6%
Properly spicy36.3%
A bit of heat29.3%
Barely any6.2%
None at all6.6%
36.3% answered "Properly spicy".
How much spice can people handle in India?
Statistics from 259 accepted quiz answers*. Updated September 2026. How these statistics work
Asked "How hot do you like your food?" on the Sarahah quiz, the most common answer was "Properly spicy", chosen by 36.3% of 259 people in India.
Where everyone lands
Low11.2%
Medium49%
High39.8%
49% of 259 people in India scored medium on the Sarahah Spicy food quiz.
Question by question
Ordering somewhere that asks how spicy you want it, what do you pick?
The hottest they have22%
One below the hottest22%
The middle option35.5%
Mild12.7%
Not spicy at all7.7%
35.5% answered "The middle option".
Hot sauce is on the table. Do you add it?
Always, before I even taste the food14.7%
Usually, after tasting42.5%
Sometimes23.6%
Never19.3%
42.5% answered "Usually, after tasting".
Have you ever eaten a chilli raw?
Yes, regularly29%
Yes, once or twice44.8%
No26.3%
44.8% answered "Yes, once or twice".
When food is hotter than you expected, what do you do?
Keep going, it passes20.8%
Slow down and finish it54.4%
Reach for a drink19.3%
Stop eating it5.4%
54.4% answered "Slow down and finish it".
What do you actually enjoy about it?
The heat itself5.8%
The flavour that comes with it45.6%
Both equally37.1%
Neither, I just tolerate it4.2%
I don't enjoy spicy food7.3%
45.6% answered "The flavour that comes with it".
What do you reach for when it is too much?
Water65.6%
Milk or yoghurt17.4%
Bread or rice6.6%
Nothing, I wait it out10.4%
65.6% answered "Water".
Has your tolerance changed over the years?
Gone up a lot31.3%
Gone up a little30.1%
Stayed the same24.3%
Gone down14.3%
31.3% answered "Gone up a lot".
* Everyone here chose to take the quiz, and no answers are weighted to match a real population. Each question counts only the people who answered it, so a question some people skipped rests on a smaller group than the total above.
Statistics by country
Only countries with at least 50 eligible answers of their own appear here.