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New South Indian meal delivery offering more variety to Kelowna residents

Women in Business - Deepa Pillay
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Deepa Pillay and her husband launched Not Just Curries in the fall of 2022. (Kenny Tai photo)

Bringing a taste of home to B.C., Deepa Pillay and her husband Rahul launched Not Just Curries in September to bring authentic South Indian cuisine to Kelowna.

Pillay says she91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s lived in a few B.C. communities and has always found Indian restaurants offer only a small selection of dishes from the northern part of the country.

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵœThey tend to all sell dishes from only certain parts of India and it91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s mostly Punjab91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¦ But India is such a multicultural place and it91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s so rich in heritage.91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ

Pillay says a large portion of Indian isn91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™t represented in local restaurants and people have no idea what they91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™re missing out on.

The name, Not Just Curries, sparked from that realization.

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵœWhen we first moved to Canada we noticed that most people thought Indian food is just curry and it made us so sad, because there91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s so many other amazing dishes in Indian cuisine that are not curry based.91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ

Pillay runs the business side of things while her husband is the chef behind the venture.

It91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s not your typical meal delivery service, however.

Orders are placed online a minimum of 48 hours before scheduled delivery.

Customers can choose from a variety of available meals and days, with January91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s menu include ghee rice, chitranna, and hyderabadi dum biryani.

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵœOn the day of we use a commercial kitchen to prepare the meal and deliver it to the customer.91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ

Pillay says they currently operate Tuesday through Thursday.

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵœOne of the biryani we make is an original recipe of my husband91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s grandmother original recipe. That91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s the whole reason we have it on the menu, sort of an ode to his grandmother. That91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s definitely one of the most popular dishes on the menu.

Pillays says they try to expand the menu each month with at least one new dish.

The new food business is a big change from what the couple was doing previously.

Pillay moved to Canada in 2017 to attend school and has a background in business and marketing.

Her husband Rahul had been in the financial field, working in banks.

With her expertise in marketing and his love to cook, Rahul quit his job and Not Just Curries was born.

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵœFor me this is a second full-time job. I have what I call my day job as well. I work in real estate marketing. I work at the real estate marketing and sales agency as a marketing manager.91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ

Find out more about the business or place an order by visiting .



Brittany Webster

About the Author: Brittany Webster

I am a video journalist based in Kelowna and capturing life in the Okanagan
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