Subodhini AKA Subi

This is a story of a sister and her younger brother from Pune, the sister city of Mumbai, the top ranked food hubs of the world.
In 2002, a brother migrated to New Zealand. He was missing the great Indian street food, wada-pav and his favourite Shrikhand. He sensed this niche in the New Zealand market and an opportunity to start a small food business.
With no background of cooking the food, and zero clue of commercial kitchen operations, his only hope was his sister back in India who was the gifted cook, the best in his entire family. She came to the rescue of her brother. Through their telephonic conversations she guided him, giving him fine tips about how to prepare the great food.
First break came literally with the first ever order of 45 kgs of Shrikhand serving 300 guests. It was a great start for the business...

In 2004 he started a food truck in Auckland, selling street food like, wada pav, pav-bhaji, missal, chaats, dosas on the menu.
The business idea was a great success, and the duo decided that the sister would join the brother soon.
Their fate had other plans, and sister was caught by surprise by breast cancer. Despite the big fight, in November 2005 she succumbed to it
Eventually in 2008 'Curry Mantra', a full-fledged Marathi cuisine and street food restaurant was launched. It was placed amongst the top three Indian restaurant businesses in NZ in 2009.
Later, ice creams and desserts menu based on Indian flavours was created for customers. As a tribute to his beloved sister Subodhini AKA Subi, he named the brand, 
'Subi's' Desserts'