Big flavour.
Bengali biryani in Canada.

Dum-cooked biryani, desi curries, tea and lassi. Opening soon in Canada, open until 2 AM.

Creating magical flavours in the simplest dishes of life.

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Spices ground fresh Whole spices ground fresh keep oils that ground powder loses

Sealed on dum A dough seal traps the steam so rice and meat finish in their own heat

Poured by hand Tea pulled from a height for froth, lassi poured thick and cold

Signature

Biryani, layered and sealed

Rice layered with saffron, fried onion and slow-cooked meat. Sealed, then left on gentle heat until the lid is worth lifting.

Beef biryani: dark beef over saffron rice, topped with fried onions and a green chilli.

Biryani

Beef Biryani

Slow-cooked beef, saffron rice, a fistful of fried onions on top.

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Lamb on the bone over saffron and carrot rice, with lemon, mint, cinnamon and bay.

Biryani

Lamb Biryani

Lamb on the bone over saffron rice. Squeeze the lemon, tear the mint.

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The craft

Eight steps,
one pot

Spices ground fresh, onions fried to bronze, saffron crumbled by the thread, and a dough seal that keeps the steam in. That is how a proper dum biryani is built.

See how it is made

Hands grinding cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and dried chillies in a brass mortar and pestle, spice dust in the air.

Crisp fried onions lifted from a brass pan on a slotted spoon, oil dripping back into the pan.

Fingers crumbling saffron threads over a steaming brass bowl of rice, saffron falling through steam.

A table spread at Osthir Flavours, a bowl of biryani, a bowl of creamy korma, spiced tea and mango lassi on brass trays with emerald linen.

The Table

Made for the middle
of the table

Order a bowl each, or one big one for the whole table. Biryani is built to be shared.

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The pours

Teas and lassis

Saffron tea steeped amber, mint torn fresh. Lassi on the thick side, mango or plain. Badam milk with pistachio, served cold.

A tall glass of chilled plain lassi, frothy on top, dusted with spice.

Drinks

Regular Lassi

Thick, cold, frothy on top. The classic cooler.

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Pistachio badam milk in a tall glass, topped with chopped pistachio and almond.

Drinks

Pistachio Badam Milk

Cold almond milk, crushed pistachio on top. Pudding you can drink.

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Our Story

Simple dishes are not
simple to make well

Osthir Flavours began with a small conviction: the humblest plate (rice, spice, a pot, a flame) holds the most magic when every small step is done properly.

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