Global Recipes, Muslim Food Culture & Heritage
Hi, I'm Safira, the creator of Tiffin & Tea (a food blog dedicated to global recipes, Muslim food culture, and heritage-driven cooking).
I'm a mum of two teens (send help), turned recipe developer, food photographer, and food stylist, with a lifelong love for food, culture, and exploration. If I could, I'd happily spend my life on trains, planes, and long walks discovering the world through its kitchens.
My Food Story
My love for cooking began in my childhood kitchen, where the aroma of spices and the sound of sizzling pans filled the air. Those early experiences shaped how I understand food - not just as nourishment, but as memory, identity, and connection.
Over the years, I've explored flavours from across the world, and on this blog, I share tried-and-tested recipes, cultural food stories, and practical cooking tips designed to make global cooking feel approachable for home cooks.
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Global Recipes Made Accessible
At Tiffin & Tea, I focus on recreating authentic global flavours in a way that works for real kitchens. I love experimenting, testing, and refining recipes so they're reliable, flavourful, and achievable.
You'll find recipes inspired by cuisines I know deeply and love cooking regularly, including:
Muslim Food Culture & Heritage
A core part of this site is exploring Muslim majority countries and Muslim food traditions through recipes.
One of the reasons this blog exists is to celebrate Muslim identity through food (highlighting joy, generosity, creativity, and centuries of culinary heritage). Through flavour, storytelling, and shared meals, I aim to challenge stereotypes and showcase the beauty and depth of Muslim cultures around the world.
Food is a shared language, and my guiding belief has always been:
"Let's sit together, eat together, and talk."
Life, Walking & Creativity
I live in the Midlands, UK, and creativity has always guided my work. Studying various healing modalities has deepened my understanding of people, environments, and connection (a sensitivity that naturally flows into my cooking and storytelling).
Walking and exploring are essential to how I experience places. I believe you can only truly know a location once you've walked it, noticed its details, felt its rhythm, and listened to its quiet stories. Food, for me, is an extension of that same curiosity.
What You'll Find on Tiffin & Tea
At Tiffin & Tea, you'll discover:
- Global savoury recipes rooted in tradition
- Baking recipes for confident home cooks
- Muslim and heritage-inspired dishes
- Cultural food stories and travel inspiration
- Practical cooking tips and step-by-step guidance
This space is built around two rhythms of eating that exist across the Muslim world: Tiffin and Tea.
Tiffin is about meal food.
It's the dishes we cook to nourish people - rice, stews, traybakes, curries, kebabs, one-pot meals. Food that can be packed, shared, reheated, or served at the centre of the table. These are everyday lunches, family dinners, and recipes with substance and history.
Tea is a different moment altogether.
It's lighter, slower, and social. Tea covers snacks, breads, dips, salads, drinks, and sweets - the food that appears between meals, when guests arrive, or when the kettle goes on. From savoury pastries and flatbreads to desserts and chai, this is food made for conversation and pause.
Together, Tiffin and Tea reflect how people actually eat across Muslim cultures - not as courses, but as moments.
One feeds the body. The other feeds connection.
This platform moves between both:
hearty food and soft food, weekday cooking and celebration baking, tradition and modern expression - always rooted in culture, memory, and generosity.
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Partnerships & Collaborations
Tiffin & Tea welcomes brand collaborations and creative partnerships that feel thoughtful, aligned, and authentic. Opportunities for working together include, but are not limited to:
- Recipe development and thorough testing using your product
- Food styling and high-quality photography
- Brand ambassador work, including honest reviews, recommendations, and storytelling
- Short-form video creation for Instagram Reels and TikTok, featuring your product or recipes developed with it
- Product and recipe promotion across social platforms, including Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Pinterest
- SEO-optimised blog posts featuring recipes made with your product or in-depth, transparent reviews
- Step-by-step photographic or video recipe tutorials embedded within blog content
- Sponsored long-form YouTube videos showcasing your products in a natural, engaging way
- Long-term partnerships and ongoing collaborations
And more.
Creative ideas are always welcome, and bespoke collaboration packages can be tailored to suit your brand's goals and campaign needs.
Please reach out to safira@tiffinandteaofficial.com for more information.