I had been wanting to do a post on measures for a long time, love reading recipes, but find it very difficult if the measures are not in the same .....as the country in which I am at the moment...when I was in US it was very easy to use pounds, ounce, quart or whatever...whereas after I moved back to India - it is back to grams, kilograms, or litres etc...
Love it if the recipe is in cup measure - or tsp or Tblspn... then it is universal - some of the recipe do give both grams and ounces, some cups and grams...and some recipes have conversion inbuilt...this does help a lot...I have a couple of sites I go to for conversions...though by now I have a little bit of an idea of the approximate measures - I would rather have an accurate conversion - esp. in baking....does not matter as much in curries etc...( anyways I find that for curry etc...I tend to have a general idea of the ingredients, quantities and method - and then do it my own way ) ....one of the reasons I do not always have the expected output...but then I feel cooking is all about innovation and creativity - if you have to copy page to page and dot to dot...then ?!?
Well having said all that let me get down to the conversions as I have it...
1 cup = 16 Tablespoons ( Tblspn )
1/2 cup = 8 Tblspns
1/4 cup = 4 Tblspns
1 Tblspn = 3 Teaspoon ( Tspn )
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Volume Conversions : Normally used for liquids
1 Tspn = 5 ml
1 Tblspn = 15 ml = 1/2 fluid ounce
2 Tblspn = 30 ml = 1 fluid ounce = 1/8 cup
4 Tblspn = 60 ml = 2 fluid ounces = 1/4 cup
1 cup = 240 ml = 8 fluid ounces = 1/2 a pint
2 cups = 475 ml = 16 ounces = 1 pint
4 cups = 950 ml = 32 ounces = 2 pints = 1 quart
4 quarts = 1 gallon = 3.8 L
Note : In case a higher precision is not required these approximations work
1 cup = 250 ml
1 pint = 500 ml
1 quart = 1 litre
1 gallon = 4 litres
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Weight Conversions : ( Ounce here is different from fluid ounce )
1 ounce = 28 grams
4 ounces = 113 grams = 1/4 pound
8 ounces = 230 grams = 1/2 pound
16 ounces = 450 grams = 1 pound
2 pounds = 900 grams
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Some common items in cups & grams as follows :
( i.e. given in volume & it's weight )
Flour : 1 cup = 130 grams
Flour sifted : 1 cup = 110 grams
Sugar : 1 cup = 195 grams
Brown sugar : 1 cup = 180 grams ( not firmly packed )
Butter : 1 cup = 226 grams
Oats : 1 cup = 90 grams
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The other very important conversion is of course of temperatures
esp. with re. to the oven for baking purposes...
I generally stick to the approximations given below :
320 F = 160 C
340 F = 170 C
360 - 375 F = 180 C
400 F = 200 C
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Here's hoping the above will be of some help to you in deciphering the recipes given in various sites ....and am hoping to update the same in case I encounter any problems myself and am able to resolve the issue....
Would love to hear from you too...so please feel free to give your feedback ...thanks !!!
Love it if the recipe is in cup measure - or tsp or Tblspn... then it is universal - some of the recipe do give both grams and ounces, some cups and grams...and some recipes have conversion inbuilt...this does help a lot...I have a couple of sites I go to for conversions...though by now I have a little bit of an idea of the approximate measures - I would rather have an accurate conversion - esp. in baking....does not matter as much in curries etc...( anyways I find that for curry etc...I tend to have a general idea of the ingredients, quantities and method - and then do it my own way ) ....one of the reasons I do not always have the expected output...but then I feel cooking is all about innovation and creativity - if you have to copy page to page and dot to dot...then ?!?
Well having said all that let me get down to the conversions as I have it...
1 cup = 16 Tablespoons ( Tblspn )
1/2 cup = 8 Tblspns
1/4 cup = 4 Tblspns
1 Tblspn = 3 Teaspoon ( Tspn )
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Volume Conversions : Normally used for liquids
1 Tspn = 5 ml
1 Tblspn = 15 ml = 1/2 fluid ounce
2 Tblspn = 30 ml = 1 fluid ounce = 1/8 cup
4 Tblspn = 60 ml = 2 fluid ounces = 1/4 cup
1 cup = 240 ml = 8 fluid ounces = 1/2 a pint
2 cups = 475 ml = 16 ounces = 1 pint
4 cups = 950 ml = 32 ounces = 2 pints = 1 quart
4 quarts = 1 gallon = 3.8 L
Note : In case a higher precision is not required these approximations work
1 cup = 250 ml
1 pint = 500 ml
1 quart = 1 litre
1 gallon = 4 litres
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Weight Conversions : ( Ounce here is different from fluid ounce )
1 ounce = 28 grams
4 ounces = 113 grams = 1/4 pound
8 ounces = 230 grams = 1/2 pound
16 ounces = 450 grams = 1 pound
2 pounds = 900 grams
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Some common items in cups & grams as follows :
( i.e. given in volume & it's weight )
Flour : 1 cup = 130 grams
Flour sifted : 1 cup = 110 grams
Sugar : 1 cup = 195 grams
Brown sugar : 1 cup = 180 grams ( not firmly packed )
Butter : 1 cup = 226 grams
Oats : 1 cup = 90 grams
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The other very important conversion is of course of temperatures
esp. with re. to the oven for baking purposes...
I generally stick to the approximations given below :
320 F = 160 C
340 F = 170 C
360 - 375 F = 180 C
400 F = 200 C
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here's hoping the above will be of some help to you in deciphering the recipes given in various sites ....and am hoping to update the same in case I encounter any problems myself and am able to resolve the issue....
Would love to hear from you too...so please feel free to give your feedback ...thanks !!!
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