It is always confusing for the beginners to know and implement measurements of the ingredients for a balanced recipe. I believe that to present a balanced recipe, one must know the COMMON COOKING MEASUREMENT CONVERSIONS required for the recipe. Here I am sharing some essential information about the measurements used in our kitchens. A perfectly measured ingredient list is the half recipe done. Also note few tips; that the spoon is leveled off with a knife or a spatula, the half-pint cup is the standard cup for measurement.
Common Cooking Measurement Conversion Chart
Sr. No. | Unit | Equivalent |
1 | A speck | = ¼ Salt spoon |
2 | 1 Salt spoon | = ¼ Teaspoon |
3 | 2 Teaspoons | = 1 dessert spn |
4 | 1½ dessert spn | = 1 tablespoon |
5 | 3 teaspns | = 1 tablespn |
6 | 1 tablespn. sugar or corn starch | = 1½ level tablespn |
7 | 3 level tablespns. cracker crumbs | = ¼ cup |
8 | 9½ tablespns. granulated sugar | = 1 cup |
9 | 15¼ level tablespns. granulated sugar | = 1 cup |
10 | 3 tablespns. liquid | = ¼ cup |
11 | 4 tablespns. liquid | = ⅓ cup |
12 | 4½ level tablespns. butter | = ⅓ cup |
13 | 3 rounded tablespns. butter | = ⅓ cup |
14 | 12 tablespns. liquid | = 1 cup |
15 | 1 wine glass | = ¼ cup |
16 | 1 gill | = ½ cup |
17 | 1 cup | = ½ pint |
18 | 1 tumbler | = ½ pint |
19 | 4 gills–2 cups | = 1 pint |
20 | 2 pints | = 1 quart |
21 | 4 quarts | = 1 gallon |
22 | 2 cups (1 pint) granulated sugar | = 1 pound |
23 | 2½ cups powdered sugar | = 1 pound |
24 | 3⅔ cups light or medium brown sugar | = 1 pound |
25 | 2 cups butter | = 1 pound |
26 | 4 cups good pastry flour | = 1 pound |
27 | 3½–3⅞ cups good bread flour | = 1 pound |
28 | 3½ plus, cups rice | = 1 pound |
29 | 3 cups seeded raisins | = 1 pound |
30 | 3¼ cups currants | = 1 pound |
31 | 4 cups desiccated cocoanut | = 1 pound |
32 | 1 pint milk or water | = 1 pound |
33 | 1 rounded tablespn. butter | = 1 ounce |
34 | Butter size of a walnut | = 1 ounce |
35 | Butter size of an egg | = 2 ounces |
36 | 2 tablespns. oil | = 1⅛ ounce |
37 | 1 cup of oil | = 6¾ ounces |
38 | 2 rounded tablespns. flour | = 1 ounce |
39 | 1 rounded tablespn. sugar | = 1 ounce |
40 | 1½ level tablespn. table salt | = 1 ounce |
41 | 8 eggs in shell | = 1 pound |
42 | 10 eggs out of shell | = 1 pound |
43 | 1 ear of corn | = ¼ cup grated corn |
44 | 12 ears of corn | = 3 cups grated corn |
45 | 18 roots of oyster plant | = 1¼ qt. sliced |
Now use these measurements for your food prep and enjoy a tasty home cooked food !!!