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 !!!