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Food Measurements

Measurement Conversions

Ingredients Guide

As a general rule for most of the powdered spices, you may consider 1 teaspoon of spice to weigh 2 grams, or 14½ teaspoons of the spice to weigh one ounce.

Basmati Rice uncooked 1 Pound un-cooked 2 ¼ Cup un-cooked
Basmati Rice 1 Cup un-cooked 3 Cups cooked
Lamb 1 Pound un-cooked 2 cups cooked ground (Keema)
Herbs (Kasoori Patta, Curry Patta, Cilantro) 1 teaspoon dried 1 Tablespoon fresh
Curry Powder Spices Average 1 Cup 4 Ounces weight
Tomato 1 large whole ¾ cup chopped
Onion 1 large whole 1 cup chopped
Water 1 Cup (8 fl oz) 237 grams  8.46 oz weight
Egg 1 Large AA size 2 oz weight  

Common Dry spices

teaspoons/ounce

Ajwain 20
Aniseed 13½
Black Pepper Ground 13½
Bay leaf crumbled 47¼
Cayenne ground 11
Cardamom Ground 14¼
Cinnamon Ground 12¼
Cloves Ground 13½
Coriander Ground 14¼
Coriander Seed 15¾
Cumin Ground 14
Cumin seed 13½
Fennel Ground 14¼
Fenugreek Seeds
Ginger Ground 15¾
Kasoori Patta (Dried Fenugreek leaf) 47½
Mustard Powder 14½
Mustard Seeds
Nutmeg ground 14
Poppy Seed 10
Degi Mirch Ground 13½
Saffron 40½
Salt (Table salt) 5
Sesame seeds 10½
Sugar Granulated 7
Turmeric ground 13

Atta (Not sifted)

Sifting increase volume by 25%

oz per cup

cups per pound

Cornmeal, whole grain 6 2.7
Cornstarch 4.7 3.4
Maida 4.4 3.6
Chapati Atta 4.8 3.3
Buckwheat Atta 4.25 3.8
Makki Atta  4.15 3.9
Brown Rice Atta 5.5 2.9
White Rice Atta 5.6 2.9
Semolina (Sooji) 6.3 2.5

Sugar

oz per cup

cups per pound

Granulated Sugar 7.1 2.3
Powdered Sugar Sifted 4 4
Powder sugar un-sifted 4.35 3.7
Brown sugar packed 7.75 2.1
Brown sugar 5.1 3.1
Honey 12 1.33

Cans

# 10 12.96 cups 103.7 fl oz
#5 7 Cups 56 fl oz
#3 Cylinder 5.75 cups 46 fl oz
#2.5 3.56 cups 28.5 fl oz
#2 2.5 cups 20 fl oz
#303 1.95 Cups 15.6 fl oz
#211 Cylinder 1.5 Cups 12 fl oz
#1 Picnic 1.3 Cups 10.5 fl oz

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