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Essential Kitchen Conversion Chart: Master Measurements for Perfect Recipes

Essential Kitchen Conversion Chart: Master Measurements for Perfect Recipes

Ever struggled with confusing recipe measurements? How many cl in a cup? Grams in a tablespoon? With teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, bowls, grams, and milliliters flying around, it's easy to get lost. The risk? Adding too much or too little of an ingredient and ruining your dish.

As experienced home cooks know, precision matters. That's why this free, reliable kitchen conversion chart is indispensable for flawless results every time. Here's everything you need:

Essential Kitchen Conversion Chart: Master Measurements for Perfect Recipes Contents
  • Common Containers and Units
  • Dry Ingredients
  • Liquid Ingredients
  • Serving Proportions per Adult

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Common Containers and Units

1 teaspoon
= 0.5 cl
= 5 g (salt, sugar, semolina)
= 4 g (flour, semolina)
= 3 g (cocoa, starch)

1 tablespoon
= 1.5 cl
= 15 g (sugar, butter)
= 12 g (flour, fresh cream)

1 cup = 10 cl

1 bowl
= 35 cl
= 300 g (rice)
= 220 g (flour)

1 mustard glass
= 15 cl
= 100 g (flour, semolina)
= 125 g (rice)
= 140 g (sugar)

1 liqueur glass = 3 cl

1 large glass
= 25 cl
= 150 g (flour, semolina)
= 200 g (rice)
= 220 g (sugar)

1 gallon = 3.785 liters

Dry Ingredients

1 cup flour
= 100 g
= 4 oz

1 cup cornstarch
= 100 g
= 4 oz

½ cup powdered sugar
= 100 g
= 4 oz

½ cup icing sugar
= 100 g
= 4 oz

1 tablespoon butter or margarine
= 15 g
= ½ oz

½ cup butter or margarine
= 100 g
= 4 oz

¾ cup walnuts, hazelnuts, or crushed almonds
= 100 g
= 4 oz

1 cup grated cheese
= 100 g
= 4 oz

1 ⅓ cup honey or maple syrup
= 450 g
= 16 oz

1 cup fresh cream
= 175 g
= 6 oz

½ cup dried fruit (raisins, etc.)
= 75 g
= 3 oz

2 cups fresh fruit (raspberries, cherries, etc.)
= 100 g
= 4 oz

1 cup cereal
= 175 g
= 6 oz

Liquid Ingredients

¼ cup
= 50 ml
= 2 fl oz

½ cup
= 120 ml
= 4 fl oz

¾ cup
= 175 ml
= 6 fl oz

1 cup
= 240 ml
= 8 fl oz

1 ¼ cups
= 300 ml
= 10 fl oz (½ pint)

2 ½ cups
= 575 ml
= 20 fl oz (1 pint)

Serving Proportions per Adult

Meat
= 150-200 g (boneless)
= 125-150 g (chopped)

Fish
= 250 g (whole)
= 200 g (fillets)

Salad (vegetables, rice, pasta)
= 300 g (main course)
= 200 g (starter)

Vegetable garnish
= 175-250 g

Pasta (cooked weight)
= 125 g (main dish)
= 100 g (garnish)

Rice (cooked weight)
= 120 g (main course)
= 75 g (garnish)

Fruit (salads, compotes)
= 175-250 g