US Measuring Cups Are Used For All Recipes (1 cup = 240ml)
If you are beginner in cooking, I would recommend measuring all the ingredients and preparing them before you start making the recipes. Once you get used to the process and method of cooking and you get some knowledge, you can go by andaaz method (eyeballing the ingredients). But still for baking recipes, desserts or to get the perfect restaurant style taste, I highly advise to measure the ingredients properly.
For measuring ingredients, I always use the US measuring cups and spoons. below is the commonly used cups and spoon measuring chart which becomes handy, if you are making double the recipe or cutting it into half or so on.
Teaspoon / Tablespoon / Cup Chart
½ tablespoon
1½ teaspoons
1 tablespoon
3 teaspoons
¼ cup
4 tablespoons
⅓ cup
5 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon
½ cup
8 tablespoons
¾ cup
12 tablespoons
1 cup
16 tablespoons
Liquid ingredients conversion
Cup/Spoon
Metric volume (ml)
US Volume (fl oz)
1 teaspoon
5 ml
0.17 fl oz
½ tablespoon
7.5 ml
0.25 fl oz
1 tablespoon
15 ml
0.5 fl oz
¼ cup
60 ml
2 fl oz
⅓ cup
78 ml
2.7 fl oz
½ cup
120 ml
4 fl oz
¾ cup
180 ml
6 fl oz
1 cup
240 ml
8 fl oz
Commonly used baking/cooking dry ingredients conversion
Ingredient
Cup/Spoon
Gram
Whole wheat flour
1 cup
110 grams
Sooji (Semolina, Rava)
1 cup
175 grams
Besan (gram flour)
1 cup
92 grams
All purpose flour (maida)
1 cup
110 grams
Icing sugar (powdered sugar)
1 cup
115 grams
Cake flour
1 cup
95 grams
Granulated sugar
1 cup
200 grams
Light brown sugar
1 cup
215 grams
Baking soda/Baking powder
1 teaspoon
5 grams
Chocolate chips
1 cup
175 grams (6 oz)
Cocoa powder
1 cup
92 grams
Buying measuring cups, spoons
I have bought my measuring cups and spoons set from Walmart at very cheap price. I would advise you to do the same (buying from local store) rather than buying online. because they are much cheaper than online. But still if you are looking for to buy them online. Here are the links for you.
