NA*ME EQUIVALENTS - RECIPE MEASUREMENTS & INGREDIENTS

[Um Safia]

EQUIVALENTS, MEASUREMENTS & INGREDIENTS for North African & Middle Eastern Recipes:

From time to time we come across recipes which have measurements such as 1 tea glass, 1 coffee cup, a 'nut' a 'pinch', a 'fist' full etc. This thread is intended to collate all these various measurements so that we can have something to refer to immediately.


NA*ME SPECIFIC MEASUREMENTS

In the 'not so new' recipe books you may come across any of the following:

1 teacup 1/2 cup 125 mls

1 coffee cup 3/4 cup 175 mls

1 tea glass 75 mls 2.5 fl oz

1 glass full of 1 cup 225 mls

1 water glass 250 ml 8 fl oz

1 wine glass 150 ml

1 coffeespoon 1 teaspoon

1 dessertspoon 2 teaspoons

1 'noix' or nut (eg. fresh yeast) is approx 5g size of a pecan.

1 sachet (eg. 'levure chimique') 2 rounded tsp baking powder.

1 'fist' or 'hand full' (eg. of chickpeas) approx 1/3 cup.

1 'finjan' espresso cup approx 50 mls



GENERAL MEASUREMENTS :

SPOONS:

1 US teaspoon 0.166666667 US fluid ounces

1 US tablespoon 0.5 US fluid ounces

1 tablespoon 3 teaspoons

4 tablespoons 1/4 cup

5 1/3 tablespoons 1/3 cup

8 tablespoons 1/2 cup

10 2/3 tablespoons 2/3 cup

12 tablespoons 3/4 cup

16 tablespoons 1 cup


1 tablespoon 1/2 fluid oz.

1 cup 8 fluid oz.

1 cup 1/2 pint


2 cups 1 pint

4 cups 1 quart


2 pints 1 quart

4 quarts 1 gallon



DRY VOLUME:

1/8 teaspoon .5 ml

1/4 teaspoon 1 ml

1/2 teaspoon 2 ml

3/4 teaspoon 4 ml

1 teaspoon 5 ml

1 tablespoon 15 ml

1/4 cup 59 ml

1/3 cup 79 ml

1/2 cup 118 ml

2/3 cup 158 ml

3/4 cup 177 ml

1 cup 225 ml

2 cups or 1 pint 450 ml

3 cups 675 ml

4 cups or 1 quart 1 liter

1/2 gallon 2 liters

1 gallon 4 liters



LIQUID VOLUME:

2 tbsp 1 fl. oz. 30 ml

1/4 cup 2 fl. oz. 60 ml

1/2 cup 4 fl. oz. 125 ml

1 cup 8 fl. oz. 250 ml

1 1/2 cups 12 fl. oz. 375 ml

2 cups or 1 pint 16 fl. oz. 500 ml

4 cups or 1 quart 32 fl. oz. 1liter

1 gallon 128 fl. oz. 4 liters



DRY MEASURE EQUIVALENTS:

3 teaspoons 1 tablespoon 1/2 ounce 14.3 grams

2 tablespoons 1/8 cup 1 ounce 28.3 grams

4 tablespoons 1/4 cup 2 ounces 56.7 grams

5 1/3 tablespoons 1/3 cup 2.6 ounces 75.6 grams

8 tablespoons 1/2 cup 4 ounces 113.4 grams

12 tablespoons 3/4 cup 6 ounces .375 pound

32 tablespoons 2 cups 16 ounces 1 pound



WEIGHT (Mass):

1/2 ounce 15 grams

1 ounce 30 grams

3 ounces 85 grams

3.75 ounces 100 grams

4 ounces 115 grams

8 ounces 225 grams

12 ounces 340 grams

16 ounces or 1 pound 450 grams



OVEN TEMPS:

225� F 110� C 1/4 GM

250� F 130� C 1/2 GM

275� F 140� C 1GM

300� F 150� C 2GM

325� F 160/170� C 3GM

350� F 180� C 4GM

375� F 190� C 5GM

400� F 200� C 6GM

425� F 220� C 7GM

450� F 230� C 8GM

475� F 240� C 9GM



There is also some discrepancy between the names of various kinds of cream, here is a quick chart which should help:


CREAM

Clotted Cream 55%

Double Cream 48%

Heavy Cream 36%

Whipping Cream 30-35%

Whipped Cream 18-35%

Single Cream 18%

Light Cream 18%

Half Cream 12%





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Please feel free to post your own & I will add them to the main page....

Many thanks,

Rezika.

[Elmotoo]

WOW!

[Umm Ishaq]

These conversion charts are fantastic, thank you so much for posting them.

I was just wondering if anyone could help me with some measurements. I have a couple of books which are written in french I'm fine at translating but I just don't know the quantities-

How much is one 'verre' and one 'mesure' ?

surely the size of the glass used makes a difference in comparison to the other ingredients?

Any ideas anyone?

Sorry for going on ............Emma

[Um Safia]

Umm Ishaq wrote:
These conversion charts are fantastic, thank you so much for posting them.

I was just wondering if anyone could help me with some measurements. I have a couple of books which are written in french I'm fine at translating but I just don't know the quantities-

How much is one 'verre' and one 'mesure' ?

surely the size of the glass used makes a difference in comparison to the other ingredients?

Any ideas anyone?

Sorry for going on ............Emma

Hi Emma,

I have plenty of those recipe books - they also tend to omit the cooking temps & times too don't they!

When a recipe calls for a 'verre' I usually use my water glass which holds 260ml. When asked for a 'measure' I use my large glass which holds 6oz dry / 310ml wet. As long as you use the same method for all the measurements, you should be fine....I've never messed a recipe up using that principle.

(I did a baklawa tutorial using those kinds of measurements: http://www.recipezaar.com/bb/viewtopic.zsp?t=230630)

Hope that helps!

Rezika.

[Umm Ishaq]

Oh Rezika, you are such a fountain of knowledge! Thanks for helping me out of my confusion

Emma

[Saralaya]

Rezika- I just came across this.... and have immediately bookmarked it. I do occasionally come across some of these measurements and have had to guess before--- not any more! Thank you!!