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Useful Measurements and Weights

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General

Your own hunger always varies, but as a rule of thumb you plan:

• For rice & legumes, about 50-60 g of dry rice and 100 g of dry or 200 g of soaked legumes per person.

• For a main course with side dishes and bread, 150-200 g of meat per person is a good choice. If the meat is to be cooked on the bone, it is advisable to buy about a third more than the weight specified in the recipe without bone. So if the recipe calls for 500 g of boneless meat, you should buy about 700 g of meat with bone.

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For dry ingredients applies:

• 1 tsp (teaspoon) = 5 ml

• ½ tsp = 2.5 ml

• 1 tbsp (tablespoon) = 15 ml

• ½ tbsp = 7.5 ml

• 1 cup = 235 ml

• ¾ cup = 177 ml

• ½ cup = 118 ml

• ¼ cup = 59 ml

For liquid ingredients, the following applies:

• 2 tbsp (tablespoons) = 30 ml

• 1 cup = 240 ml

• ¾ cup = 180 ml

• ½ cup = 120 ml

• ¼ cup = 60 ml

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Spices (especially helpful if you want to grind spices yourself)

• Green cardamom

         12 pods = 1 tsp ground green cardamom

• Cinnamon stick

         1 piece (4 cm) = 1 tsp cinnamon powder

• Coriander seeds

         1 tsp coriander seeds = 1 ½ tsp ground coriander

• Cumin seeds

         1 tsp cumin seeds = 1 ¼ tsp ground cumin

• Black pepper

         1 tsp peppercorns = 1 ¾ tsp ground pepper

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Citrus fruits

• 1 lime = 30 ml juice

• 1 lemon = 50 ml juice

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Garlic

• 1 large clove = 1 tsp finely chopped garlic

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Onions

• 1 large onion = 200 g

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Tomatoes

• 1 medium-sized tomato = 170 g

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Ginger

• 1 inch (2.5 cm) ginger root = 1 tbsp ginger paste

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However, these are all only approximate values, as citrus fruits, garlic, onions, and tomatoes vary in size.

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