Cooking Measurement Converter
Cups, spoons, millilitres and grams for the ingredients you actually cook with — with the right cup size. Nothing is uploaded.
Only needed when grams are involved. A cup measures space, so the ingredient decides the weight.
Indian recipes and Indian measuring cups are 200 ml. An American recipe means 240 ml.
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How to use it
- Type the amount and pick the unit the recipe uses.
- Choose the ingredient. This only matters when grams are involved, but it matters a great deal then.
- Set the cup size to match the recipe, not to match the cup in your kitchen.
The cup is not one size
This is the single thing that ruins conversions. A cup in an Indian recipe is 200 ml. A cup in an American recipe is 240 ml. An Australian one is 250 ml. On a single cup of liquid that is a 50 ml spread — a fifth of the amount — which is easily enough to turn a batter into a paste.
Teaspoons and tablespoons are steadier: 5 ml and 15 ml almost everywhere, and this page uses those. The American spoon is fractionally smaller at 4.93 ml and 14.79 ml, a difference too small to matter unless you are scaling a recipe up many times over.
Why grams need the ingredient
A cup measures space. A gram measures weight. Going from one to the other needs to know how heavy the ingredient is for its volume, and ingredients differ enormously. One 240 ml cup holds roughly 125 g of plain flour but around 204 g of granulated sugar, because sugar packs far more tightly. Honey is heavier than water; flour is barely half of it.
That also sets the limit of this page. Flour scooped straight from the bag and pressed down can weigh a fifth more than flour spooned in lightly, and no converter can know which you did. For bread and cakes, where the ratio of flour to liquid decides the result, use a scale. For everyday cooking these figures are comfortably close enough.
Frequently asked questions
How many millilitres is one cup in India?
The cup used in most Indian recipes and sold as a measuring cup is 200 ml. An American recipe means 240 ml and an Australian one means 250 ml. On one cup of liquid that is a 40 ml gap, which is enough to change a batter, so set the cup size before you convert anything.
Why does one cup of flour not weigh the same as one cup of sugar?
A cup measures space, not weight, and ingredients differ in density. One 240 ml cup holds about 125 g of plain flour but about 204 g of granulated sugar, because sugar packs far more tightly. That is why the ingredient has to be chosen before any gram figure can be given.
How accurate are the gram figures?
Close, not exact. Flour that has been scooped and packed can weigh 20 percent more than flour spooned in lightly, and the same is true of any powder. For bread and cakes, where the ratio matters, weigh on a scale. For curries and everyday cooking these figures are well within the margin that matters.
Is anything I type sent anywhere?
No. The conversion happens in JavaScript inside your own browser. Nothing is uploaded and nothing is saved — close the tab and it is gone.