How to weigh ingredients without a scale to the nearest gram (or almost)?
This is a question that I have asked myself many times while making recipes!
Especially when my kitchen scale failed me and I didn't have a measuring cup!
Fortunately, my grandmother gave me her easy tips for weighing ingredients without a scale and succeeding with her recipes.
Here is the essential table to weigh any ingredient without using a scale . Watch:
Contents
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- 1 teaspoon
- 1 tablespoon
- 1 mustard glass
- 1 pot of yogurt
- 1 cup (or 1 mug)
1 teaspoon =5g
1 tablespoon =15g
1 cup =225g
1 teaspoon =5g
1 tablespoon =10g
1 mustard glass =90 g
1 cup =110g
1 teaspoon =5g
1 tablespoon =15 g
1 tablespoon =25 g
1 teaspoon =12g
1 tablespoon =35g
1 teaspoon =1.5 cl
1 tablespoon =4.5 cl
1 mustard glass =20 cl
1 teaspoon =0.7 cl
1 tablespoon =2 cl
1 mustard glass =10 cl
1 teaspoon =0.05 cl
1 tablespoon =1.5 cl
1 cup =10 cl
1 pot of yogurt =15 cl
1 mustard glass =20 cl
1 bowl =35 cl
1 teaspoon =3g
1 tablespoon =10g
1 pot of yoghurt =85 g
1 cup =100g
1 banana =120g
1 carrot =100g
1 lemon =110g
1 onion =80g
1 grapefruit =400g
1 apple =130g
1 tomato =90g
1 teaspoon =4g
1 tablespoon =12g
1 mustard glass =65 g
1 teaspoon =0.04 cl
1 tablespoon =1.4 cl
1 glass of mustard =16 cl
1 teaspoon =0.05 cl
1 tablespoon =1.5 cl
1 cup =10 cl
1 pot of yogurt =15 cl
1 mustard glass =20 cl
1 bowl =35 cl
1 teaspoon =7g
1 tablespoon =20g
1 mustard glass =150 g
1 cup =210g
1 teaspoon =4 g
1 liqueur glass =3 cl or 30 ml
1 glass of champagne =12 to 15 cl or 120 to 150 ml
1 wine glass =12 to 15 cl or 120 to 150 ml
1 water glass =20 cl or 200 ml
1 coffee cup =8 to 10 cl or 80 to 100 ml
1 teaspoon =0.5 cl or 5 ml
1 tablespoon =15 cl or 150 ml
1 mustard glass =20 cl or 200 ml
So 5 mustard glasses =1 l
1 bowl =35 cl or 350 ml
1 teaspoon =10g
1 tablespoon =20g
1 cup =75g
1 teaspoon =10g
1 tablespoon =30 g
1 tablespoon =5g
1 cup =75g
1 mustard glass =120 g
1 cup =150g
1 tablespoon =40 g
1 teaspoon =6g
1 tablespoon =15g
1 pot of yoghurt =50 g
1 mustard glass =75 g
1 teaspoon =7g
1 tablespoon =20g
1 mustard glass =110 g
1 teaspoon =7g
1 tablespoon =20g
1 mustard glass =150 g
1 cup =210g
1 teaspoon =6g
1 tablespoon =15g
1 pot of yoghurt =125 g
1 mustard glass =150 g
1 cup =225
1 bowl =500g
1 teaspoon =5g
1 tablespoon =15g
1 pot of yoghurt =90 g
1 cup =150g
1 teaspoon =6g
1 tablespoon =15g
1 pot of yoghurt =125 g
1 mustard glass =150 g
1 cup =225
1 bowl =500g
1 teaspoon =4g
1 tablespoon =10g
1 mustard glass =110 g
1 cup =150g
1 tablespoon =15g
1 cup =100g
1 egg =50g
1 knob of butter =5 g
1 knob of butter =15 to 20 g
There you go, you now know how to weigh your ingredients without a scale :-)
Simple practical and effective!
You will be able to succeed in all your recipes, even without a scale!
And if before, you need to convert cups to grams, here is the conversion table.